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Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Commissionaires marks a century of service to Canada
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, Ontario, July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Friday, July 25, Commissionaires Canada will celebrate its 100th anniversary. In 1925, the organization was founded to create meaningful employment for veterans returning home from the First World War. It has now grown into one of the country's most trusted security providers, and with approximately 3,500 veterans, it is Canada's largest employer of veterans. In 1859, Captain Sir Edward Walter established the original British Corps of Commissionaires in London, England to provide employment for wounded soldiers. The first eight members were veterans of the Crimean War, all amputees due to their battlefield service. In 1915, H.R.H. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, then-Governor General of Canada, approached the Military Hospitals Commission to propose a Canadian version of the UK Corps. A decade later, that vision came to fruition. On July 25, 1925, the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires was founded by Letters Patent in Montréal. Soon after, in 1927, the first three branches were established in Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Commissionaires expanded its mandate in 1947 to include former members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, reinforcing its commitment to supporting those who had dedicated their lives to national security. In 1950, following Newfoundland's entry into Canadian Confederation, the Corps established a presence in the new province. With this last Division to join, it solidified Commissionaires' operations nationwide. In the decades that followed, the Corps' workforce evolved. Female veterans and first responders were welcomed as commissionaires. In the 1990s, the Corps also began employing non-veterans to meet the rising demand for security services. Today, amid rapid growth and change, Commissionaires remains a not-for-profit with a social mandate, 'to provide meaningful employment that meets the needs of veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, their families and others who wish to contribute to the security and well-being of Canadians.' 'The Centennial is a celebration of our history and recognition of a powerful founding purpose,' said Gord Winkel, Commissionaires National Board Chair. 'Commissionaires was founded to serve those who served, and that commitment remains at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to carry that legacy forward as we support the changing needs of veterans and Canadian communities .' As technology advances, Commissionaires continues to evolve, enhancing the skillsets of its employees and providing new services. People may know the company for its traditional services such as guarding, but it now offers integrated services such as cybersecurity, surveillance, alarm response, fingerprinting, and background screening. To mark this historic occasion, special events span the 2025 year bringing together employees, clients, partners, and community members. In March, a commemorative dinner was held at the Montréal Eaton Centre's restored 9th floor space in which the design is set to the 1930s, a perfect nod to the Corps' beginnings. The T. Eaton Company Ltd was Commissionaires' first major private client. In June, a special evening was hosted at Ottawa's Fairmont Château Laurier during the company's Annual Meeting of Divisions. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, was in attendance and provided inspiring remarks. Other activities include flag-raising ceremonies at city halls, participation in various community parades (including recently at the Calgary Stampede), and on July 25 the CN Tower (Toronto) and the Provencher Bridge (Winnipeg) will be illuminated in Commissionaires orange and blue. All Canadians are invited to join the celebration by visiting a Commissionaires Centennial website ( for the latest updates. ABOUT COMMISSIONAIRES Commissionaires is Canada's premier security provider and largest employer of veterans. Founded on the core military values of dedication, responsibility, and a sense of mission, Commissionaires employs over 20,000 people from coast to coast to coast. It offers a wide range of integrated security services including professional guarding, monitoring and surveillance, threat risk assessment, non-core policing, cybersecurity, by-law enforcement, fingerprinting, background screening, investigations, and security training. Commissionaires is a completely self-funded, not-for-profit organization that serves a diverse range of public and private sector organizations. Quick Facts Media Inquiries Lisa Dionne Manager, Public Affairs & Communications Commissionaires National Office ldionne@ 613 219 7774 Commissionaires Social Media Links LinkedIn: Commissionaires Canada X (Twitter): @Commissionaires Facebook English Page: Commissionaires Canada Facebook French Page: Les Commissionnaires YouTube Channel: @Commissionaires1
Hypebeast
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
New Book Spotlights Japan's Hardcore Techno Underground
Summary J-core, Japan's hardcore techno scene, has always thrived in obscurity. Emerging in a time when extreme subcultures were pushed to the margins, early ravers and hardcore enthusiasts took to the underground, establishing a foothold in the DIY venues, back alleys and fringe clubs of Osaka. Here, a new sound was born: one where the unapologetic abrasiveness of Dutch gabber became one with anime emblems, cyberpunk aesthetics and gaming culture. Manga Corps, a new 200-page graphic anthology, turns back the clock with an extensive archive of rare flyers, handbills and visual detritus from Japan's hardcore moment. Authored by artist and hardcore anthropologist Gabber Eleganza, the book traces the sights and sounds of this unique subculture, from the 1993 licensing deal between Avex Trax and Rotterdam Records that sparked it all to the Sega-sponsored game-raves of the early 2000s. The first of its kind, the book offers an unfiltered glimpse of the unforgettable albeit under-the-radar scene that shaped the future of electronic music's visual Corps – An archive of Japanese rave artifactsis nowavailablevia Never Sleep for $35 USD.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Michigan environmental groups argue Line 5 tunnel project lacks key climate considerations
Protesters gathered near the shore on Mackinac Island in opposition to the Line 5 tunnel project during the annual Mackinac Policy Conference, May 29, 2025. | Kyle Davidson This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Groups submitting comments on the latest stage of the Line 5 oil pipeline project in Michigan argue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has failed to complete adequate analyses of climate change impacts and greenhouse gas emissions. On May 30, the Corps' Detroit district released its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Enbridge Energy Line 5 Tunnel Project, in which energy company Enbridge would construct a 3.6-mile tunnel under the lakebed of the Straits of Mackinac that would house a replacement segment of Line 5, through which Enbridge transports 540,000 barrels per day of oil and natural gas liquids. However, experts from the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) and the Michigan Climate Action Network (MiCAN), which submitted joint comments on the project on June 30, argue that the draft EIS is inadequate, failing to take climate change into consideration and overlooking potential harms of the project. 'The biggest thing is that the Corps decided to entirely exclude any considerations of greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts that are associated with the tunnel project, and their reasoning for doing this was that it's consistent with the executive order that President Trump issued earlier this year,' said Ellis Walton, an associate attorney at ELPC. ELPC argued that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires a deeper review than the Corps completed. 'NEPA the statute, as well as NEPA precedent … has established that federal agencies should be looking at foreseeable effects of major federal actions, and it's pretty foreseeable that a tunnel project that extends the lifeline of [an oil] pipeline would have foreseeable climate impacts and foreseeably contribute to greenhouse gases and climate change,' Walton said. 'It's so important for the Corps to analyze these climate impacts and understand how we may be harming environmental quality now as well as in the future.' The country is in a moment of rapid upending of environmental rules that experts warn will harm Americans' health and limit public participation in government decisions. Some of the changes affect NEPA, passed in 1970 and often called the 'Magna Carta' of U.S. environmental law. Changes to NEPA rules were issued in late June by agencies including the Departments of Energy, Agriculture, Interior, Defense and Transportation 'to simplify this overly burdensome process and ensure efficient and timely environmental reviews,' the White House said in a statement at the time. That comes on the heels of a May 29 U.S. Supreme Court decision that gives the federal government more power to decide what to focus on in a NEPA review—and what to leave out. 'Courts should afford substantial deference and should not micromanage those agency choices so long as they fall within a broad zone of reasonableness,' Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote. Keele and Walton said their groups are still reviewing the changes, but both expressed confidence that earlier precedents on NEPA will provide stable grounds for arguing against the project. Enbridge spokesperson Ryan Duffy said the company supports and welcomes the public comment process now underway. 'Public and stakeholder input is essential to the integrity of this process, and we look forward to hearing feedback, answering questions, and continuing to engage transparently with all interested parties,' Duffy said in a statement. White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said that the project is part of the Trump administration's promise to unleash American energy to promote the economy and security while protecting natural resources. 'Line 5 is great for families in Michigan and Wisconsin, who benefit from quality jobs within the energy industry and lower costs from expanded pipelines,' Kelly said in a statement. In comments to Inside Climate News, the Corps reiterated that it removed the topics of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change from the draft EIS in accordance with the executive orders. The Corps has said since 2023 that it would not evaluate climate impacts from the extraction and use of the pipeline's products in its EIS of the Line 5 project. Although it initially said it would evaluate emissions from tunnel construction and operation, no such evaluation appears in the current draft EIS. In that draft, the agency says greenhouse gas emissions, climate change and environmental justice are 'Not Applicable' for the draft EIS because of Trump's Jan. 20 'Unleashing American Energy' executive order and his move to rescind executive orders signed by Democratic presidents. In the Corps' executive summary of the draft EIS, the terms 'climate change' and 'greenhouse gas emissions' do not appear at all (although the term 'emissions' is included, in each case related to local air quality). Denise Keele, executive director of MiCAN, said her group argues that the energy crisis cited in Trump's executive order is not a true emergency. 'The last time we checked, our fossil fuel industry was making record profits, and I don't think there's an emergency in getting fossil fuels out of the ground,' Keele said, adding that the 'real emergency' is the potential impacts of climate change on human health and the environment that could result if the project is constructed. The Corps also cited Trump's order in April when announcing a truncated timeline for public comment on the project and its draft EIS, giving groups less time to review the statement and submit robust comments on it. The normal comment period is 60 days, and for a project this big it is usually extended up to 90, Keele said. In this case, the period was 30 days. The Line 5 tunnel project has been under scrutiny from lawmakers, environmentalists and tribes in the Great Lakes region for over a decade. In 2020, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Department of Natural Resources to revoke the permit allowing Enbridge to operate its dual pipelines in the Straits. Enbridge challenged that decision with a lawsuit filed the same year. Attorneys for the state are still seeking to dismiss the challenge. Another ongoing case, filed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in 2019 against Enbridge, argues the 1953 permit for Line 5 was never valid. On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would take up the case to determine whether it belongs in state or federal court. Duffy said Enbridge is looking forward to the high court's review. Keele said another concern is the precedent that the project could set should it move forward. If the project is approved without proper analyses of climate change, other companies may have more leeway to cite the project and executive order as reasons for why NEPA considerations aren't necessary, she said. Meanwhile, Keele said, Michigan has been prioritizing a renewable energy economy—it set a goal to generate 60 percent of state electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Moving forward with Line 5, she said, would go against the state's efforts to phase out fossil fuels. 'Michigan already knows it doesn't want to suffer those climate impacts, and we're moving in the other direction,' Keele said.
Business Recorder
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Peshawar Corps HQ visit: COAS briefed on anti-terror operations
ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, visited Corps Headquarters Peshawar on Friday, where he received a comprehensive briefing on the prevailing security environment and the progress of ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the region. During his visit, the Army Chief also attended the funeral prayers of the martyred personnel at Bannu Garrison and later visited the injured at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Bannu. Paying rich tribute to the fallen heroes, Field Marshal Munir lauded the unflinching bravery and sacrifices of Pakistan's security forces in their ongoing fight against terrorism, particularly the Indian-sponsored outfit, Fitna al-Khawarij. 'The resilience of our forces is a testament to the nation's unwavering resolve to eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,' he stated, reaffirming the commitment to completely root out the menace from Pakistani soil. The COAS underscored the state's zero-tolerance policy on terrorism, asserting that all facilitators, abettors, and perpetrators will be pursued relentlessly and brought to justice, regardless of cost or circumstance. He further vowed that the real face behind terrorism in the region will be exposed to the international community. 'No sacrifice will go in vain. The blood of every innocent Pakistani will be avenged, and any attempt to destabilise the country will be met with swift and decisive retribution,' the COAS assured. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
LHC reserves verdict on IK's bail pleas
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on post-arrest bails applications of former PTI Chairman Imran Khan in eight May 09 riots cases including attack on Corps Commander House after both the sides concluded their arguments. A prosecutor in his concluding arguments said that those who abetted the crime were equally liable to punishment. He alleged that since being ousted from power, the PTI former chairman had been inciting the public against state institutions. The prosecutor also informed the bench that the police suffered losses of Rs40 million during the May 9 riots while the damage to the Jinnah House alone exceeded Rs520 million. He also told the court that Imran Khan defying the trial court orders refused to undergo polygraph and photogrammetric tests. The prosecutor asked the court to dismiss the bail petitions for defying the trial court's orders and let the trial court decide the cases. The Imran's counsel argued that the prosecution failed to establish the petitioner's association with the occurrences narrated in the FIRs. He said the petitioner has been implicated in the May 9 cases as a result of a plan merely to harass and humiliate him for political reasons even though he was in the custody of the NAB. The sole allegation against the petitioner in the cases is of abetment which has been supplemented by the prosecution most vaguely, he pleaded. He argued that the trial court overlooked the facts related to the May 9 events. An anti-terrorism court on November 27, 2024, had denied bail to the former Prime Minister in the cases. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
