Business View Magazine | March 2018

127 Sword Security consists of many individu- als that form a cohesive team, each individual has a particular expert skill set. Our experi- ence around the world in venues, stadiums, hotels and with major global events gives us an unrivalled expertise in event security and guest services. Founded in Ireland in the late 90s by our President/CEO Diarmuid Smyth, Sword be- came the leading supplier of crowd manage- ment and Security Services before expanding into the UK market in 2006. The UK opera- tions grew quickly due to the quality of ser- vice and professionalism demonstrated and in 2007 we became an official security provider to London’s Wembley Stadium, in 2011 Sword was awarded the contract for Crowd Manage- ment and Stewarding for the Olympic Park and other LOCOG venues for the London Olympic Games. In 2013 Sword acquired Lowell Security in North Bay, Ontario and launched in Canada. We are now a leading provider of services in Toronto as well as having operations in Northern Ontario under the Lowell/Sword brand. In Northern Ontario we secure pow- erhouse clients such as IamGold, Dyno Nobel, Georgia Pacific, City of Timmins and a formidable list of other clientele, in 2018 Sword were named official security provider to the Women’s World Curling Champion- ship in North Bay. SWORD SECURITY CANADA www.swordsecurity.ca TIMMINS, ONTARIO one of theworld’s most productive gold fields. In 1973,35 townships covering 1,260 squaremile, including Porcupine,South Porcupine,Schumacher, MountjoyandTimmins were organized into the City of Timmins.Today,the city’s economyis still based on natural resource extraction and is supportedby indus- tries related to lumbering and themining of base and industrial minerals,includingzinc,copper,nickel,and silver.Timmins also serves a regional and distribution center,drawing consumers and trade from throughout the Cochrane District,the James BayCoastal area,and nearbycommunities. Timmins also draws several interesting groups of people because of its unique combination of location, climate,and physical features.For example,theVictor M.PowerAirport,several miles northof town,hosts a stratosphericballoon launch center,jointlydeveloped by the Canadian and French SpaceAgencies.Timmins was chosen because of its prevailingwinds and the amount of open space available.Weather researchers fromaround theworld come toTimmins several times a year. Each summer,Timmins hosts a large Kayak festival on theMattagami River that attracts competitors from all over NorthAmerica,and in thewinter,professional snowmobile racers in the SnowCross Circuit come to Timmins to take advantage of earlysnows and some of the best snowmobile trails inOntario. Finally,there is Stars andThunders,a yearly,eight- day,International Fireworks Competition&Music Festival which takes place at Hollinger Park,attracting world renowned artists to the citybetween June 24th and July1st.The inaugural year sawcountrymusic icon,KeithUrban perform to a crowd of almost 20,000 people on Canada Day.This year will feature Canadi- anmusic icon,BryanAdams andmanyother musical