Here at the Smith Investigation Agency, we provide quality private investigation services to our clients. Although rare, we recently encountered a situation where we needed to do a bit of private investigation work to protect our reputation and the world-class services we provide across Canada. The moral of this Tales from a PI is: never,
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Getting hurt on the job isn’t fun, especially when the injury prevents an employee from getting back to work. The good news is, through the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB), companies across Ontario can provide compensation and job security. In some cases, however, companies lack empathy and find loopholes to fire injured workers unjustly. Sometimes,
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In this day and age, it’s rare to see a person walking down the street without a cell phone attached to his or her hip. It’s also becoming extremely common for people to open up a laptop and order something—anything—online. While both bring comfort and joy into our lives, the flip side is that there
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The Smith Investigation Agency is the largest female-owned private investigation company in Canada. Therefore, we know first hand that women make great private investigators. While we’ve got plenty of reasons why the main reason has to do with trust. In general, people tend to trust women more than they trust men. This absolutely isn’t to
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There’s nothing worse than living in a place where city workers just aren’t doing their job. Sure, it’s true that many people in many different careers don’t take their day-to-day work seriously. However, when hard working Canadians pay taxes, which go toward salaries of some city workers, seeing that money go to waste feels all
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Companies across Canada need security guards. Why? Well, companies often need to keep property and product protected when no one else is around. The best way to protect property and product is to hire someone who knows how to keep an eye on things so that you don’t have to. This is why good security
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A background check isn’t something that’s widely discussed in a lot of circles. Many people believe that background checks prevent people from getting good jobs. Others believe that the past is the past, why dig it up? Therefore, you might be left wondering, what’s the point of hiring a private investigator to run background checks?
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Have you always been fascinated by modern private investigation work? If so, perhaps starting a career, as a private investigator, is something you should seriously consider. If you’re still on the fence, maybe this article can help. It’s got some of the biggest reasons why you should go through private investigator training. After all, you
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Throughout Ontario, private investigators use surveillance as a way to keep an eye on a suspect or individual. The art of surveillance requires a private investigator to use many different skills. You might know some of these skills. For example, in movies and television shows, cops or other characters following a suspect without his or
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Here’s a scary fact: people in Canada go missing all the time. Whether the missing person disappears in mysterious circumstances, or he or she simply loses touch with family and friends, one thing is clear: A missing person case is always tough to handle. Quite often, people who have to deal with a missing family
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According to the Canadian Department of Justice, around 5 million Canadians divorced or separated between 1991 and 2011. Some of the couples that divorced or separated during this time period also had children (approximately 38%). The majority of these couples, and all couples who divorce with children, resolved their child custody disputes either through mediation
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Historically, the private investigation industry has predominantly been made up of men. The interesting thing about this little factoid is that this is gradually changing. More and more women have entered the world of private investigation because it gives them the opportunity to be the ultimate boss lady. Why? Well, when it comes to PI
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