Montreal-based GardaWorld says it decided to publicize its bid to pressure the firm into talks.

The security firm said they were made aware of the case on Friday, adding that the employee last worked eight days ago. 

Edmonton police have arrested and charged a man in connection to a pair of violent bank robberies last year. 

An improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated inside a new bank in southwest Edmonton's Chappelle Gardens neighbourhood early Wednesday morning.

Edmonton police have released the identity of the suspect shot and killed outside a southside bank Friday morning during an attempted robbery and attack on two armoured car guards.

Around 1,000 union delegates from across the country marched through Montreal to protest Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Montreal-based GardaWorld has signed a 12-year agreement to manage Bank of America's cash processing and cheque imaging services.