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Explosive Device: Garda

Garda: Sources have told CBC that Garda, the private company hired to conduct screening at the airport, specifically told its employees there was no pipebomb incident despite the fact an explosive device had been seized from a teenager several months before. Garda declined an interview request from CBC. , according to Huffington Post. The incident highlights why your role in providing effective security screening is critical, states the memo. Authorities did not release information about a potentially lethal security failure involving a pipebomb at Edmonton International Airport, CBC News has learned. Garda is contracted by the Canadian Transport Security Authority CATSA . Earlier this month, CATSA distributed a memo to employees saying that an explosive device had been seized and a person charged, but it did not specify at which airport the incident occurred. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.