Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 04 Aug, 2023 11:32 AM
Vancouver-based Telecom giant Telus is reporting a dismal second quarter and it's responding by cutting six-thousand jobs -- just under six per cent of its workforce.
Telus says four-thousand jobs will be cut from its main operations while a further two-thousand jobs will be trimmed at Telus International.
This as the company says its second-quarter net income fell almost 61 per cent -- to 196-million dollars -- when compared the April to June period last year.
Telus president Darren Entwistle says the job cuts were made with "a very heavy heart."
Starting first in Western Canada and Quebec before rolling out to the rest of the country, teens between the ages of 13 and 17 will be able to make passenger accounts on the ride-hailing program.
The Mounties say the suspect has a heavy build with shoulder-length blonde hair and she was believed to be driving a 2008 to 2013 Ford Escape. The vehicles were damaged during three separate incidents between January and April.
Researchers say the project looked at several different alcohol-related policy areas, including minimum pricing, taxation, and advertising, and their results include recommendations such as mandated warning labels and reduced availability hours.
The Ministry of Public Safety says Ottawa's funding will enhance 24-hour crisis hotlines run by the Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. It says the province-wide crisis lines provide risk-assessment and safety planning services to those experiencing gender-based violence.
While a 10-year-old girl was walking home from Panorama Heights Elementary school located at 1455 Johnson Street in Coquitlam, they were approached by two unknown adult females in a vehicle. The suspects asked the girl to get into the vehicle for treats. The girl ran away to a nearby Coquitlam City Bylaw officer for assistance.
