VANCOUVER — Telus Agriculture announced today it is committing $100,000 to support British Columbia farmers, farms, families and livestock affected by the catastrophic flooding that caused a state of emergency in the province earlier this month.
Telus Agriculture will give $50,000 to the BC Agriculture Council to support its emergency fund for farmers and $50,000 of in-kind support in veterinary services, comfort kits and network access, explains a press release.
In addition, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 14, 2021, Telus Agriculture is running a social media campaign that will see the organization give an additional $1 to the BC Agriculture Council…
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VANCOUVER and MUSQUEAM, SQUAMISH and TSLEIL-WAUTUTH TERRITORIES — Telus Communications today released its 2021 Indigenous Reconciliation and Connectivity Report, which is an evolution of its annual connectivity report and includes the company’s first-ever Indigenous reconciliation action plan.
Earlier this fall, Telus announced the launch of its Reconciliation Commitment and said it would implement its inaugural Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan later this year.
“Guided by Indigenous voices and Indigenous-led frameworks of reconciliation, Telus has proudly formalized our commitment to reconciliation, becoming the first technology company in Canada to develop and launch a public Indigenous reconciliation action plan,” reads the company’s…
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CALGARY – Earlier this week, WestJet and Telus trialled Trusted Boarding, which uses facial verification technology as a touchless method of checking the identity of travellers before they board a flight.
“The trial was the first-of-its-kind in Canada and took place at the YYC Calgary International Airport,” according to a WestJet press release.
Trusted Boarding “employs a self-sovereign identity ecosystem (the creation of unique, private and secure connections between two trusted parties) through a TELUS-provisioned digital identity wallet in a smartphone application for IOS and Android,” the press release explains.
“It provides contactless document validation, where a facial verification scan is matched with a…
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DAWSON CREEK, BC and DRUMHELLER, Alta. – Telus announced last week it has expanded its 5G network to Dawson Creek, British Columbia and Drumheller, Alberta.
Residents and businesses in these communities now have access to the company’s 5G network, which provides speeds of up to 1.7 Gbps, according to two separate press releases announcing the expansion. (The Dawson Creek release is available here, and the Drumheller release is available here.)
Telus indicated in the releases it “is on track to provide 70% of the Canadian population with access to its 5G network by the end of the year.” Currently,…
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OTTAWA – The Portrait Gallery of Canada (PGC) announced today Telus is a founding partner of the new non-profit organization.
PGC’s goal is “to share humanizing stories of Canada through portraiture,” a press release says.
“Through its exhibitions, artist talks, social media engagements, presentations and catalogues, the PGC addresses the complex issues of the day from a variety of voices and celebrates the rich diversity of people who live on these lands,” the release says.
PGC is an online gallery, available at portraitcanada.ca.
Telus’s partnership enables PGC “to support artists, curators, educators, designers, communicators, translators and others who contribute to the PGC’s programs…
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VANCOUVER — The Telus Pollinator Fund for Good is celebrating its one-year anniversary by announcing three new investments in early-stage North American companies focused on social innovation.
The Pollinator Fund, which was launched Nov. 24, 2020, also today highlighted its achievements and funding commitments over the last year by releasing an inaugural impact report.
“Within just 12 months, the $100-million fund has amplified Telus’ commitment to social capitalism and invested in 10 exciting companies that are making a difference in communities,” reads a press release.
The three new investments announced today include:
Goodmylk, a California-based company “that uses natural, high quality ingredients…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today it is committing $1 million to support British Columbia through the recent flooding that resulted in a state of emergency.
The company is giving “$100,000 to the Canadian Red Cross to support the organization’s flood relief efforts, $100,000 to food banks across the province to support evacuees and British Columbians in need, and $50,000 to the BC SPCA to support their work to help animals and livestock in affected areas,” a press release says.
Additionally, the Telus Friendly Future Foundation is donating $100,000 and local Telus community boards are donating $150,000 to local charities to help…
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BLANC-SABLON, Que. — Telus announced today the company, its Telus Friendly Future Foundation and a team of partners have donated $350,000 to distribute 10 Lü systems featuring immersive audiovisual technology to schools in Quebec’s Lower North Shore via the Fondation Docteur Camille-Marcoux.
“The 600 students in these isolated communities and Innu territories can now learn, explore, and be active, thanks to a virtual environment that connects them with one another and to activities that develop their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual skills,” reads a press release.
This donation, which includes $100,000 from Telus and $100,000 from the Telus Friendly Future Foundation,…
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VANCOUVER – Telus today reported its operational and financial results for the third quarter of 2021, which included total mobile and fixed customer growth of 320,000 – an increase of 43,000 from 2020.
This marks the company’s highest quarter ever, a press release says, and is inclusive of 135,000 mobile phones, 110,000 connected devices, 46,000 Internet, 30,000 security and 10,000 TV customer connections. “This was partly offset by residential voice losses of 11,000.”
At the end of Q3, Telus’s “PureFibre network covered more than 2.6 million premises, up from more than 2.4 million premises in the third quarter of 2020,” the…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced today, after an extensive global search, John Raines (above) is joining the organization as president of Telus Agriculture, effective Nov. 29.
Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle welcomed Raines to Telus’s senior leadership team in a press release.
“With over 20 years of global experience in the agriculture sector, John is exceedingly well-positioned to lead the ongoing evolution of Telus Agriculture,” Entwistle said.
“Indeed, leveraging his tremendous expertise in respect of data science and digital agriculture, in concert with his genuine passion for farming and agriculture, John will further progress our goal of connecting the entire agricultural…
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