Calgary-based Cenovus Energy is moving ahead this week with previously announced plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs in the next few months, reports say..The layoffs are the expected result of the company’s merger with Husky..It was reported in October, the $3.8-billion merger of energy behemoths Husky and Cenovus would cost about 2,150 jobs – with most of the cuts coming in Calgary..When the companies merge they will have about 8,600 staff. The layoffs represent about 20-25 per cent of the workforce.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .CTV reports an internal memo Tuesday said the vast majority of affected workers will receive termination notices by phone as work from home mandates remain in effect .“As we have previously said when we announced the Cenovus-Husky transaction, the combination means there will be overlap and redundancies in a number of roles across our business that will result in workforce reductions taking place over the course of this year,” said Reg Curren, Cenovus spokesman, in a statement sent to CTV News Tuesday morning..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
