Layoffs underway at energy giant Ovintiv

An energy company with offices in Calgary and the United States has confirmed to CTV News that it is reducing positions in order to weather the precarious climate in the energy industry. Ovintiv, which has three corporate offices in Calgary, Denver, Colo. and Woodlands, Texas, said the layoffs began earlier this week throughout the company. A spokesperson for Ovintiv, which was formerly known as Encana until a corporate change in Nov. 2019, told CTV News should result in "right sizing the organi