Exhibit (a)(5)(ix)



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News Release


October 12, 2004

                      TELUS offers for Microcell to expire

Vancouver, B.C. - TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) today announced
that it will not extend its offers to purchase all of the issued and
outstanding publicly traded shares and warrants of Microcell Telecommunications
Inc. As a result, the offers will expire later today at the previously
established expiry time of 9 p.m., Toronto time, on October 12, 2004. TELUS
Corporation will not take up and pay for any shares or warrants of Microcell
that remain deposited to its offers as of the expiry time. TELUS has also
cancelled a commitment from the Royal Bank of Canada to provide a Cdn.$500
million credit facility which was to be available for general corporate
purposes following the completion of the offers.


About TELUS

TELUS is Canada's second largest telecommunications company with more than
Cdn$7 billion of annual revenue, more than 4.8 million network access lines and
more than 3.6 million wireless subscribers. The company provides subscribers
across Canada with a full range of telecommunications products and services
utilizing next-generation Internet-based technologies, including data and voice
services through TELUS Communications Inc. and wireless services through TELUS
Mobility.


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Investor Relations contacts                          Media contacts
John Wheeler                                         Nick Culo
780-493-7310                                         780-493-7236
ir@telus.com                                         nick.culo@telus.com

Robert Mitchell                                      Mark Langton
416-279-3219                                         416-684-3454
ir@telus.com                                         mark.langton@telus.com