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Article content A third worker has died in connection to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Red Deer Olymel plant, raising the death toll to four. The death toll now exceeds that linked to Cargill’s High River meat-packing plant, the site of the largest outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Canada, which recorded three deaths and more than 950 infections last year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Third worker dies in COVID-19 outbreak at Red Deer Oly...

There was a big reason to celebrate last week, as Sollio Cooperative Group announced its financial results for 2020. The co-op owned by Quebec farmers, and formerly known as La Coop féderée, announced that revenue had soared to $8.2 billion, and pre-tax profits had more than doubled, to $201 million. Most of the improvement was credited to the extraordinary performance of Olymel, its meat-packing subsidiary. With 35 plants and 15,000 employees, Olymel is Canada’s biggest pork processor, and...

Union supports Alberta NDPs demand for inquiry into deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Red Deer slaughterhouse The Olymel plant in Red Deer is reopening Thursday after a COVID-19 outbreak linked to more than 500 cases and 3 worker deaths. Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on the province to delay that, and launch a public inquiry into what happened. Social Sharing Olymel plant reopened Thursday amid lingering outbreak tied to more than 500 cases and 3 worker deaths Posted: Mar 04, 2021 10:...

Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, March 3 Decisions about what constitutes "safe" indoor fitness activities will be left to gym owners and their clients, Albertas health minister says as the province moves to a modified version of Step 2 in easing restrictions. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 03, 2021 10:14 AM MT | Last Updated: March 3 Under Step 2 of the provinces relaunch plan, announced on Monday, gyms and fitness centres were allowed to reopen for...

The union representing workers at a Red Deer slaughterhouse is calling for its potential reopening this week to be delayed, saying that employees do not feel safe after a deadly outbreak of COVID-19.

A Red Deer meat-processing plant at the center of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to three worker deaths will reopen on Thursday for slaughter operations before resuming cutting room operations on Friday.

The federal government says the door is open to help producers affected by the closure of a central Alberta pork plant where an outbreak of COVID-19 has infected hundreds of workers and resulted in three deaths.

Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, March 1 The province will begin moving on to Step 2 of its plan to lift restrictions. It will allow limited use of libraries and gyms, but it will hold off on easing restrictions further on retail businesses, hotels, banquet halls and childrens sports. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 01, 2021 8:49 AM MT | Last Updated: March 2 Low-intensity individual and group fitness activities, such as Pilates, tai-chi and some yoga, ...

Two more people have died in relation to the Red Deer Olymel COVID-19 outbreak, which has now grown to 500 cases.

Coronavirus cases linked to an outbreak at Red Deer’s Olymel pork plant are still on the rise, even though the plant has temporarily been shut down.