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A ransomware attack that forced the temporary shutdown of the JBS meat-packing plant at Brooks should serve as a wake-up call for the food and agriculture sectors, experts said Tuesday.
The Brooks facility, along with JBS’s five biggest beef plants in the U.S., was idled Sunday after a cyberattack on some of the company’s servers, the Brazilian-owned meat processing giant said in a Monday statement. All shifts for unionized workers at Brooks were cancelled until mid-afternoon Tuesday, when production was able to be restarted, according to the union that represents 2,500 employees at the southern Alberta plant.
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Outgoing mayors in Calgary, Edmonton reflect on wide-open races to replace them
by Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press
Posted May 24, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Last Updated May 24, 2021 at 10:14 am EDT
CALGARY Alberta’s two big cities will get new mayors this fall and voters will choose whether to build on the progressive legacies of Calgary’s Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton’s Don Iveson or swing toward a more conservative vision.
Both outgoing leaders have championed major transit investment, pushed for greater social inclusion and tackled other complex issues, all while navigating a crushing energy downturn, the COVID-19 pandemic and an often adversarial relationship with the provincial United Conservative government.
Lauren Krugel
Mayor Naheed Nenshi smiles as he re-opens Calgary s 109-year-old Historic City Hall after it underwent an extensive heritage rehabilitation in Calgary, Alta., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh May 24, 2021 - 7:00 AM
CALGARY - Alberta s two big cities will get new mayors this fall and voters will choose whether to build on the progressive legacies of Calgary s Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton s Don Iveson or swing toward a more conservative vision.
Both outgoing leaders have championed major transit investment, pushed for greater social inclusion and tackled other complex issues, all while navigating a crushing energy downturn, the COVID-19 pandemic and an often adversarial relationship with the provincial United Conservative government.
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