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Alberta says it didn't close slaughterhouse because firm had been 'successful' in preventing COVID-19 spread Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province chose not to shut down a slaughterhouse that is the site of a growing COVID-19 outbreak that claimed the life of one worker because for months the company had been successfully keeping transmission down.  Social Sharing

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer is imploring residents to follow public health protocols as the city weathers the outbreak at one of its largest employers.

The United Food and Commercial Workers union has confirmed that the Olymel plant in Red Deer has been temporarily shut down.

Alberta reported 263 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The Olymel meat-processing plant in Red Deer is shutting down temporarily as officials grapple with a rapidly growing COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that has claimed one life.