Cargill processing plant with more than 900 COVID-19 cases to reopen despite union opposition

Workers have started to return to a meat processing plant outside High River, Alta. following a two-week shutdown prompted by more than 900 positive COVID-19 cases, including a fatality, tied to the facility. According to the provincial government, 921 workers at the Cargill facility in Aldersyde tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Cargill officials say new safety measures have been implemented to reduce the risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus and the plant will reopen with only o