Meat Processing

• Olymel announces closures affecting around 400 workers in Ontario, Quebec

  The meat production and processing company says the closures are part of measures to reorganize its business lines and optimize operations at its facilities.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2023
  
• Joint initiative to boost equipment at Manitoba processing facility

  Over $2 million from the province's latest joint funding initiative will support the purchase of new equipment at a Winkler meat processing facility

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
  
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• Layoffs amid meat-plant closure in Fort Macleod, Alta., causing uncertainty in community

  Brent Feyter, the mayor of Fort Macleod, said Friday the situation is unfortunate for employees.

  Economy

  Mar 4, 2022
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• Coronavirus: Should food processing workers get vaccine priority?

  'If you look at the entire (food) supply chain, I would say the most vulnerable workers are right in the middle — in processing — because things are tight, things are intense.'

  Health

  Mar 5, 2021
• Canadian meat-packing industry looks to make big changes following COVID-19

  Outbreaks at two southern Alberta meat-processing plants this spring made hundreds of people sick with COVID-19. 

  Economy

  Jun 27, 2020
• Coronavirus: Beef prices won’t skyrocket, food supply expert says

  A food supply chain expert says disruptions, caused by the coronavirus at major meat processing plants, won't dramatically increase beef prices in Canada.

  Canada

  May 12, 2020
• Widower of Cargill worker shares his loss after losing wife to COVID-19

  On the same day a Cargill meat-processing plant reopened in High River, Alta., a grieving widower was at a memorial for his wife.

  Features

  May 4, 2020
• Fort Macleod meat plant closing temporarily after COVID-19 case, town worried about spread

  Bouvry Exports processes a variety of meats, including beef, bison, elk, and horse. Global news confirmed the positive COVID-19 case at the plant on April 30.

  Health

  May 1, 2020
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• Why immigration policy means so much to the people of Brooks, Alta.

  One of the reasons the community is so welcoming to newcomers may be because their economy depends on it. 

  Politics

  Sep 20, 2019