High River Mayor Craig Snodgrass is urging vigilance from southern Albertans against the spread of COVID-19. He said that just because the meat plant is shut down, it does not mean the risk is going to go away. “This isn’t just a Cargill issue; this is everybody.
We’re all in this. “Just because Cargill is shut down now, does not mean the problem is contained or isolated. We’re into it here,” Snodgrass said.
There has also been one death linked to the plant. The victim was a woman in her 60s who lived in Calgary and commuted to High River daily.
Another employee is in critical condition, according to Thomas Hesse, president of UFCW Local 401. Hesse said the man is in his 50s and worked at the Cargill plant, and came to Canada for a better