An Edmonton-based Filipino business organization is heading down to High River and Okotoks this weekend with a convoy of groceries for isolated workers from the Cargill meat plant.
The plant has been the site of the biggest coronavirus outbreak in Alberta, with 921 cases linked to the facility confirmed as of Friday.
The Cargill plant was closed down due to COVID-19 on April 20 but is set to reopen Monday. However, the union representing the workers has launched legal action to stop that planned opening.
About 70 per cent of the workers at the plant are Filipino, according to officials. “In any small way, we want to reach out, let it be known that no matter how far we are from our country of origin, the Philippines, we are with them in this