iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Jan 12, 2021 11:27am (Christina Ryan/Calgary StarMetro)
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Here’s today’s agriculture news.
The Lead
We start this morning in Alberta, where the RCMP is reportedly investigating the death of a Cargill employee who died of COVID-19 while working at the company’s meat-packing plant in High River, Alta.
As the Calgary Herald reports, an RCMP spokesperson confirmed the police have opened a criminal investigation after a complaint was filed by worker Benito Quesada’s 16-year-old daughter on Friday, alleging the company was negligent in protecting its workers. The COVID outbreak at the meat plant last spring was one of the largest in North America, with nearly 1,000 staff testing pos