When the Olymel slaughterhouse in Red Deer, Alta., closed temporarily last week amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19 cases, many workers expressed relief. There were 445 cases linked to the plant outbreak as of Sunday. Last week, Olymel said it would temporarily shut down the plant due to the rapidly growing COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. The article, which was paired with an image of maskless Olymel workers gathered closely together while holding plates of food, ran with the headline, "Maskless Olymel workers partied as COVID cases at the Red Deer meat plant grew." Workers say that photo was taken last year, months before the current outbreak began and when there were no cases of COVID-19 at the plant.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2021 11:00 UTC