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MPs convene today and a special ramp ceremony; In The News for May 6

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 5 ... --- CO...

May 06, 2020

Canada invests another US$70M in F-35 development despite no commitment to buy

OTTAWA - The federal government has made another multimillion-dollar investment into the development of the F-35 stealth fighter jet despite no guarantee it will buy the aircraft. Canada made the annu...

May 06, 2020

'Some days I get very depressed:' seniors discuss isolation during the pandemic

Jackie Potter cannot stop thinking about her five dead children. The 60-year-old lives alone in Hamilton with nothing to do during the pandemic. So she thinks. St. Matthew's House, the seniors centre ...

May 06, 2020

Moment of silence planned at Cargill for worker who died of COVID-19

HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A moment of silence is planned at the Cargill meat packing plant near High River, Alta., Wednesday to honour an employee who died of COVID-19. Hiep Bui, who was 67, ...

May 06, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic hammers job market, but there are 'opportunities,' say analysts

VICTORIA - In the worst employment market in decades, job hunters need to prepare for what will inevitably be a video interview, say employers and job market experts who suggest there a...

May 06, 2020

Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...

May 06, 2020

Imperial Oil reports deaths of birds that landed on Alberta tailings ponds

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Imperial Oil Ltd. is reporting the deaths of 50 birds that landed on tailings areas near its Kearl oilsands project in northern Alberta. Imperial says more than 100 birds per da...

May 05, 2020

Virtual sittings has MPs doing things not allowed in House of Commons

OTTAWA - A stuffed deer head made a cameo appearance Tuesday during a virtual gathering of members of Parliament. The deer head, replete with antlers, was mounted on the wall behind Conserva...

May 05, 2020

Conservative campaigns weave tangled webs of allegations as race intensifies

OTTAWA - With 10 days to go to sign up voters for the federal Conservative leadership race, all four contenders are intensifying efforts to shore up support. Erin O'Toole and Peter MacKay appear locke...

May 05, 2020

Stormtrooper with a gun: Alberta police take down restaurant worker in costume

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Police in southern Alberta are being investigated after a restaurant worker in a "Star Wars" stormtrooper costume who was carrying a plastic gun was forced to the gr...

May 05, 2020