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• Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP

  01-02-2026 06:13
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district. With almost all votes counted, Rehmet had a comfortable lead of more than 14 percentage points.His victory added to Democrats’ record of overperf
  
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• SD33, Chilliwack RCMP pledge to work closely after child abduction attempt at school - Fraser Valley Today

  20-05-2026 19:00
  SD33, Chilliwack RCMP pledge to work closely after child abduction attempt at school  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• $1M grant allows Chilliwack charity to provide ‘significantly’ more meals to Fraser Valley families - Chilliwack Progress

  20-05-2026 18:21
  $1M grant allows Chilliwack charity to provide ‘significantly’ more meals to Fraser Valley families  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack councillor says all hands on deck to fix curbside collection mess, but Fairfield Island resident skeptical - Fraser Valley Today

  20-05-2026 17:40
  Chilliwack councillor says all hands on deck to fix curbside collection mess, but Fairfield Island resident skeptical  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Wednesday - May 20 - Chilliwack gets colourful - Fraser Valley Current

  20-05-2026 15:01
  Wednesday - May 20 - Chilliwack gets colourful  Fraser Valley Current
  
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• Risk of Ebola spread is high regionally but low globally, WHO says

  20-05-2026 14:35
  BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of spread of the Ebola virus in Congo and Uganda is high at national and regional levels, but low at the global level.The risk assessment came as the leader of the WHO team in Congo said the outbreak, which has led to over 130 suspected deaths, could last at least another two months as aid efforts intensified to stem the spread.WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern,
  
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• Residents of Lithuania’s capital told to shelter as drone alarm underlines NATO’s eastern jitters

  20-05-2026 12:59
  VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter and Lithuania's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on NATO's eastern flank over incursions related to Russia's war with Ukraine.An emergency announcement from the military told people in the Vilnius region to “immediately head to a shelter or a safe place.” The alert, which lasted for
  
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• WHO says risk of global spread of Ebola outbreak is low, but high at national, regional levels

  20-05-2026 11:39
  GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of global spread of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is high at national, regional levels but low at the global level.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said so far 51 cases have been confirmed in Congo in the northern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu provinces in Congo, “although we know the scale of the epidemic is much larger.”He said Uganda has also told the U.N. health ag
  
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• Where Trump falters with Republicans – and where he holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll

  20-05-2026 11:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are unhappier with President Donald Trump's handling of the economy than they were a few months ago, but they're largely continuing to stand behind him as the war with Iran continues, a new AP-NORC poll finds.About 6 in 10 Republicans approve of how Trump is handling the economy, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's down from about 8 in 10 in February, before the war began. The poll comes as the war wi
  
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• In the news today: Carbon price backstop, Federal overseas staff cuts, FIFA hotels

  20-05-2026 10:15
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
  Feds didn't push carbon price backstop in Alberta in show of co-operation: Dabrusin
  Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says Ottawa didn't enforce the federal backstop on Alberta's industrial carbon price as a gesture of co-operation with the province.
  Dabrusin tells The Canadian Press that fighting with provinces in court is not a path to co-operative federalism.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney an
  
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• Global Affairs numbers show disproportionate level of cuts to staff based overseas

  20-05-2026 10:00
  OTTAWA — Canada's foreign service cuts are disproportionately affecting positions based abroad, with those rotational positions being eliminated at three times the rate of those for Global Affairs staff based in Canada.
  Data obtained by The Canadian Press also shows an even larger drop in foreign workers hired at missions overseas, just as the Carney government seeks deeper diplomatic and trade ties with other countries.
  "They're not understanding the business they're in. And the business
  
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• Feds didn’t push carbon price backstop in Alberta in show of co-operation: Dabrusin

  20-05-2026 10:00
  OTTAWA — The government didn't enforce the federal standard on Alberta's industrial carbon price as a gesture of co-operation with the province, Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said Tuesday.
  "Fighting with our provinces, being tied up in courts … we're working to be in really a true co-operative federalism," Dabrusin told The Canadian Press when asked why Ottawa didn't enforce the federal backstop on Alberta.
  "Doing that makes us stronger."
  Ottawa allows provinces and te
  
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• Fans disappointed over ticket, hotel costs during World Cup in Vancouver

  20-05-2026 10:00
  VANCOUVER — Chris Van Brockhoven booked his trip to Vancouver last summer in the hopes of attending a World Cup match, but after learning the cost of admission, his group felt forced to pivot.
  "We were flabbergasted at how expensive the tickets are and how much people are seemingly paying for them," he said in an interview.
  All four men in his group entered the FIFA selection draws, but he said when they were given the opportunity to buy about a month ago, the prices were "crazy." He said
  
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• Jalen Brunson leads Knicks back from 22 down in the 4th for 115-104 win over Cavs in OT in Game 1

  20-05-2026 09:09
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson sparked one of the NBA's greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.After a record-setting run through the first two rounds, the Knicks were going nowhere for 40 minutes against the Cavs, trailing 93-71 with 7:52 to play. But Brunson relentlessly attacked James Harden to
  
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• South Carolina House backs congressional map favoring GOP but bill faces a more skeptical Senate

  20-05-2026 06:47
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans in the South Carolina House cast aside Democratic objections and endorsed a congressional redistricting plan just after midnight Tuesday, moving to give the GOP a shot at winning an additional seat in the November midterm elections. The redistricting plan, urged on by President Donald Trump, would reshape the state's only Democratic-held U.S. House district to the Republicans' advantage as part of a broader national effort to retain the party's slim House
  
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• Brittney Sykes, Marina Mabrey combine for 61 points as Tempo tip the Mercury 98-90

  20-05-2026 06:34
  PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Sykes had 31 points, Marina Mabrey added 30 points and six 3-pointers, and the Toronto Tempo beat the Phoenix Mercury 98-90 on Tuesday night.
  Toronto created some separation in the WNBA matchup by starting the fourth quarter on a 12-4 run to take an 85-78 lead. Then Maria Conde and Kiki Rice each made a shot in the lane, sandwiched around a Phoenix turnover, to give the Tempo a 93-86 lead with 2:32 left.
  Mabrey sank her sixth 3-pointer with 1:25 left from the corner
  
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• Rice, McMahon homer in hot 5-4 win for Yankees over Blue Jays

  20-05-2026 05:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Rice hit a two-run homer that broke a fifth-inning tie and the New York Yankees held off the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on a 33 Celsius night Tuesday in the Bronx.
  Ryan McMahon pulled New York even with a three-run shot off Dylan Cease following two walks in the fourth. Will Warren (6-1) went five innings for the win, and the Yankees got excellent relief work from a bullpen that's been shaky of late.
  Tim Hill, Jake Bird and Brent Headrick combined to allow just one hit over
  
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• Eric Lauer’s cost to Dodgers is $600,001, Blue Jays sending just over $2.5 million to L.A.

  20-05-2026 03:46
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pitcher Eric Lauer added just $600,001 to the Los Angeles Dodgers' pricey payroll.
  Los Angeles acquired the 30-year-old left-hander from Toronto on Sunday. As part of the swap, the Blue Jays agreed to send the Dodgers $2,529,411.76.
  Lauer lost to the Blue Jays in arbitration last winter and has a $4.4 million salary, of which he was owed $3,129,411.76 at the time of the trade. Toronto will send the Dodgers $529,411.76 on May 31 and $1 million each on July 31 and Sept. 30.
  
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• City of Chilliwack issuing fines to new curbside collectors - Chilliwack Progress

  20-05-2026 03:09
  City of Chilliwack issuing fines to new curbside collectors  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Human remains located in Langley: RCMP

  19-05-2026 23:56
  LANGLEY – Mounties in Langley have now confirmed that human remains were found along a creek bed in Langley this past weekend.
  According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP received a report Sunday afternoon, May 17 at approximately 3:52 p.m., that a member of the public believed they had discovered human remains in a creek bed near the Nicomekl River, close to 53A Avenue and 206 Street in Langley.
  Sgt. Sharoom says frontline officers attended the
  
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• Union ‘disappointed’ as feds fund outside staff to guard immigration holding centres

  19-05-2026 23:31
  OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Border Services Agency workers says it's disappointed by the federal government's decision to provide funding for the agency to hire private sector guards on contract for immigration holding centres, arguing the work should be done by federal staff.
  The government's spring economic update listed $238 million in funding for the CBSA to bring in guards with higher security training at the centres, with $153 million of that money to come from existing de
  
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• Clark succeeding in shutdown role for Charge as Ottawa looks to even PWHL final

  19-05-2026 23:24
  OTTAWA — Emily Clark’s contributions might not be showing up on the scoresheet in this post-season, but her success in a shutdown role has been big for the Ottawa Charge.
  The Charge trail the Montréal Victoire 2-1 in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s best-of-five Walter Cup final, with Game 4 set for Wednesday in Ottawa.
  Clark has the unenviable task of shutting down the Montreal Victoire’s top line, featuring captain Marie-Philip Poulin.
  Poulin has be
  
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• Young Fraser Valley actors bring ‘High School Musical’ to Chilliwack stage - Mission City Record

  19-05-2026 23:23
  Young Fraser Valley actors bring ‘High School Musical’ to Chilliwack stage  Mission City Record
  
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• Eby says Carney must show same enthusiasm for B.C. projects as he does for Alberta

  19-05-2026 23:13
  VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby says he’s looking for an equal level of enthusiasm from Prime Minister Mark Carney as he had for Alberta’s pipeline pitch and a lower carbon price.Eby made the statement at an unrelated news conference outside the legislature in Victoria as he prepares to meet Carney this week.
  Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an agreement last week that could start the construction of a new pipeline to B.C.'s coast as early as next year and ann
  
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• Canadians say they saw beatings, felt helpless as Israel intercepted Gaza flotilla

  19-05-2026 22:52
  As an unmarked speedboat approached the ship that had been her home for two weeks, Luiza Ravalli heard a voice over a loudspeaker issue an ominous command: "Turn back or you'll be boarded.”
  Ravalli, a primary care nurse from the Greater Toronto Area, and her crewmates were ferrying supplies including diapers, menstrual care products and bottled water as part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. They made no move to alter course, she said.
  The nurse heard
  
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• Arsenal wins its first Premier League title in 22 years after Man City draws with Bournemouth

  19-05-2026 22:49
  Arsenal was crowned Premier League champion for the first time since 2004 on Tuesday after Manchester City drew 1-1 with Bournemouth.The result put an end to City's title challenge with one round of the season go.Pep Guardiola's team needed to win at the Vitality Stadium to take it down to the final game of the campaign on Sunday. But the draw left Arsenal with an unassailable four-point lead at the top, ending its 22-year wait for the title.Arsenal fans celebrated wildly outside its Emirates St
  
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• RCMP, Coroner investigating discovery of human remains in Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  19-05-2026 22:43
  RCMP, Coroner investigating discovery of human remains in Langley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man charged in three B.C. extortion attacks in Surrey, Abbotsford

  19-05-2026 22:35
  SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — A man arrested in December in Abbotsford, B.C., has been charged with extortion using a firearm after being linked to two other cases in the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey.
  Police in both jurisdictions say 22-year-old Gursewak Singh is also facing charges of possession and discharge of a firearm in the attacks.The attacks happened over a four-day period starting Dec. 14 when a business in Surrey that had previously received extortion threats was shot at i
  
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• Ottawa proposes $164M in whale protection funding for waters off B.C. coast

  19-05-2026 22:18
  VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Ottawa says it has proposed spending about $164 million to protect whales and their habitat off British Columbia, including working with BC Ferries to reduce underwater vessel noise by half.
  The federal government says in its spring 2026 update that if passed, the proposed spending will be made over the next five years, and it is in recognition of a possible rise in marine traffic on Canada's West Coast as the country looks to diversify trade in light o
  
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• PHOTOS: Olympic stars light up the ice in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  19-05-2026 21:17
  PHOTOS: Olympic stars light up the ice in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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