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NHL rookie to watch: The making of Matthew Schaefer

NHL rookie to watch: The making of Matthew Schaefer

After being selected first overall in the 2025 NHL draft, Canada’s Matthew Schaefer is having an extraordinary rookie season, but getting here wasn’t always easy. In an interview, he tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault about the personal losses that shaped his journey.

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Somalis say foreign ships are stealing their fish, and it's fuelling a piracy resurgence

Somalis say foreign ships are stealing their fish, and it’s fuelling a piracy resurgence

Piracy off the coast of Somalia is back in the headlines after European Union naval forces seized an Iranian fishing vessel last month that Somali pirates used to briefly hijack a Malta-flagged tanker carrying gasoline from India to South Africa. Fishermen insist the bigger problem in the region is that foreign vessels are fishing in waters intended for locals, harming their livelihoods.

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Fear, death and hope in a city under the shadows of a Mexican cartel war

Fear, death and hope in a city under the shadows of a Mexican cartel war

Fear and violence permeate Culiacán, Sinaloa, and its surrounding area in northwestern Mexico. The sun-seared state capital, with a population of a little more than one million, is also known as the cradle of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world, which has fallen into a vicious civil war.

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Sports

April 1, 2026

Oilers sign forward William Nicholl to three-year, entry-level contract

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward William Nicholl…

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Justices grill Trump administration lawyer on ending birthright citizenship, with president in attendance
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April 1, 2026

Justices grill Trump administration lawyer on ending birthright citizenship, with president in attendance

Supreme Court justices, with Donald Trump breaking historical precedent by…

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Business, Finance

April 1, 2026

OSC alleges audit failures by KPMG, seeking up to $40M in penalties

TORONTO — The Ontario Securities Commission is alleging KPMG failed…

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Sports

April 1, 2026

Joshua Clipperton

Canada draws Tunisia 0-0 after learning first World Cup opponent

TORONTO — Maxime Crépeau and his countrymen were on the…

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North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal after witnessing Iran’s vulnerability
Star

April 1, 2026

North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal after witnessing Iran’s vulnerability

Ever since becoming leader in 2011, North Korean Leader Kim…

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Which consumer services are adding a fuel surcharge (or not) as oil prices rise?
Star

April 1, 2026

Which consumer services are adding a fuel surcharge (or not) as oil prices rise?

As the war in the Middle East continues, crude oil…

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Entertainment, Entertainment, Arts, Social

April 1, 2026

Nicole Thompson

‘I want to rattle some things’: Zaiba Baig on embracing her ‘evil mode’ in her new plays

TORONTO — If “Sort Of” was about queer joy —…

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'Punched, kicked, bitten, stabbed': Assaults in northern Ontario jails hard to handle due to overcrowding
Star

April 1, 2026

‘Punched, kicked, bitten, stabbed’: Assaults in northern Ontario jails hard to handle due to overcrowding

The number of inmate-on-inmate assaults appears to be rising in…

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Labour, Ontario/Quebec

April 1, 2026

Ontario minimum wage to rise to $17.95 on Oct. 1

TORONTO — Ontario’s minimum wage is set to rise to…

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