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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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National, Politics, Social

February 6, 2025

MPs reject Trump’s idea of clearing out Gaza as Israeli minister points to Canada

OTTAWA — Canadian politicians are pushing back on the idea…

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Business, Economy, Entertainment, Entertainment, Arts, Film, Media, Television

February 6, 2025

Amid cross-border tariff tussle, Canadian film crews see peril and opportunity

TORONTO — The prospect of a trade war with the…

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Why misinformation spreads during climate disasters, and how to stop it
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February 6, 2025

Why misinformation spreads during climate disasters, and how to stop it

In this week’s issue of our environmental newsletter, we hear…

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Justice, National

February 6, 2025

Police seek suspect in alleged Canada-wide romance scam that cost victims $275k

Police in Ontario say they are looking for a man…

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Business, Construction, Real Estate

February 6, 2025

National rent prices hit 18-month low in January: report

TORONTO — Average asking rents across Canada hit an 18-month…

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Freeland announces she'd meet NATO spending benchmark by 2027
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February 6, 2025

Freeland announces she’d meet NATO spending benchmark by 2027

Chrystia Freeland says as prime minister, she would have the…

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Abbotsford, B.C., daycare owner charged with 6 counts of assaulting children
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February 6, 2025

Abbotsford, B.C., daycare owner charged with 6 counts of assaulting children

The alleged incidents, dating back to 2022, involved children aged…

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Irv Gotti, hip-hop producer and co-founder of Murder, Inc., dead at 54
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February 6, 2025

Irv Gotti, hip-hop producer and co-founder of Murder, Inc., dead at 54

Irv Gotti, the music producer who co-founded hip-hop label Murder,…

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Thieves stole 100,000 organic eggs off a trailer in Pennsylvania. Police are scrambling
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February 6, 2025

Thieves stole 100,000 organic eggs off a trailer in Pennsylvania. Police are scrambling

Local law enforcement say the heist could be linked to…

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