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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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Prince Rahim designated Aga Khan V, the 50th leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims
Star

February 5, 2025

Prince Rahim designated Aga Khan V, the 50th leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims

Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan,…

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Ozzy Osbourne and original members of Black Sabbath reunite to headline final show
Star

February 5, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne and original members of Black Sabbath reunite to headline final show

Ozzy Osbourne has announced his final show — and it…

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Settlement creates $5M US fund for U.S. women's soccer league players abused by coaches, officials
Star

February 5, 2025

Settlement creates $5M US fund for U.S. women’s soccer league players abused by coaches, officials

The U.S. National Women’s Soccer League will establish a $5-million…

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Business, Economy, National, Retail, Trade

February 5, 2025

Trade surplus with U.S. widened in December but down overall in 2024: StatCan

OTTAWA — Canada’s trade surplus with the U.S. widened in…

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Labour, Sports

February 5, 2025

CFL boosts salary cap to over $6.06 million in 2025

TORONTO — CFL teams will have more money to spend…

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Poilievre promises to hit fentanyl 'kingpins' with mandatory life sentences
Star

February 5, 2025

Poilievre promises to hit fentanyl ‘kingpins’ with mandatory life sentences

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday that, if elected, he…

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How do you talk to your kids about the use of medically-assisted death?
Star

February 5, 2025

How do you talk to your kids about the use of medically-assisted death?

One retired social worker says it’s important to have open,…

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Business, Politics, Sports

February 5, 2025

Scarcity behind the medals: Canada’s national sport organizations running deficits

The winner of a complete set of medals and Canada’s…

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Ontario/Quebec, Politics

February 5, 2025

Ontario election 2025: Where the party leaders are on Wednesday, Feb. 5

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are…

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