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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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Defence, National, Politics

January 26, 2025

Foreign Affairs Minister Joly says Canadian released from detention in Afghanistan

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canadian David…

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Former Canadian soldier David Lavery 'safe' in Qatar after release from Afghanistan, Joly says
Star

January 26, 2025

Former Canadian soldier David Lavery ‘safe’ in Qatar after release from Afghanistan, Joly says

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran…

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Human Interest, National, Politics

January 26, 2025

Trump says Canada should become part of U.S. Our head of state isn’t weighing in.

OTTAWA — Canada’s political leadership has found rare unanimity in…

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Ontario/Quebec, Politics

January 26, 2025

Snap Ontario election call kicks parties’ planning into high gear

TORONTO — Ontario’s political parties have been preparing for months…

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2 children, 1 adult dead after highrise apartment building fire in Hamilton
Star

January 26, 2025

2 children, 1 adult dead after highrise apartment building fire in Hamilton

Two children and one adult are dead following a multiple-alarm…

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Ontario/Quebec, Weather

January 26, 2025

Environment Canada issues winter weather alerts for Georgian Bay area, northern Ont.

Environment Canada has issued winter weather alerts for parts of…

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Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after tariff showdown with Trump
Star

January 26, 2025

Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after tariff showdown with Trump

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia…

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Israeli forces kill 22 protesters demanding their withdrawal in Lebanon
Star

January 26, 2025

Israeli forces kill 22 protesters demanding their withdrawal in Lebanon

Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on…

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Sports

January 26, 2025

Canada women move up HSBC SVNS season standings with fourth-place finish in Perth

PERTH — The Canadian women climbed two places to fifth…

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