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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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Freeland would scrap capital gains tax changes if elected Liberal leader: source
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January 23, 2025

Freeland would scrap capital gains tax changes if elected Liberal leader: source

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland would scrap changes to the…

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First Nations leader apologizes, walks back support for Northern Gateway pipeline in B.C.
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January 22, 2025

First Nations leader apologizes, walks back support for Northern Gateway pipeline in B.C.

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said in a statement…

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Poilievre says he wouldn't make any big changes to equalization program
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January 22, 2025

Poilievre says he wouldn’t make any big changes to equalization program

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wouldn’t make any “big…

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Windsor police officer on trial for assault says he's the victim, Ottawa man was the aggressor
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January 22, 2025

Windsor police officer on trial for assault says he’s the victim, Ottawa man was the aggressor

A Windsor police officer accused of assaulting an Ottawa man…

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Is Meta boosting Trump and Vance on Facebook and Instagram?
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January 22, 2025

Is Meta boosting Trump and Vance on Facebook and Instagram?

Meta is pushing back on claims from social media users…

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Canadian winter living up to its reputation as Arctic air chills Eastern provinces
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January 22, 2025

Canadian winter living up to its reputation as Arctic air chills Eastern provinces

Central and Eastern Canada have been plunged into the depths…

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Evacuations ordered as new, fast-moving wildfire threatens remote communities north of L.A.
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January 22, 2025

Evacuations ordered as new, fast-moving wildfire threatens remote communities north of L.A.

Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a…

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Competition Bureau advances investigation into Amazon's pricing policy
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January 22, 2025

Competition Bureau advances investigation into Amazon’s pricing policy

The Competition Bureau is taking further steps in its investigation into…

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Quebec union plans legal action against Amazon over closures
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January 22, 2025

Quebec union plans legal action against Amazon over closures

The union representing Amazon workers at a warehouse that was…

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