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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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Bride's reaction goes viral after groom pulls out NFL tickets during vows
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January 16, 2025

Bride’s reaction goes viral after groom pulls out NFL tickets during vows

Mid-wedding, Sean Smith surprised Olivia Doiron with tickets to a…

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Nintendo's next console, Switch 2, revealed in 1st-look trailer
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January 16, 2025

Nintendo’s next console, Switch 2, revealed in 1st-look trailer

Gamers got a tantalizing first look at Nintendo’s next video…

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Ontario set to deploy waterbomber planes from Dryden to California to help battle wildfires
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January 16, 2025

Ontario set to deploy waterbomber planes from Dryden to California to help battle wildfires

Ontario is expected to deploy two waterbomber planes from Dryden…

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PM 'low-key,' 'respectful': B.C. ski resort addresses 'misinformation' over Trudeau vacation
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January 16, 2025

PM ‘low-key,’ ‘respectful’: B.C. ski resort addresses ‘misinformation’ over Trudeau vacation

The B.C. ski resort where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holidayed…

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Israel says Hamas dispute holding up ceasefire approval; U.S. says deal will go ahead
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January 16, 2025

Israel says Hamas dispute holding up ceasefire approval; U.S. says deal will go ahead

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday a last-minute dispute with…

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Ontario teen with brain cancer heading to Florida to access treatment unavailable in Canada
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January 16, 2025

Ontario teen with brain cancer heading to Florida to access treatment unavailable in Canada

A London, Ont., teenager with brain cancer and her family…

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Ontario political parties scramble to prepare ahead of possible early election
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January 16, 2025

Ontario political parties scramble to prepare ahead of possible early election

With rumours of an early Ontario election swirling at Queen’s…

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Sentencing starts for Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King
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January 16, 2025

Sentencing starts for Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King

Prosecutors argued Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King should be sentenced…

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2nd person arrested, more charges laid in $70K Taylor Swift ticket scam
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January 15, 2025

2nd person arrested, more charges laid in $70K Taylor Swift ticket scam

Toronto police say they have arrested a second person and…

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