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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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Belinda the surprisingly busy sea sponge takes a whole day to sneeze
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January 8, 2025

Belinda the surprisingly busy sea sponge takes a whole day to sneeze

Belinda the sea sponge may be inanimate, but that doesn’t…

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Russian-linked ships are suspected of sabotage in the Baltic Sea. Some say it may be just the beginning
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January 8, 2025

Russian-linked ships are suspected of sabotage in the Baltic Sea. Some say it may be just the beginning

Nations on the Baltic Sea, along with NATO, have stepped…

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Canadians now need a permit for short-term visits to the U.K.
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January 8, 2025

Canadians now need a permit for short-term visits to the U.K.

Starting today, Canadians with short-term travel plans to England, Wales,…

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How big are the L.A. fires? Putting the devastation in visual context
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January 8, 2025

How big are the L.A. fires? Putting the devastation in visual context

Foreboding weather forecasts keep tensions high in Los Angeles as one…

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Los Angeles wind forecasts this week trigger red flag warning for wildfires
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January 8, 2025

Los Angeles wind forecasts this week trigger red flag warning for wildfires

Dangerously high winds were expected to resume on Monday in…

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Deadly California wildfires still raging as strong winds expected to return
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January 8, 2025

Deadly California wildfires still raging as strong winds expected to return

The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles…

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Largest of deadly Los Angeles wildfires switches direction, posing new threat
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January 8, 2025

Largest of deadly Los Angeles wildfires switches direction, posing new threat

The largest of the raging wildfires that have devastated parts…

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L.A. wildfires devour thousands of homes as death toll rises to 10
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January 8, 2025

L.A. wildfires devour thousands of homes as death toll rises to 10

Firefighters hoped for a break Friday from fierce winds that…

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At least 5 dead in wildfires raging through L.A., destroying nearly 2,000 structures
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January 8, 2025

At least 5 dead in wildfires raging through L.A., destroying nearly 2,000 structures

Firefighters battled early Thursday to control a series of major…

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