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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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Italian journalist detained for nearly a month in Iran is freed
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January 8, 2025

Italian journalist detained for nearly a month in Iran is freed

An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks and…

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Undocumented in Canada, she's emerging from the shadows to fight for equal rights
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January 8, 2025

Undocumented in Canada, she’s emerging from the shadows to fight for equal rights

This story is part of Welcome to Canada, a CBC News…

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2 in 5 newcomers would consider leaving Canada, CBC survey finds
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January 8, 2025

2 in 5 newcomers would consider leaving Canada, CBC survey finds

The lawyer recalls his own experience applying to companies in…

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Sesame Street's search for new home sparks concern for kids's TV
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January 8, 2025

Sesame Street’s search for new home sparks concern for kids’s TV

Sesame Street, the iconic children’s television show that hits generations…

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Mediterranean claimed more than 2,200 migrant lives in 2024. Here's why it could be worse this year
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January 8, 2025

Mediterranean claimed more than 2,200 migrant lives in 2024. Here’s why it could be worse this year

More than 2,200 people died or disappeared trying to cross…

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Once focused on friends and family, Facebook's parent company Meta has a new vision
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January 8, 2025

Once focused on friends and family, Facebook’s parent company Meta has a new vision

Facebook’s parent company Meta has a new vision: characters powered…

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Elon Musk is on a tear as he shakes up politics in Europe. What's his endgame?
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January 8, 2025

Elon Musk is on a tear as he shakes up politics in Europe. What’s his endgame?

Not content with having the ear of incoming U.S. president…

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New York City has just implemented congestion pricing on cars. Is a big city in Canada next?
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January 8, 2025

New York City has just implemented congestion pricing on cars. Is a big city in Canada next?

New York City, a bustling metropolis with eight million people…

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#TheMoment a couple finally saw their wedding photos after 56 years
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January 8, 2025

#TheMoment a couple finally saw their wedding photos after 56 years

Barry and Margaret Sharman tell CBC News about the moment…

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