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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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Will you marry me? Canadians send CBC their NYE marriage proposals
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January 1, 2025

Will you marry me? Canadians send CBC their NYE marriage proposals

Canada Live! Countdown 2025 hosts Adrienne Arsenault and Jann Arden…

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U.S. beats Canada 4-1 on New Year's Eve at world juniors
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January 1, 2025

U.S. beats Canada 4-1 on New Year’s Eve at world juniors

Canada, which is looking to build on its record 20…

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It seems funny now, but 25 years ago Y2K paranoia had many fearing the worst
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January 1, 2025

It seems funny now, but 25 years ago Y2K paranoia had many fearing the worst

The so-called “millennium bug” led many to predict a meltdown…

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UN report finds Israel has destroyed Gaza's health system, with 'disregard' for international law
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January 1, 2025

UN report finds Israel has destroyed Gaza’s health system, with ‘disregard’ for international law

Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have devastated the Palestinian…

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WHO marks 5 years since COVID-19 came on its radar — it became the worst pandemic in a century
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December 31, 2024

WHO marks 5 years since COVID-19 came on its radar — it became the worst pandemic in a century

On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization first learned…

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Victim in Calgary double homicide ID'd as elementary school teacher after suspect found dead
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December 31, 2024

Victim in Calgary double homicide ID’d as elementary school teacher after suspect found dead

A school division in southern Alberta says one of its…

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'Car wash cat' reunited with Alberta family after 7 years away
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December 31, 2024

‘Car wash cat’ reunited with Alberta family after 7 years away

An Alberta cat has been reunited with her family seven…

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What's the most common 2025 New Year's resolution? Not calling it a resolution
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December 31, 2024

What’s the most common 2025 New Year’s resolution? Not calling it a resolution

For many of us, the end of December is when…

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Fire destroys buildings, parts of historic boardwalk in Vancouver Island's Telegraph Cove
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December 31, 2024

Fire destroys buildings, parts of historic boardwalk in Vancouver Island’s Telegraph Cove

Parts of the historic boardwalk in Telegraph Cove on Vancouver…

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