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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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Santa arrives on wings: In coastal Labrador, a Twin Otter has an edge on Rudolph
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December 21, 2024

Santa arrives on wings: In coastal Labrador, a Twin Otter has an edge on Rudolph

When Santa Claus visited the Inuit communities of Hopedale, Postville,…

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Maine governor comes face to face with Canadian travel fears
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December 21, 2024

Maine governor comes face to face with Canadian travel fears

Maine’s governor was confronted on Tuesday with the reality of…

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Trump's tariff threat could force Canada to face tough decisions on sovereignty
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December 21, 2024

Trump’s tariff threat could force Canada to face tough decisions on sovereignty

It’s hard to imagine President Emmanuel Macron of France joking…

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What Democrats gained from the shutdown, and could lose by giving in
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December 21, 2024

What Democrats gained from the shutdown, and could lose by giving in

Democrats in Congress managed to stand firm against U.S. President…

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Democrats accuse White House of playing politics with shutdown messaging, cancelled projects
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December 21, 2024

Democrats accuse White House of playing politics with shutdown messaging, cancelled projects

U.S. senators were headed back to the Capitol for another…

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U.S. shutdown begins after Democrats vote down Republican bill
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December 21, 2024

U.S. shutdown begins after Democrats vote down Republican bill

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh…

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Sleep disorders in the land of the midnight sun
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December 21, 2024

Sleep disorders in the land of the midnight sun

According to Statistics Canada, 25 per cent of Canadians are…

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Lego sets bring a multigenerational flavour to Christmas village displays
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December 21, 2024

Lego sets bring a multigenerational flavour to Christmas village displays

Many Canadians, young and old, have taken a modern twist…

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A Royal Family Christmas: King Charles continues cancer treatment — and Prince Andrew brings more controversy
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December 21, 2024

A Royal Family Christmas: King Charles continues cancer treatment — and Prince Andrew brings more controversy

The Royal Family gathers for Christmas celebrations, but amid the…

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