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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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Why Trump suddenly cares about the U.S. debt ceiling
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December 21, 2024

Why Trump suddenly cares about the U.S. debt ceiling

As the U.S. Congress scrambled to come up with a…

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Chief actuary disagrees with Alberta government belief of entitlement to more than half of CPP
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December 21, 2024

Chief actuary disagrees with Alberta government belief of entitlement to more than half of CPP

Canada’s chief actuary says Alberta would be entitled to interest…

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U.S. House passes bill to avoid government shutdown, sends it to Senate for approval
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December 20, 2024

U.S. House passes bill to avoid government shutdown, sends it to Senate for approval

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday…

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'Shocking' strip-search by Ont. jail guards in riot gear lands offender 'lenient' sentence
Star

December 20, 2024

‘Shocking’ strip-search by Ont. jail guards in riot gear lands offender ‘lenient’ sentence

An Ontario man with a lengthy and violent criminal record,…

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Feds announce forum on antisemitism following incidents at Jewish school and synagogue
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December 20, 2024

Feds announce forum on antisemitism following incidents at Jewish school and synagogue

The federal government will hold a national forum on combatting…

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Mastodon teeth found in couple's backyard may shed light on New York's Ice Age
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December 20, 2024

Mastodon teeth found in couple’s backyard may shed light on New York’s Ice Age

The New York State Museum is hailing it as a…

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Scientists warn that 'mirror life' could destroy life on Earth. Read this before you panic
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December 20, 2024

Scientists warn that ‘mirror life’ could destroy life on Earth. Read this before you panic

Thirty-eight scientists wrote a paper arguing that researchers should abandon…

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Cancer kills more firefighters than fire. Changes to health coverage in Sask. are offering more support
Star

December 20, 2024

Cancer kills more firefighters than fire. Changes to health coverage in Sask. are offering more support

Firefighters in Saskatchewan have been lobbying for decades to receive…

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At least 2 killed, dozens injured after car rams into crowd at Christmas market in Germany
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December 20, 2024

At least 2 killed, dozens injured after car rams into crowd at Christmas market in Germany

A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in…

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