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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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From epic political fantasy to haunted poker, here are some of 2024's best video games
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December 13, 2024

From epic political fantasy to haunted poker, here are some of 2024’s best video games

Despite a difficult year for the industry, including thousands of…

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Tobacco giants' creditors approve proposed $32.5B deal for health-care costs, recompense to smokers
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December 13, 2024

Tobacco giants’ creditors approve proposed $32.5B deal for health-care costs, recompense to smokers

A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay…

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Millions of Stanley travel mugs recalled due to burn hazard
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December 13, 2024

Millions of Stanley travel mugs recalled due to burn hazard

The company said that the mug’s lid threads can shrink…

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Unidentified New Jersey drone reports consume lawmakers at state, federal levels
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December 13, 2024

Unidentified New Jersey drone reports consume lawmakers at state, federal levels

A U.S. senator has called for mysterious drones spotted flying…

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Transgender former CFL player says attending B.C. Lions ceremony as authentic self was 'euphoric'
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December 13, 2024

Transgender former CFL player says attending B.C. Lions ceremony as authentic self was ‘euphoric’

Maven Maurer spent 13 seasons as a professional football player….

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Calgary's population boom expected to spill over to small-town Alberta next
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December 13, 2024

Calgary’s population boom expected to spill over to small-town Alberta next

The first wave of migration into Alberta was concentrated in…

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Dozens of Palestinians sheltering in Gaza post office killed in single Israeli strike
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December 13, 2024

Dozens of Palestinians sheltering in Gaza post office killed in single Israeli strike

An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded…

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Man shot 2 weeks earlier in same Edmonton building where security guard slain
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December 13, 2024

Man shot 2 weeks earlier in same Edmonton building where security guard slain

In mid-2024, the city imposed conditions on the Central McDougall…

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Why bitcoin surged to $100K US after Trump's election and where it goes now
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December 13, 2024

Why bitcoin surged to $100K US after Trump’s election and where it goes now

Bitcoin has climbed above $100,000 US since Donald Trump won…

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