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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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She paid her kid $100 to read a book. Experts say results may vary
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December 12, 2024

She paid her kid $100 to read a book. Experts say results may vary

Mireille Silcoff’s daughter never read for pleasure, until she offered…

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Ahead of parole hearing, slain McCann family's son wants Travis Vader to admit guilt
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December 12, 2024

Ahead of parole hearing, slain McCann family’s son wants Travis Vader to admit guilt

Travis Vader was handed a life sentence in 2017 on…

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Unfair labour practice complaint over Canada Post layoffs resolved
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December 12, 2024

Unfair labour practice complaint over Canada Post layoffs resolved

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed the complaint with…

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Ford threatens to cut off Ontario's energy supply to U.S. if Trump follows through on tariffs
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December 11, 2024

Ford threatens to cut off Ontario’s energy supply to U.S. if Trump follows through on tariffs

Premier Doug Ford says Ontario could cut off energy to…

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This whale made an epic trek across 3 oceans — possibly for the ladies
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December 11, 2024

This whale made an epic trek across 3 oceans — possibly for the ladies

Scientist have documented what they say is the longest recorded…

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Tensions rising between Canada Post, union as strike nears 4-week mark
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December 11, 2024

Tensions rising between Canada Post, union as strike nears 4-week mark

Canada Post says the union’s new demands are unaffordable and…

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Saudi Arabia to host 2034 Men's World Cup
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December 11, 2024

Saudi Arabia to host 2034 Men’s World Cup

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Court challenge launched against Ontario bike lane removal legislation
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December 11, 2024

Court challenge launched against Ontario bike lane removal legislation

A cycling advocacy group is leading a court challenge against…

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Churchill Falls tentative deal expected Thursday as N.L. tees up 'historic partnership announcement'
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December 11, 2024

Churchill Falls tentative deal expected Thursday as N.L. tees up ‘historic partnership announcement’

Premiers from Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are meeting Thursday…

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