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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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He's made dollhouses for sick kids since the pandemic — even after his own cancer diagnosis
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December 6, 2024

He’s made dollhouses for sick kids since the pandemic — even after his own cancer diagnosis

His white beard is a little shorter than Santa’s, and…

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A Windsor water slide has a new weight limit. This woman says the way it's being enforced should change
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December 6, 2024

A Windsor water slide has a new weight limit. This woman says the way it’s being enforced should change

A Windsor, Ont., woman who wasn’t allowed to ride an…

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Why industrial carbon pricing may survive in Canada despite 'axe-the-tax' sentiment
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December 6, 2024

Why industrial carbon pricing may survive in Canada despite ‘axe-the-tax’ sentiment

A centrepiece of the Liberal climate plan, carbon pricing, has…

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Courts warn of 'critical' budget pressures as immigration cases delayed in Canada's 3 largest cities
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December 6, 2024

Courts warn of ‘critical’ budget pressures as immigration cases delayed in Canada’s 3 largest cities

Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani is set to meet with…

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An Olympic audition: 5 things to know about Canada's 4 Nations Face-Off roster
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December 6, 2024

An Olympic audition: 5 things to know about Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off roster

The four-country NHL-hosted tournament will be a measuring stick ahead…

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Shelters are so stretched in Montreal they are offering chairs for the night
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December 6, 2024

Shelters are so stretched in Montreal they are offering chairs for the night

With Montreal facing a sharp rise in homelessness, shelters are…

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Senators amend error in cybersecurity bill that could have cancelled half of it
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December 6, 2024

Senators amend error in cybersecurity bill that could have cancelled half of it

It could take a while yet for the federal government’s…

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Climber from Canada among 3 hikers believed to have died in fall on New Zealand mountain
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December 6, 2024

Climber from Canada among 3 hikers believed to have died in fall on New Zealand mountain

Three mountain climbers — one from Canada and two from…

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Drivers stranded on Highway 401 as blizzard pounds parts of southwestern Ontario
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December 6, 2024

Drivers stranded on Highway 401 as blizzard pounds parts of southwestern Ontario

Drivers travelling on Highway 401 in southwestern Ontario found themselves…

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