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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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Blood test that can screen for 50+ cancers now for sale in Canada, at $2,099
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November 30, 2024

Blood test that can screen for 50+ cancers now for sale in Canada, at $2,099

It’s an idea that thrills cancer researchers: a blood test…

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Black plastics may contain toxic compounds that can leach into food, experts say
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November 30, 2024

Black plastics may contain toxic compounds that can leach into food, experts say

Fire retardants — including toxic, regulated compounds — were found…

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Why orcas wear dead salmon as 'hats' remains a mystery, scientists say
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November 30, 2024

Why orcas wear dead salmon as ‘hats’ remains a mystery, scientists say

In what may seem like a call-back to 1980s whale…

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Spare some digital change? In India, many transgender people use QR codes to beg
Star

November 30, 2024

Spare some digital change? In India, many transgender people use QR codes to beg

Managing money online is becoming increasingly widespread in India as…

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Media outlets, including CBC, sue ChatGPT creator
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November 30, 2024

Media outlets, including CBC, sue ChatGPT creator

A group of Canadian news outlets — including CBC/Radio-Canada, Postmedia,…

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Notorious Quebec hit man wanted to have La Presse journalist killed for $100K
Star

November 29, 2024

Notorious Quebec hit man wanted to have La Presse journalist killed for $100K

A threat recently made public revealed Frédérick Silva had a…

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John Herdman steps down as Toronto FC head coach after drone-spying scandal
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November 29, 2024

John Herdman steps down as Toronto FC head coach after drone-spying scandal

John Herdman, embroiled in the drone-spying scandal that has dogged…

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Yukon amends its Municipal Act to offer alternative to oath of allegiance
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November 29, 2024

Yukon amends its Municipal Act to offer alternative to oath of allegiance

The Yukon government has amended its regulation around taking the…

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Conservatives plan to use Jagmeet Singh's own words in latest non-confidence motion
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November 29, 2024

Conservatives plan to use Jagmeet Singh’s own words in latest non-confidence motion

The Conservatives plan to bring forward a non-confidence motion next…

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