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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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Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel following U.S. strikes on its nuclear targets
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September 17, 2024

Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel following U.S. strikes on its nuclear targets

Iran’s underground enrichment site at Fordow was hit again Monday…

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Israel will call off Gaza ceasefire if Hamas doesn't release hostages Saturday: Netanyahu
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September 17, 2024

Israel will call off Gaza ceasefire if Hamas doesn’t release hostages Saturday: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza would…

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Israel starts releasing 90 imprisoned Palestinians hours after Hamas freed 3 hostages
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September 17, 2024

Israel starts releasing 90 imprisoned Palestinians hours after Hamas freed 3 hostages

The first three hostages were released from Gaza, and the…

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On eve of Gaza ceasefire, Netanyahu says Israel retains 'right to return to combat'
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September 17, 2024

On eve of Gaza ceasefire, Netanyahu says Israel retains ‘right to return to combat’

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect…

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Israeli cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire agreement
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September 17, 2024

Israeli cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire agreement

Israel’s cabinet approved a deal early Saturday for a ceasefire…

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Getting a truce between Hamas and Israel was excruciating. Now comes the hard part
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September 17, 2024

Getting a truce between Hamas and Israel was excruciating. Now comes the hard part

The contrasting reactions between Palestinians and Israelis to the long-awaited…

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Israel, Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal in 15-month war: Qatari PM
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September 17, 2024

Israel, Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal in 15-month war: Qatari PM

The latest: Qatar’s prime minister announces a ceasefire deal has…

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Negotiators hoping to finalize details in Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
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September 17, 2024

Negotiators hoping to finalize details in Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal

Negotiators were meeting in Qatar on Tuesday hoping to finalize…

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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins — region waits to see if it will hold
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September 17, 2024

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins — region waits to see if it will hold

The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants began early…

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