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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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Ottawa asks defence contractors to make pitches for new submarine fleet | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

Ottawa asks defence contractors to make pitches for new submarine fleet | CBC News

The federal government is asking defence contractors in allied nations…

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RCMP feared they'd have to release ISIS suspect linked to Jewish centre plot, documents show | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

RCMP feared they’d have to release ISIS suspect linked to Jewish centre plot, documents show | CBC News

The RCMP feared they didn’t have enough evidence to keep…

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Canadian writer Anne Michaels shortlisted for 2024 Booker Prize | CBC Books
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September 16, 2024

Canadian writer Anne Michaels shortlisted for 2024 Booker Prize | CBC Books

The Toronto-born poet and author is recognized for her novel,…

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Manitoba NDP MLA removed from caucus as party cites Nygard link | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

Manitoba NDP MLA removed from caucus as party cites Nygard link | CBC News

Mark Wasyliw has been removed from the Manitoba NDP caucus…

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New parents from Ontario win $70M Lotto Max draw with 1st-ever lottery ticket purchase | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

New parents from Ontario win $70M Lotto Max draw with 1st-ever lottery ticket purchase | CBC News

Shortly after becoming new parents, a couple from Iroquois FallsÂ…

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Canada relaxes some mortgage rules to tackle housing crisis | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

Canada relaxes some mortgage rules to tackle housing crisis | CBC News

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday announced changes to some…

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Jane's Addiction cancels Toronto show, rest of tour, in wake of band altercation on stage | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

Jane’s Addiction cancels Toronto show, rest of tour, in wake of band altercation on stage | CBC News

Jane’s Addiction’s scheduled Toronto show on Wednesday is off, as…

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Nearly 1 year into the war, some students in Gaza go back to school | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

Nearly 1 year into the war, some students in Gaza go back to school | CBC News

The UNRWA has opened 36 makeshift classrooms in Khan Younis,…

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Canada's plan to donate refurbished armour to Ukraine is still spinning its wheels | CBC News
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September 16, 2024

Canada’s plan to donate refurbished armour to Ukraine is still spinning its wheels | CBC News

A plan to rebuild and modernize two dozen decommissioned Canadian…

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