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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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Provinces are relying on virtual doctors to keep smaller ERs open. Here's how it works
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July 6, 2022

Provinces are relying on virtual doctors to keep smaller ERs open. Here’s how it works

White Coat Black Art26:30Virtual doctors for real ERsDr. Michael Ertel…

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'I have to pay to get better': Out-of-pocket costs of cancer for people in Canada tallied in new report
Star

July 6, 2022

‘I have to pay to get better’: Out-of-pocket costs of cancer for people in Canada tallied in new report

During her cancer treatment, Vanessa Percoco felt forced to choose…

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He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes AI can do the same for others
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July 6, 2022

He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes AI can do the same for others

White Coat Black Art26:30The power of AI to diagnose rare…

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Woman living in chronic pain says N.S. health care plagued by sexism, ageism and 'dangerous' apathy
Star

July 6, 2022

Woman living in chronic pain says N.S. health care plagued by sexism, ageism and ‘dangerous’ apathy

Laura O’Byrne chokes back tears as she recalls walking the…

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Canadians with a family doctor are still heading to the ER to get basic primary care
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July 6, 2022

Canadians with a family doctor are still heading to the ER to get basic primary care

Lack of access to family doctors and other primary care providers…

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An Ottawa hospital misidentified a dying patient. Two families say they're being ignored
Star

July 6, 2022

An Ottawa hospital misidentified a dying patient. Two families say they’re being ignored

An Ottawa man says in the months since the Montfort Hospital misidentified…

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As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it's the only way for me to keep working
Star

July 6, 2022

As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it’s the only way for me to keep working

This First Person article is written by Dr. Sarah Giles,…

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Almost a year after a stroke, this N.L. woman is still being denied rehab
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July 6, 2022

Almost a year after a stroke, this N.L. woman is still being denied rehab

Patsy Smith’s husband, Tony Smith, isn’t a physiotherapist, but his…

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Chris Barber, Tamara Lich not guilty on most charges for roles in Freedom Convoy
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June 29, 2022

Chris Barber, Tamara Lich not guilty on most charges for roles in Freedom Convoy

Chris Barber and Tamara Lich have been found not guilty…

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