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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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Israeli strike in Gaza kills 19 members of a family, health officials say
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August 5, 2020

Israeli strike in Gaza kills 19 members of a family, health officials say

Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday killed more than 90…

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7 Palestinian children killed in Israeli strike while lining up for nutritional supplements in central Gaza
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August 5, 2020

7 Palestinian children killed in Israeli strike while lining up for nutritional supplements in central Gaza

At least seven children were killed by an Israeli strike in…

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Fuel shortage threatens to turn Gaza's biggest hospital into graveyard, doctors say
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August 5, 2020

Fuel shortage threatens to turn Gaza’s biggest hospital into graveyard, doctors say

Overwhelmed doctors and patients at Gaza’s largest medical centre could soon…

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Israel, Yemen's Houthi rebels exchange airstrikes and missile fire
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August 5, 2020

Israel, Yemen’s Houthi rebels exchange airstrikes and missile fire

Israel’s military launched airstrikes early Monday targeting ports and facilities…

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'Hunger makes you do bad things': Desperate Palestinians loot aid trucks as some enter Gaza Strip
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August 5, 2020

‘Hunger makes you do bad things’: Desperate Palestinians loot aid trucks as some enter Gaza Strip

Desperation filled the air on Wednesday night as aid trucks…

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At least 55 killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, where UN says more aid will be delivered
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August 5, 2020

At least 55 killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, where UN says more aid will be delivered

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 55 Palestinians in Gaza on…

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Where does the Israel-Hamas ceasefire stand now? Here's a timeline on the latest developments
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August 5, 2020

Where does the Israel-Hamas ceasefire stand now? Here’s a timeline on the latest developments

The first phase of a fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel…

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Israeli army begins new ground operation in Gaza with at least 20 dead in latest strikes
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August 5, 2020

Israeli army begins new ground operation in Gaza with at least 20 dead in latest strikes

The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed…

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Palestinians scramble to hospitals after Israeli airstrikes hit homes, encampments across Gaza
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August 5, 2020

Palestinians scramble to hospitals after Israeli airstrikes hit homes, encampments across Gaza

WARNING: This story contains a graphic image of a dead…

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