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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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Campaign against North Vancouver chlorine plant was secretly funded by competing company | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

Campaign against North Vancouver chlorine plant was secretly funded by competing company | CBC News

A seemingly grassroots campaign targeting a North Vancouver chemical plant…

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Red Lobster's Canadian restaurants expected to stay open in court-approved plan | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

Red Lobster’s Canadian restaurants expected to stay open in court-approved plan | CBC News

A Canadian court has cleared the reorganization plan of Red…

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'Take me out of here': Family alleges neglect after 95-year-old's stay at Quebec care home | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

‘Take me out of here’: Family alleges neglect after 95-year-old’s stay at Quebec care home | CBC News

Former residents of the transitional floor of the Villa des…

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Most teens didn't use a condom the last time they had sex. That worries health officials | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

Most teens didn’t use a condom the last time they had sex. That worries health officials | CBC News

The bowl of free condoms in the student office might…

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Gun control group calls Trudeau government's buyback program a 'waste' of money | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

Gun control group calls Trudeau government’s buyback program a ‘waste’ of money | CBC News

The Trudeau government is losing a key ally in its…

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The break is over. Expect hurricane season to come roaring back, scientists say | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

The break is over. Expect hurricane season to come roaring back, scientists say | CBC News

This year’s hurricane season began ominously enough — with warnings…

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Over a year later, Ontario judge admits to reading wrong ruling sending man to prison for 2 extra years | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

Over a year later, Ontario judge admits to reading wrong ruling sending man to prison for 2 extra years | CBC News

An Ontario Superior Court justice says he mistakenly imposed a…

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Gisèle Pélicot's husband is accused of inviting men to rape her. She wants you to know her name | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

Gisèle Pélicot’s husband is accused of inviting men to rape her. She wants you to know her name | CBC News

A case unfolding in France isn’t significant only because of…

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40 Acres a TIFF success but as they wait to get paid, some Sudbury vendors aren't rolling out the red carpet | CBC News
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September 11, 2024

40 Acres a TIFF success but as they wait to get paid, some Sudbury vendors aren’t rolling out the red carpet | CBC News

The world sales rights to a Canadian feature film shot…

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