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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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As gas prices rise, ride-hail drivers feel especially pinched at the pump
Star

March 2, 2026

As gas prices rise, ride-hail drivers feel especially pinched at the pump

For Kuljeet Singh, a ride-hail driver in Vancouver, every stop…

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As the world acts to stabilize oil prices, Canada sees a potential windfall
Star

March 2, 2026

As the world acts to stabilize oil prices, Canada sees a potential windfall

The International Energy Agency agreed on Wednesday to release 400…

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Business, Construction, Ontario/Quebec, Politics, Social

March 2, 2026

Liam Casey

Ring of Fire roads to be complete by 2031, ahead of schedule: Ford

TORONTO — Construction on the roads to the Ring of…

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Ontario, Nova Scotia sign deal to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales
Star

March 2, 2026

Ontario, Nova Scotia sign deal to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales

Producers of beer, wine and spirits will be able to…

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At least 153 dead after strike on girls school, Iran says
Star

March 2, 2026

At least 153 dead after strike on girls school, Iran says

At least 153 people, including children, have been killed after…

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Business, Mining

March 2, 2026

Ian Bickis

Governments increase support for critical minerals at Toronto mining conference

TORONTO — Critical mineral projects got increased support from government…

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Education, Labour, Ontario/Quebec

March 2, 2026

Allison Jones

Ontario teacher, education worker unions call for contract talks to start early

TORONTO — Contracts for Ontario’s teachers and education workers expire…

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Atlantic, Business, Economy, Ontario/Quebec

March 2, 2026

Allison Jones

Ontario, Nova Scotia sign deal to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales

TORONTO — Ontario and Nova Scotia have agreed to let…

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Business, Health, Ontario/Quebec

March 2, 2026

Rianna Lim

New study finds sharp rise in young men contacting Ontario gambling helpline

The rate of young men contacting Ontario’s mental health helpline…

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