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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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Sidney Crosby skates at practice, will be game-time decision for Olympic gold-medal final
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February 21, 2026

Sidney Crosby skates at practice, will be game-time decision for Olympic gold-medal final

Sidney Crosby took part in Canada’s practice Saturday and remains…

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As Iranian Canadians mark 40 days of mourning, fate of some loved ones still unknown
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February 21, 2026

As Iranian Canadians mark 40 days of mourning, fate of some loved ones still unknown

Many Canadians are enduring long waits to learn the fate…

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India is going all-in on AI data centres. The environmental costs will have to wait
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February 21, 2026

India is going all-in on AI data centres. The environmental costs will have to wait

India’s current data centre hubs, which are set to expand…

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Fears Ontario's student aid program will bring huge debt, put higher education out of reach
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February 21, 2026

Fears Ontario’s student aid program will bring huge debt, put higher education out of reach

Ontario’s changes to its post-secondary financial aid model have raised…

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‘Gringo go home’: Why digital nomads are drawing the ire of locals in Mexico City
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February 21, 2026

‘Gringo go home’: Why digital nomads are drawing the ire of locals in Mexico City

Some locals in Mexico City worry that rising gentrification could…

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Dual Canadian British citizens scrambling under new passport rules
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February 21, 2026

Dual Canadian British citizens scrambling under new passport rules

Entry requirements for dual nationals are being updated as part…

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U.S. warning to Europe raises questions for Canada's new defence industrial strategy
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February 21, 2026

U.S. warning to Europe raises questions for Canada’s new defence industrial strategy

Just days before Canada unveiled its defence industrial strategy prioritizing…

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Sports

February 21, 2026

Joe Scott is out as Air Force basketball coach. The school was investigating his treatment of cadets

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Joe Scott is out…

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Here's where U.S. military forces are as they head for Iran
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February 21, 2026

Here’s where U.S. military forces are as they head for Iran

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast ‘armada’ draws closer to…

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