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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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Stronach's lawyer accuses complainant of lying about memory lapses in sex assault trial
Star

February 20, 2026

Stronach’s lawyer accuses complainant of lying about memory lapses in sex assault trial

The lawyer for Frank Stronach accused one of the complainants…

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Ex-worker describes ‘war zone’ at Canadian mining site in Mexico before kidnapping of 10 employees
Star

February 20, 2026

Ex-worker describes ‘war zone’ at Canadian mining site in Mexico before kidnapping of 10 employees

The on-site management of a Canadian mining company in Mexico…

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Montreal is mentioned in the Epstein files hundreds of times. Here’s what we know
Star

February 20, 2026

Montreal is mentioned in the Epstein files hundreds of times. Here’s what we know

Located just a short flight away from one of his…

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Family of First Nation man killed in police shooting learned of SIU ruling online
Star

February 20, 2026

Family of First Nation man killed in police shooting learned of SIU ruling online

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) says the way Ontario’s Special Investigations…

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National, Politics, Social

February 20, 2026

David Baxter and Nono Shen

NDP leadership candidates pitch their rebuilding plans to voters in final debate

The NDP leadership candidates began the final official debate with…

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National, Ontario/Quebec

February 19, 2026

Paola Loriggio

Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial hits hurdle as fourth complainant testifies

TORONTO — The trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach hit…

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Business, Economy, Environment, Labour

February 19, 2026

Ian Bickis

Ontario Teachers’ pension shifts climate strategy from emissions to investments

TORONTO — The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board says it’s…

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Business, Justice, Retail

February 19, 2026

Tara Deschamps

Ontario court recognizes U.S. bankruptcy proceedings for Eddie Bauer’s Canadian shops

TORONTO — An Ontario court has agreed to recognize a…

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Canadian Challenge mushers race in Saskatchewan’s biggest dog sled event
Star

February 19, 2026

Canadian Challenge mushers race in Saskatchewan’s biggest dog sled event

The Canadian Challenge is the biggest dog sled race in…

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