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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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Liberals are pitching a brand new police agency for financial crimes. How would that work?
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April 30, 2026

Liberals are pitching a brand new police agency for financial crimes. How would that work?

The Liberal government is looking to set up a new…

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How multi-million dollar speculative betting could convert climate change skeptics
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April 30, 2026

How multi-million dollar speculative betting could convert climate change skeptics

An investigation over whether temperature sensors at the Paris airport…

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Why Mafalda, the beloved Argentine cartoon, is finally making waves in the English-speaking world
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April 30, 2026

Why Mafalda, the beloved Argentine cartoon, is finally making waves in the English-speaking world

Despite knowing international success, the legendary Argentine comic strip character…

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Your past is calling: Why 'retro' landline phones are trending with adults and kids alike
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April 30, 2026

Your past is calling: Why ‘retro’ landline phones are trending with adults and kids alike

It’s trending with Gen Alpha as parents seek out an…

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Sports

April 30, 2026

Myles Dichter

‘Will not remember this game because of basketball’: Tempo soak in pre-season opener

TORONTO — In the hours and minutes leading up to…

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#TheMoment Buffalo Sabres fans sang O Canada after a mic failed
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April 30, 2026

#TheMoment Buffalo Sabres fans sang O Canada after a mic failed

Buffalo Sabres anthem singer Cami Clune tells The National about…

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Sports

April 30, 2026

Myles Dichter

Expansion Tempo fall 83-78 to Sun on home court in first game in franchise history

TORONTO — The WNBA has officially arrived in Toronto. In…

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Sports

April 29, 2026

Gregory Strong

Clement and Valenzuela hit homers, Guerrero Jr. has three hits as Jays top Red Sox

TORONTO — Ernie Clement hit a two-run homer and Kazuma…

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Justice, National, Ontario/Quebec, Politics, Sports

April 29, 2026

Federal government earmarks $145M for World Cup security in Toronto, Vancouver

TORONTO — Police presence in Toronto during the World Cup…

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