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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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Ontario/Quebec, Weather

December 29, 2025

More than 45,000 customers without power after winter storm hits Ontario: Hydro One

Tens of thousands of Ontarians remain without power after blasts…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

December 29, 2025

Two suspects charged with murder after fatal stabbing in Brampton, Ont.: police

Police say they have arrested and charged two suspects in…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

December 29, 2025

12-year-old boy charged with arson after London, Ont., building fire: police

LONDON — Police in London, Ont., say they’ve charged a…

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Sports

December 29, 2025

Neil Davidson

Toronto FC signs Brazilian left back Matheus Pereira from Portugal’s Santa Clara

TORONTO — Toronto FC has signed Brazilian left back Matheus…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

December 29, 2025

Guelph, Ont., man charged with attempted murder of his mother: police

GUELPH — Police say a man is facing charges after…

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Disaster, Justice, Ontario/Quebec

December 29, 2025

Rianna Lim

Elderly man dies after fire in Toronto retirement home: police

TORONTO — An elderly man has died after a fire…

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Why ‘sex, drugs and lobster rolls’ is being trademarked
Star

December 29, 2025

Why ‘sex, drugs and lobster rolls’ is being trademarked

The trademarking of the quirky phrase highlights the complexities and…

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Halifax's built-in headache for commuters comes from this century-old rail cut
Star

December 29, 2025

Halifax’s built-in headache for commuters comes from this century-old rail cut

The peninsula’s peculiar road layout is not the result of…

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What this man learned about people after embarking on a cross-Canada ‘listening tour’ this year
Star

December 29, 2025

What this man learned about people after embarking on a cross-Canada ‘listening tour’ this year

This year, many people travelled across the country for leisure….

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