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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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Here's the 'experiment' NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics
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April 18, 2026

Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics

This week, Lewis made the rounds on Parliament Hill for…

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B.C. bull rider holds on for No. 1 ranking after wowing crowd at 'biggest rodeo in the world'
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April 18, 2026

B.C. bull rider holds on for No. 1 ranking after wowing crowd at ‘biggest rodeo in the world’

Jake Gardner is at the top of his game, coming…

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Entertainment, Entertainment, Arts, Music, Sports

April 18, 2026

Alex Nino Gheciu

Raptors turn to neoclassical sound for playoff hype videos, tapping pianist Tony Ann

The Toronto Raptors are back in the playoffs, and their…

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Summer gas is here. What does that mean for sky-high prices?
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April 18, 2026

Summer gas is here. What does that mean for sky-high prices?

As a gas tax break comes down the pipe from…

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Palestinian football officials worry Canada won't approve visas in time for FIFA meeting
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April 18, 2026

Palestinian football officials worry Canada won’t approve visas in time for FIFA meeting

Media reports published this week suggested Canada had blocked members…

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Electric ferries are breaking records — and quietly joining Canada's fleet
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April 18, 2026

Electric ferries are breaking records — and quietly joining Canada’s fleet

Electric ferries around the world are getting bigger and travelling…

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How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat
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April 18, 2026

How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat

John Meissner has loved butter tarts since he was a…

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Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS
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April 18, 2026

Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS

Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees who came forward as part…

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Sports

April 17, 2026

Dan Ralph

Woodbine jockey Pietro Moran looking to build upon his stellar 2025 campaign

TORONTO — Pietro Moran has a tough act to follow….

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