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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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Entertainment, Entertainment, Arts, Music

May 7, 2026

Alex Nino Gheciu

Chxrry, the first woman signed to The Weeknd’s XO Records, is coming for the world

TORONTO — Chxrry is on the cusp of her first…

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These students are limiting their own smartphone, social media and tech use. Here's why
Star

May 7, 2026

These students are limiting their own smartphone, social media and tech use. Here’s why

Some young Canadians are getting more intentional with their technology…

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The drone war comes home: Canada scrambles to shield military bases in legal grey zone
Star

May 7, 2026

The drone war comes home: Canada scrambles to shield military bases in legal grey zone

Canada’s military is quietly deploying counter-drone defences at ports and…

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The night started with a $25 online sports bet. It ended in a $14K loss
Star

May 7, 2026

The night started with a $25 online sports bet. It ended in a $14K loss

Changes to gambling laws in 2021 have given rise to…

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Entertainment, Arts, Ontario/Quebec, Sports

May 7, 2026

Sharif Hassan

More tickets for Toronto’s World Cup fan festival to be released after quick sellout

TORONTO — Don’t be disappointed if you couldn’t secure a…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

May 6, 2026

Maan Alhmidi

“Selfless, brave and full of love”: OPP officer killed in crash honoured at funeral

An Ontario Provincial Police officer who died in a highway…

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Atlantic, Justice, Social

May 6, 2026

Eli Ridder

Residents of New Brunswick town file legal action against chips company

FREDERICTON — Residents of a New Brunswick town are planning…

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Lifestyle, Sports

May 6, 2026

Dan Ralph

Rookie running back Smith on familiar ground at Toronto Argonauts rookie camp

GUELPH — Isaiah Smith has plenty to get acclimated to…

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Sports

May 6, 2026

John Chidley-Hill

Raptors GM Bobby Webster willing to wait on re-signing Canadian star RJ Barrett

TORONTO — Bobby Webster is willing to wait on re-signing…

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