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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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Public grocery stores are having a moment. Can they really make food more affordable?
Star

April 19, 2026

Public grocery stores are having a moment. Can they really make food more affordable?

LISTEN | Could public grocery stores work in Canada?:The Current19:24Can…

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Rare footage reveals 'fish city' near an Ontario nuclear plant on Lake Huron
Star

April 19, 2026

Rare footage reveals ‘fish city’ near an Ontario nuclear plant on Lake Huron

In the warm waters emanating from Ontario’s largest nuclear plant,…

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This Japanese town cancelled its cherry blossom festival to stop overtourism. It didn’t work
Star

April 19, 2026

This Japanese town cancelled its cherry blossom festival to stop overtourism. It didn’t work

Fujiyoshida was a sleepy town with a great view —…

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Sports

April 18, 2026

Kaitlyn McGrath

Toronto FC tallies late to salvage 3-3 draw with visiting Austin FC

TORONTO — Kobe Franklin had hoped his first career MLS…

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Sports

April 18, 2026

John Chidley-Hill

Fans travel to support Raptors in Cleveland for playoff opener against Cavaliers

CLEVELAND — Even though he was wearing camouflage, there was…

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Justice, National, Ontario/Quebec, Social

April 18, 2026

Kathryn Mannie

Kenneth Law to plead guilty to some counts, Crown to withdraw murder charges: lawyer

The lawyer for Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of…

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Here's the 'experiment' NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics
Star

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'
Star

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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