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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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Melania Trump denies ties to Jeffrey Epstein in surprise statement at White House
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April 9, 2026

Melania Trump denies ties to Jeffrey Epstein in surprise statement at White House

First lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein…

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Business, Entertainment, Arts, Retail

April 9, 2026

Tara Deschamps

Roots CEO touts retailer’s progress as strategic review continues

TORONTO — The CEO of Roots Corp. highlighted the retailer’s…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

April 9, 2026

Man charged after alleged hate-motivated assault in PATH walkway: Toronto police

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man has been arrested…

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Disaster, Justice, Ontario/Quebec

April 9, 2026

Two more people have died as a result of crash in southwestern Ontario: police

Provincial police say two more people have died from their…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

April 9, 2026

Man, 19, charged with attempted murder after shooting in Brampton, Ont.: police

BRAMPTON — Police in Peel Region say a man has…

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Legal arguments wrap up in Stronach sex assault trial, possible verdict in June
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April 9, 2026

Legal arguments wrap up in Stronach sex assault trial, possible verdict in June

Legal arguments in the sexual assault trial of Canadian businessman…

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She travelled 900 km for an abortion. Years later, Quebec access issues remain urgent
Star

April 9, 2026

She travelled 900 km for an abortion. Years later, Quebec access issues remain urgent

Rose Gervais was about 12 weeks pregnant with her third…

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Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon as truce talks to start in Pakistan
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April 9, 2026

Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon as truce talks to start in Pakistan

Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the…

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Woman who died in Ontario hospital shouldn’t have been in wait room, needed frequent assessment, inquest told
Star

April 9, 2026

Woman who died in Ontario hospital shouldn’t have been in wait room, needed frequent assessment, inquest told

On the day she died of sepsis, Heather Winterstein shouldn’t…

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