TOPIC: CBC NEWS INVESTIGATES
CBC Investigates
This recruiter has allegedly scammed 'hundreds' of Filipino migrant workers. Some are now homeless
Recruiter Jeanett Moskito has been caught three dozen times for charging illegal fees and is accused of victimizing "hundreds" of Filipino migrant workers. But she has never been prosecuted, with a lawyer likening the penalties she’s received so far to "parking tickets."
Welcome to Canada
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada
Is it worth immigrating to Canada? These newcomers say it comes at a cost
For decades, Canada was a top destination for immigrants, seen as a stable and safe place to live with a clear path to permanent residency. But now, many recent newcomers say it’s an expensive and often futile endeavour.
Welcome to Canada
Newcomers feel Canada accepts 'too many immigrants' without proper planning, CBC survey finds
A new CBC-commissioned survey has found that more than 80 per cent of newcomers to Canada feel the federal government accepts ‘too many immigrants’ without sufficient thought of where they will live and work. And while the majority now consider Canada home, two in five say they would consider leaving.
CBC Investigates
Online ads illegally sell jobs to temporary foreign workers
Two months after Ottawa cracked down on temporary foreign worker permits, a CBC/IJF investigation finds dozens of online ads still selling Labour Market Impact Assessment-approved jobs to migrants for up to $45,000 apiece.
FIFTH ESTATE
'We didn't sleep for 3 days': How a network of women watched over Rahaf Mohammed's escape to the West
When Rahaf Mohammed made her risky escape from Saudi Arabia in January, a network of young women were advising her and others in the same way they’ve helped each other flee repression at home.
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Polytechnique murderer Marc Lépine had her on his kill list. She never forgot the moment she found out
Two days after the École Polytechnique massacre, journalist Francine Pelletier learned she and 18 other women were on the gunman's hit list because it was published in the newspaper she worked for.
Marketplace
More and more places are asking for tips. Hidden cameras reveal who is and isn't getting them
Marketplace visited 100 businesses undercover to find out who’s asking for tips and where they end up. Data also shows employees across Canada have filed hundreds of complaints about "tip theft".
CBC Investigates
How Rumble went from a family-friendly Canadian startup to a megaphone for U.S. election deniers
Started in Toronto in 2013, Rumble was once mainly known as a site where you could find wholesome pet videos. But it changed radically after investments by pro-Trump financiers.
CBC Investigates
Sixteen caught crossing illegally into U.S. from Quebec in days before Trump tariff threat
On a late Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into an area near Chateaugay, N.Y.
CBC Investigates
Toronto lawyer who stole client money for vacations, handbags and shoes is jailed for contempt
A disgraced real-estate lawyer who admitted to pilfering millions in client money to support her and her family's lavish lifestyle was handcuffed in a Toronto courtroom Friday and marched out by a constable to serve a 20-day sentence for contempt of court, as her husband and mother watched.
CBC Investigates
'We got completely played for suckers,' MP says of recent takeovers in Canadian forestry
Opposition MPs are aghast that after buying up two major Canadian companies, the foreign owner of one of Canada’s biggest forestry businesses is now also formally taking over an Indonesian-Chinese pulp and paper conglomerate from his family — a company he has long denied operating in tandem with.
His son's brain was damaged by E. coli. Now someone is exploiting their story to sell a questionable product
A father finds his son's tragic story being used to sell a bogus product that claims to remove everything from pesticides to bacteria, including E.coli, from your food. We put that device to the test and discover not only is the product we bought no better than tap water — it's outright dangerous.
Human smuggler issued new Canadian passport after court ordered surrender of travel document
The federal government issued a new passport to an admitted human smuggler after he was ordered to surrender the travel document as part of court-imposed release conditions, CBC News has learned.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
CRA leadership knew of major gaps in fraud detection as agency paid out bogus refunds, records show
In early 2024, senior officials at the Canada Revenue Agency were so concerned it had wrongly authorized bogus refunds of tens of millions of dollars that they wrote confidential briefing notes stating that the agency was plagued by significant "gaps" in its ability to spot — and stop — scammers, records show.
FIFTH ESTATE
RCMP videos show how extremist ideology fuelled armed Coutts protesters
RCMP videos and evidence photos obtained by The Fifth Estate reveal the extent to which conspiracy theories fuelled men arrested at the 2022 border blockade in Coutts, Alta. While they were found not guilty of conspiring to murder RCMP officers, experts tell The Fifth Estate the case is a warning about the potential for violence posed by extremist ideologies.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
CRA launched 'witch hunt' against whistleblowers who exposed millions in bogus refunds, sources say
The Canada Revenue Agency is on a “witch hunt” to find whistleblowers who may have spoken to the media and exposed how it has been repeatedly duped into paying out millions in bogus refunds to scammers, according to sources.
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CBC Investigates
How an alleged Russian plot suddenly upended Canada's air cargo rules
Transport Canada quietly changed air cargo importation rules for 55 mostly European countries in September, throwing the system into chaos — all in response to an alleged Russian plot to place firebombs on planes destined for North America.
Why Canada Dry's 'made from real ginger' claim isn't on U.S. cans
Marketplace hits the grocery aisles to debunk food marketing claims and expose Canada’s weak labelling rules. From “cholesterol free” to “made with real ginger,” we reveal what's really in our food.
CBC Investigates
Doctors repeatedly disciplined for sexual abuse need stricter oversight, critics say
Health-care critics and legal experts are calling on the Ontario government to review its medical oversight system after CBC News uncovered a fourth alleged victim tied to a disgraced pediatrician who nevertheless remained employed for nearly 40 years in Toronto.
Air Canada promised to become more accessible. But hidden cameras show it's still falling short
A year ago, Air Canada promised make the flying experience more accessible for passengers with disabilities, but a Marketplace investigation found it's still falling short when it comes to staff training, boarding procedures and the availability of lift equipment.
ANALYSIS — Fifth Estate
Netanyahu's quest for political survival could be affecting the push for Mideast peace, U.S. election
The Fifth Estate analyzed Benjamin Netanyahu's actions over the last year and spoke with experts who have been at the negotiating table between Israelis and Palestinians to understand how the Israeli prime minister's moves may be guided by self-interest and may be having a ripple effect on the U.S. election.
CBC Investigates
This foreign worker says he paid his own wages for a cook position that didn't exist
A national restaurant company says it has given one of its franchisees 90 days to 'leave the franchise system' after a joint investigation by CBC and the Investigative Journalism Foundation shared allegations of an illegal payroll scheme at the restaurant.
Go Public
Porter breaks its own rules by kicking deaf woman and her service dog off a flight
Deaf passenger Georgina Villeneuve says she's tired of having to explain to airlines what the rules are around service animals on flights. The Edmonton woman was kicked off a Porter flight last month after the flight attendant didn't know the airline's own rules.