Ontario real estate regulator ineffective at protecting homebuyers, sellers, audit finds

Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · Dec 08, 2022

The agency that regulates the real estate industry in Canada's most populated province is failing to adequately protect consumers during one of the biggest purchases of their lives, a recent report from Ontario's auditor general concluded. Bonnie Lysyk's value-for-money audit examined the effectiveness of the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) and the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery, which oversees Ontario's multibillion-dollar real estate industry.

Real estate agents caught on hidden camera facilitating mortgage fraud for a fee

Tiffany Foxcroft, David Common, Matthew Pierce · CBC News · Oct 14, 2022

As interest rates rise, qualifying for a mortgage is getting harder for buyers, but that isn't stopping some real estate agents from making a sale. An undercover investigation by CBC Marketplace has exposed some networks of real estate agents, mortgage brokers and bank employees facilitating mortgage fraud for a fee.

Stuck in bed 23 hours a day: What's wrong with home care in Canada and why lessons could be learned in Denmark | CBC News

Erica Johnson, Tiffany Foxcroft, Katie Pederson · CBC News · Apr 27, 2022

Margot Algie suffers from a neurodegenerative disease and needs home care for all her daily activities. But she’s often only up for only one hour a day before another home care worker arrives to put her back to bed. A leading geriatrician says Canada needs to take a page from Denmark.

She begged for help as husband struggled: Why home care is failing thousands while companies profit

Erica Johnson, Katie Pedersen, Tiffany Foxcroft | CBC News · Mar 18, 2022

Willie Foreman promised her husband, Robert, that she would look after him at home after he suffered a debilitating stroke and became paralyzed, leaving him unable to dress, toilet or feed himself. But that became impossible, she said, after the publicly funded home care company that was supposed to help her husband of 50 years — Paramed, owned by long-term care conglomerate Extendicare — was so unreliable she was forced to put him in hospital, where he waited months for a bed in a nursing home.

Hidden camera reveals some pharmacists recommend homeopathic products to treat kids' cold and flu

Tiffany Foxcroft, Tyana Grundig, Asha Tomlinson · CBC News · Nov 19, 2021

Some pharmacists working in Canada’s top drugstores are recommending homeopathic products to consumers, even though, experts say, these products are essentially sugar water or sugar pills with no scientific evidence they can do what they claim, a CBC Marketplace investigation has found.

CBC Marketplace tested 14 brands of KN95 and KF94 masks — half failed to meet their filtration standard

Tiffany Foxcroft, Menna Elnaka, Asha Tomlinson · CBC News · Apr 02, 2021

To find out how much Canadians can trust the N95-style masks they're buying, CBC’s Marketplace tested 14 KN95 and KF94 respirator brands purchased from Amazon and big box stores. CBC Marketplace tested KN95 masks to see if they meet their filtration claim of 95 per cent. (CBC)As more dangerous variants of the coronavirus spread, many Canadians are looking to upgrade their mask. That has some people reaching for N95-style respirators.

As supply of N95-style respirators grows, some say it's time to upgrade our masks

By Tiffany Foxcroft | CBC News

Since the pandemic began, masking recommendations in Canada have centred on the idea of protecting others: my mask protects you, your mask protects me. However, more contagious and potentially more dangerous variants of COVID-19 have some asking if it's time for an upgrade, so that people can rely on their masks to protect themselves as well as others. Until recently, the supply of high-grade masks such as N95 respirators was limited, so they were mainly reserved for front-line health workers.

60% of COVID-19 long-haulers say government is 'absolutely ignoring them,' Marketplace questionnaire finds

Tiffany Foxcroft, David Common, Jade Prévost-Manuel, · CBC News · Jan 23, 2021

CBC Marketplace investigated access to care for COVID-19 long-haulers across Canada, finding that over 60 per cent aren't getting the medical support they need, 50 per cent say doctors didn’t believe them, and some are paying hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars out of pocket for treatments. Susie Goulding underwent a $700 private brain test to measure how COVID-19 has impacted her brain. She opted for private testing because she hasn’t been able to access the care she needs here in Canada.

Jamaica has China to thank for much-needed infrastructure — but some locals say it has come at a price | CBC News

Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · Nov 28, 2019

This year, Jamaica became the 10th Caribbean country to formally sign on to China's Belt and Road Initiative. China's investments have brought much-needed infrastructure to the region, but with that has also come some friction. CBC News takes a road trip through Jamaica to learn more. These men raise money at the side of a road in Mount Carey, Jamaica, so they can buy cement and fix potholes themselves.

Bomb on board: The downing of CP Flight 21, one of the largest unsolved mass murders on Canadian soil, is a real-life whodunit

Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · December 11, 2018

On July 8, 1965, a bomb sent Canadian Pacific Flight 21 plummeting, killing all 52 people aboard. Despite identifying four suspects at the time, authorities never laid charges. “It's something out of a Hitchcock film. 'Strangers on a Plane,' we could call this. Four absolute strangers, each with something to hide. Each of whom will end up being, at some point, a suspect in this case."

Largest unsolved mass murder on Canadian soil re-examined using modern investigative analysis | CBC News

Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · Nov 12, 2018

The mysterious crash of Canadian Pacific Flight 21 five decades ago is back under scrutiny as CBC News and a team of investigators take a fresh look at one of the largest unsolved mass murders on Canadian soil. "Not being able to know who did it means you have no place to even focus your anger," says Didi Henderson, whose father was killed in the crash when she was five years old.

Heredity or Hoax: How dog DNA helped uncover a suspected Indian status scam

Jorge Barrera and Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · June 13, 2018

CBC News found there were not only concerns about the accuracy of the DNA tests but also about the fraudulent use of cards resembling certificates of Indian status to secure tax exemptions the holders aren't entitled to.

New York's Vision Zero success provides road map for others taking aim at pedestrian deaths

Steven D'Souza, Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · Aug 06, 2018

The heavily populated U.S. city is bucking a North American trend — with record-low traffic fatalities in 2018. New York credits its "Vision Zero" program for a 44 per cent drop in pedestrian deaths since 2014, with overall traffic fatalities down by 27 per cent. Toronto is seeing an opposite trend. Between 2008 and 2017 the total number of traffic fatalities in the city increased by 16 per cent. Pedestrians deaths alone increased by 37.9 per cent.

'People are being duped': CBC exposes homegrown lies at farmers markets

Luke Denne, Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · Sep 29, 2017

Some farmers market vendors push bogus stories to consumers looking for fresh local fruits and veggies — and Marketplace has the hidden camera footage to prove it. Some Ontario vendors caught misleading consumers about the food for sale on their tablesSome farmers market vendors push bogus homegrown stories to consumers looking for fresh local fruits and veggies — and Marketplace has the hidden camera footage to prove it.

Unproven homeopathic remedies for kids still promising relief despite new label rules

Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News · May 09, 2017

Health Marketplace Health Canada's new rules for homeopathic products 'don't go far enough,' doctor says Tiffany Foxcroft - CBC News Posted: May 09, 2017 Shannon Hutchinson of Brampton, Ont., recently purchased a popular homeopathic cough product for her one-year-old daughter. She said she had no idea such products don’t require the same level of scientific evidence as over-the-counter drugs to show they’re effective.

Moving bill shock leaves B.C. family scrambling to get their stuff

Melissa Mancini, Tiffany Foxcroft· CBC News ·Jan 13, 2017

Do you know how much your worldly belongings weigh? Could you even guess? Long-distance moving companies often charge by weight — the more stuff you move, the more you pay. But when you don't know how heavy your belongings are, it can create problems when it comes time to pay. Karine Murphy found out the hard way when she moved from Alberta to B.C. last summer with her young children, Leo and Lydia

Discipline for teacher misconduct often handled in secret, Marketplace finds

Melissa Mancini, Tiffany Foxcroft · CBC News ·Apr 07, 2016

If your child's teacher was punished for a serious offence such as sexual, physical or verbal misconduct, would you be able to find out about it? Depending on where you live, probably not. A CBC Marketplace investigation into the way provinces handle the issue of teacher discipline reveals few provinces and territories make that information available, and most keep even the most serious cases private.