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To show support for Canada amid a trade war with the U.S., John Mackay says he tries to only buy Canadian products during grocery runs. That’s why the 81-year-old from Tillsonburg, Ont., said he’s complained to Metro multiple times after seeing orange juice with pulp by Irrésistible — a Metro-ownedContinue Reading

Marketplace Joining forces with top scambusters to take on scammers from around the world, the team cracks into networks of organized crime groups, watching some through their own security cameras, and confronts fraudsters in real time Marketplace stopped nearly a dozen Canadians from potentially losing their money Scambusters Jim Browning,Continue Reading

WARNING: This story contains sexually explicit language and details of sexual coercion. It may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. The rental ad on Craigslist offers up one bedroom with “a warm bed available.” But instead of a price tag, it comes withContinue Reading

A small cube snakes around a blank canvas, trying to paint as much space as possible and eliminate other cubes trying to do the same. It’s called Paper.io 2 and is one of the games nine-year-old Jamie Dermody plays most often on his tablet in his Toronto home. Jamie’s mother,Continue Reading

Marketplace Marketplace investigates the murky world of home heating deals to reveal how consumers who sign up for savings are getting surprises instead, locked into onerous loans that come with broken promises of rebates, energy savings and free service — as calls grow for better consumer protection. Ontario needs toContinue Reading

If you walk into an Old Navy or browse online, you’re bound to find huge discounts offered and hot deals aplenty. But an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found some of those bargains are not what they seem. ​Marketplace tracked the price of items sold at two major retailers —Continue Reading

Editor’s note: This story is part of a joint investigation with the Fifth Estate, Marketplace, and Radio-Canada’s Enquête and La Facture looking at the changing pet health sector in Canada. When Maja Terzic brought her sick cat to the vet, she agreed to a few hundred dollars in blood work to hopefully find outContinue Reading

Marketplace 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 waterContinue Reading

Emily Scott grew up drinking ginger beer in the Caribbean, so when her son brought some Canada Dry Ginger Ale over, she thought she’d give it a go.  But after the first sip, she noticed the crisp, intense flavour she was expecting was missing.  A closer look at the product’sContinue Reading