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CBC Investigates
$4M worth of prescription opioids disappeared from an Ontario pharmacy. No one can say where they went
Since the pandemic, unexplained losses from Canadian pharmacies appear to be on the rise, according to a CBC News analysis — including some very large losses of dangerous and addictive drugs.
CBC Investigates
Kids missing more school since pandemic, CBC analysis finds
In multiple districts across the country, rates of chronic absence — the percentage of students who miss at least 10 per cent of the school year, or two full days a month — are up significantly, according to exclusive data compiled by CBC.
CBC Investigates
Mike Holmes responds to CBC News story on demolished 'Holmes Approved Homes'
For the first time, Mike Holmes has spoken publicly about a lawsuit that alleges houses in a “Holmes Approved Homes” housing development in Meaford, Ont. were built with defects, saying his company had no access to the houses during construction and was unable to help spot potential problems.
CBC Investigates
Mike 'Holmes Approved Homes' demolished due to alleged defects
In its ongoing investigation of Terrace Wood, a housing development endorsed by Mike Holmes, CBC recently learned that consumer watchdog Tarion condemned three of the houses. CBC also uncovered documents showing Mike Holmes not only promoted the project, but also a company he's associated with loaned money to the builder.
CBC Investigates
Social media apps that facilitate sextortion blamed for not doing enough to prevent it
While the efforts of social media companies like Meta and Snap Inc. have helped remove leaked photos and videos from the internet and provided some support for victims of sextortion, experts say they do little to actually prevent the abuse from happening in the first place.
CBC Investigates
Foreign nurses out $24,000 — and left with no recourse — after job offers in N.L. disappear
A Niagara Falls, Ont., mother who paid a Toronto-based employment agency $24,000 for immigration services to bring her two daughters, who are foreign nurses, to Canada discovered there was nowhere to turn after a dispute arose with the agency and the job offers were revoked.
CBC Investigates
Courts not protecting our kids, domestic violence survivors say
Survivors of domestic violence are generally supportive of their children having a relationship with their former partners, but say they wish their concerns about safety, retraumatization and their childrens’ fears about being around the other parent were given greater consideration in family court, a CBC investigation has found.
CBC Investigates
Domestic violence survivors say family courts are failing them
Survivors of domestic violence say the family court system should give more consideration to the history of abuse and the safety of spouses and children when ruling on child custody. CBC spoke to a dozen survivors in several provinces who say joint custody is not always in the best interests of the child.
CBC Investigates
Exclusive ski club received $1.4M in federal COVID relief amid 'record' year
Leaked financial documents show that Georgian Peaks, an exclusive Ontario ski club, received almost $1.4 million in federal pandemic relief in 2020/21 — a record-breaking season. The club ended up with a $1.5-million budget surplus, and hiked initiation fees to $43,000.
CBC Investigates
Parents begged for investigation of controversial junior hockey coach during stint in Alberta town
On Jan. 29, 2020, a group of hockey parents and billet families with the Edson, Alta., Junior A Aeros spent a long evening debating the wording of the letter they were writing, and worrying about the fallout. But they were in agreement — something had to be done about the team's coach, Bernie Lynch.