Caroline Barghout

Investigative Reporter, CBC Manitoba I-Team

Caroline began her career co-hosting an internet radio talk show in Toronto and then worked at various stations in Oshawa, Sudbury and Toronto before landing in Winnipeg in 2007. Since joining CBC Manitoba as a reporter in 2013, she won a Canadian Screen Award for best local reporter, and received a CAJ and RTDNA awards for her work with the investigative unit. Email: caroline.barghout@cbc.ca

Latest from Caroline Barghout

CBC Investigates

26 beds at Manitoba nursing home closed for months because of government delays fixing elevator

A personal care home in Winkler, Man., has been forced to close 26 desperately needed beds after its elevator became unstable, and petitioned the provincial government for months before Shared Health finally committed to fund the repair.
CBC Investigates

Manitoba seniors waiting for care home beds pay over $15M in fees to hospitals over 3 years

The critical shortage of nursing home beds in Manitoba means seniors are spending months in hospital waiting for a space at a personal care home, and current policy means they are paying upwards of $101 daily to live there.
CBC Investigates

Major retailers spend millions hiring Winnipeg police officers on OT to stop shoplifters

One of Canada's largest retailers is spending more than $200,000 a month hiring Winnipeg police officers to protect its business, an increase police and experts say points to the growing crisis of retail theft in the city.

For more than 2 years, these diehards have held a nightly vigil for jailed Jan. 6 rioters

Every night in Washington, supporters of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, transform a small stretch of sidewalk near the D.C. Central Detention Facility in Washington into a vigil. They call it "Freedom Corner."

Men accuse Winnipeg police officer of wrongful arrests while targeting parking outside Ethiopian restaurant

A Winnipeg police officer with a history of misconduct allegations is facing more scrutiny after three men say they believe he spent months targeting a restaurant in order to ticket illegal parkers and allege he wrongfully arrested two of the men.

U.S. voters split on whether Trump or Harris will make life more affordable

Americans are divided on which presidential candidate will make life better for middle and lower income families. Neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris has released a detailed economic platform, yet polls suggest many Americans believe Republicans are focused on the economy and tax cuts while Democrats have promised to tax the rich and corporations.

Kamala Harris introduces VP pick Tim Walz, teases platform to roaring approval from Philly crowd

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her newly chosen running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, were greeted by a roaring crowd at their first ever rally together in Philadelphia Tuesday evening.

Kamala Harris chooses Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate in U.S. presidential race against Trump

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her 2024 vice-presidential running mate.
Analysis

Does assassination of Hamas leader in Iran signal start of a regional war?

The United States says that if Israel is attacked, it would step in to defend it, raising concerns the killings of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and senior Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in the last 24 hours will trigger an all-out war in the Middle East.
Analysis

Joe Biden is out of the U.S. presidential race. Now what?

In the wake of Biden’s bombshell withdrawal from the presidential race, he gave a powerful boost to Vice-President Kamala Harris by endorsing her. But there was conspicuous silence from other top Democrats.