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CBC Investigates
Filipino family gets 2nd chance at a life in Canada after paying $24K to unregistered immigration consultant
Joy Thompson has finally reunited with her daughters in Canada. It comes after a CBC investigation last year uncovered a tangled tale that began in 2018 when they tried to get jobs in the country where their mother has been living since 2004.
Escalating cost of living tarnishes the golden years for pensioners
When Doreen Noseworthy retired in 2002 after a teaching career that spanned almost four decades, she believed she and her husband, Gerry, an accountant, were set for life. What they did not foresee was the sharp escalation in the cost of living in recent years that would see the buying power of their fixed income shrink precipitously.
At Canada's largest Atlantic puffin colony, chicks are dying of starvation
Pufflings, the small chicks of the Atlantic puffin, are struggling due to a lack of food and warming ocean temperatures.
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.
3 months after Fiona laid waste to their homes, these families say they're still stuck in limbo
More than 100 homes have been condemned in Port aux Basques and surrounding areas in southwestern Newfoundland after Fiona tore through the region. Three months on, some families say they are still not sure if they will be able to rebuild.
High fuel costs threaten plans for a bumper tourist season in Newfoundland
After carrying deficits in the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many tourism operators in rural Newfoundland had hoped they would recover their losses this summer.
Analysis
Why India's failure to take a hard stance on Russia could backfire
Since Russia invaded Ukraine two weeks ago, India has abstained on every United Nations vote condemning Russia's actions. This has invoked the opprobrium of the overwhelming majority of its allies in NATO countries, including the U.S., with whom it has been forging a deeper strategic alliance in recent years.
40 years after Ocean Ranger disaster, families recall lethal storm that changed them forever
A son and daughter of two of the men killed aboard the oil rig off the coast of Newfoundland in 1982 recount how their losses altered the course of their lives.
Salon owners call on N.L. to crack down on underground hairstylists serving unvaccinated clients
Provincial rules require customers at certain businesses — including hair salons — to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Activist files lawsuit alleging childhood sexual abuse by St. John's priest
“I was a child when I met this priest. To me he was like God," says Gemma Hickey