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Who's hacking CRA accounts? The Fifth Estate tracks down alleged imposters who duped the tax collector
Victims of identity theft across the country told CBC's The Fifth Estate that the Canada Revenue Agency wrongly blamed them for claiming bogus refunds. Our journalists set out to uncover the real scammers and where they've been spending taxpayers' money.
News Canada April 17
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CRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach
Harvey Cashore
News Canada April 15
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Shut out of medical school, he blames controversial admissions test which experts say lacks evidence
Erica Johnson
News Go Public April 14
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PC Optimum reward program locks man out of account worth $43K without warning or explanation
Rosa Marchitelli
News Go Public April 7
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Panama Papers leak has led to nearly $2B in recouped taxes for governments
Zach Dubinsky
News Business April 4
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Ontario judge condemns WestJet's attempt to include gag order in settlement offer
Erica Johnson
News Go Public April 2
CBC Investigates
Agnes Benn's death and the hidden history of Birtle residential school's predatory principal
Jorge Barrera
News Canada April 2

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Director Norman Jewison's wife cut him off from family, coerced him to change $30M will, lawsuits claimed

News Entertainment April 1

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Alberta teen exploited by extremist network says RCMP only spoke to her after FBI reached out

News fifth March 20

CBC Investigates

'Rising problem' of ghost consultancies hits man who lost $12K trying to get Canadian visa for wife

News Canada Windsor March 19

THE FIFTH ESTATE

Sonya Cywink's murder in 1994 remains unsolved, but her sister's quest for the truth persists

News fifth March 14

Parents say Snapchat makes it easy for drug dealers to sell to their kids

News Go Public March 8

Hyundai owners say the paint on their white cars is flaking off

News Go Public March 8

Decades after getting a child-care bursary from Ontario, this woman was told to pay it back

News Go Public March 8

Hey, parents: Advertisers could be using mobile games to build profiles about your kids

News Marketplace March 7

CBC Investigates

Canadian teen recruited to spy for Russia, now sitting in Polish jail

Jonathon Gatehouse

News Canada March 6

Call-centre crypto scammers unmasked as data leak exposes their schemes

Frédéric Zalac

News Investigates March 6

ANALYSIS — FIFTH ESTATE

From old grievances to new allies: Trump's history with tariffs

Grant LaFleche, Laurence Mathieu-Léger, Ioanna Roumeliotis, Matthew Pierce

News Canada February 28

THE FIFTH ESTATE

Authorities in India question suspect in Pearson gold heist following Fifth Estate investigation

Steven D'Souza, Timothy Sawa, Andrew Culbert

News Canada Toronto February 21

THE FIFTH ESTATE

Inside the Pearson airport gold heist: Document alleges well-placed insider key to $20M theft

News Canada February 15

THE FIFTH ESTATE

This divided small town is on the front line in a fight to control what Canadians read

News Canada February 11

Air Canada had no idea these passengers were on its flights and cancelled their tickets home

News Go Public February 10

CBC Investigates

This recruiter has allegedly scammed 'hundreds' of Filipino migrant workers. Some are now homeless

News Investigates February 3

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'I did not expect to be a slave': Amnesty International report exposes abuse of migrant workers

News Investigates January 30

Rogers customers disputing price hikes report unequal treatment

News Canada British Columbia January 27

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