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CBC Marketplace

CBC Marketplace

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As Canada’s top consumer watchdog, we look out for your health, your safety and your money. Hosts Asha Tomlinson and David Common bring you inside eight action-packed investigations, uncovering the truth about popular products and services — and pushing hard for accountability. CBC Marketplace has your back. All 8 episodes drop July 4.

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Episodes
  • Introducing Cost of Living

    Introducing Cost of Living
    Dec 22 2023

    Today we have a special bonus episode for you from our podcast sibling, Cost of Living with Paul Haavardsrud. This intrepid team out of Calgary also looks out for Canadian consumers; and they're extra good at connecting the dots between our everyday financial choices and the economy-at-large. Hope you enjoy!
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    29 mins
  • Moving day is hard enough

    Moving day is hard enough
    Jul 3 2023
    Police say these movers quote low, but charge high once they pick up your stuff — effectively holding it ransom for payment. As the list of charges grows to the hundreds, we update you on our months-long undercover investigation into the world of movers who are accused of scamming customers. Listen as a major police operation unfolds and our journalists push for answers from company bosses.
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    27 mins
  • Do you know the ‘Doc of Detox’?

    Do you know the ‘Doc of Detox’?
    Jul 3 2023
    Darrell Wolfe, a self-described health practitioner who calls himself the “Doc of Detox”, is selling unproven alternative treatments in Mexico for everything from chronic pain to cancer, an undercover CBC Marketplace investigation found. These procedures and devices are not only costly and ineffective, but clients say can often cause physical suffering. We reveal the false claims and speak to those who regret subscribing to his treatment.
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    27 mins
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