RCMP charge Alberta businesswoman with theft, fraud

A group of elderly women living in a Leduc seniors complex are the latest people to be owed money by a businesswoman who has left a trail of bad debts and broken promises across the capital region. 4:57 PM ET video

Alberta homebuyer loser in dispute over age of home

A Drayton Valley, Alta, man is warning homebuyers not to rely solely on the advice of real estate agents and home inspectors after he lost his home because he couldn't afford both the mortgage and costly repairs. 10:14 PM ET video audio

exclusive Smartphones easily used to skim credit card data

A technology designed to make it easier to pay with your credit card may be putting Canadians at risk of fraud and identity theft, security and privacy experts warn. 6:16 PM ET video

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exclusive Alberta farmer hit with $3,789 monthly gas bill

A farm owner in central Alberta says he cannot make sense of his January gas bill and can't convince anyone he was overcharged by thousands of dollars. 8:49 PM ET video

Mark Harvey has been a journalist in Alberta and B.C. for more than 20 years, working as a reporter, interviewer and radio producer.

Some of Mark's recent stories:

  • When "Water Testing Kits" were left in Edmonton mailboxes, we interviewed the man behind the program: a water-softener salesman with no credentials to test for water safety.
  • Needle clean-up in an inner-city park. City officials told concerned residents that their park was clean—but our pictures showed otherwise: dozens of contaminated needles and other filth, right after a supposed clean-up. If you find a dirty needle, the city tells you to call 311, but staff could offer no help. The park was cleaned and 311 staff trained after our stories aired.
  • A company with a questionable past offered residents "waterline insurance", using the EPCOR logo and a letter from EPCOR's vice-president. City-owned EPCOR wouldn't reveal what it was paid to sell the logo, but we got a refund for the Edmonton senior who'd fought for ten months to get her money back.
  • Alberta Transportation placed signs for Jasper, Fort McMurray and other locations on Anthony Henday Drive after we aired a story about an obscure government policy prohibiting too many destination signs.

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