9 Apr
2010
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Erica Johnson asks: When you buy from Bloomex, do you get your money's worth? |
2 Apr
2010
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What's the real story behind the prices at Easyhome? |
26 Mar
2010
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Wendy Mesley gives Lysol a deep cleaning for using Canadian pediatricians to pitch its disinfectant. |
12 Mar
2010
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When it comes to cord blood banks, is the marketing misleading? |
15 Jan
2010
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When you buy a product with a long-term warranty, you're buying a bit of peace of mind. But what happens when there's a problem and you have to cash in that assurance? |
26 Jun
2009
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Erica Johnson investigates the hazards of some types of outdoor glass furniture - and the government agency in charge of setting standards. |
12 Jun
2009
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Canadians who think that putting a stop payment on a cheque prevents someone from cashing it might be in for a surprise. As Erica Johnson reveals, a 100-year-old law is being used by some cheque-cashing outlets to make the writer of the cheque pay up -- stop payment or not. |
5 Jun
2009
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Erica Johnson cuts through the hype to find the best sunscreen: how high does that SPF rating really need to be? |
27 May
2009
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Cigarette companies are not allowed to advertise to young smokers in Canada, but have they found a way around this by making their packaging prettier? |
22 May
2009
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A type of athletic support cup, worn by athletes across the country, is being recalled. But as Erica Johnson finds out, getting your money back might be harder than you think. |
14 May
2009
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If you're planning a road trip this summer, Erica Johnson has found some great reasons to check the fine print before you rent a car. |
7 May
2009
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Canadians are huge users of the debit card – second in the world only to Sweden. But what happens when your debit card is breached, and thieves get hold of your information? Do you have the right to know where the card was compromised? Erica Johnson investigates.
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30 Apr
2009
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As the number of people affected by swine flu grows, so does demand for the drugs used to treat it. But who’s using fear to push product? Erica Johnson investigates. |
27 Mar
2009
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Wendy Mesley looks at Omega-3 fortified foods and reveals whether they really offer a bang for our buck. |
20 Mar
2009
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Trying to eat healthy even when eating out? Some big restaurant chains have branded meals with a helpful stamp of approval from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. But does the Heart and Stroke’s check of approval mean these restaurant meals are really low in sodium? |
13 Mar
2009
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Everyone remembers watching Saturday morning cartoons and seeing cereal ads. Not much has changed since then: the same cadre of animated leprechauns, tigers and bears still pitch all kinds of sugary-sweet cereal. But oh my, there are now stricter rules over advertising to kids. |
6 Mar
2009
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Erica Johnson puts a big deal at big stores to the test and reveals how you too can save money. |
27 Feb
2009
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It was a story that featured one of Marketplace's most unforgettable interviews, and some extraordinary health claims to match. |
20 Feb
2009
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You can be sure that when gas prices climb, yet another gas-saving gadget appears, claiming to save petrol and pennies-per-litre at the pump. |
13 Feb
2009
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You've probably seen the late night infomercials and had your jaw drop as you watched lengthy discussions about backed-up bowels and proper stool formation. Yep, colon cleansers have moved out of the bathroom and into the mainstream. But do you really need to clean your colon? |
23 Jan
2009
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If you’ve ever switched past The Shopping Channel on a lazy afternoon, you might have come across the Lotus Sanitizing System. The Lotus retails for $150 and it claims to turn tap water into a cleaner that can “neutralize pesticides and bacteria on food” and clean other surfaces, like kitchen counters and bathtubs. |
16 Jan
2009
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How do we know where our food really comes from? Last season, Marketplace went on a mission to find out. We shopped for foods with a “Product of Canada” label and then set out to trace their true origins. |
9 Jan
2009
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So now that Ticketmaster is re-selling tickets via TicketsNow.com, are they double-dipping on service charges? |
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