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 Tom Harrington
Tom Harrington is the co-host of Marketplace, CBC Television's prime-time investigative consumer show. A four-time Gemini nominee for best sports host, Tom Harrington was formerly the sports correspondent for CBC News, reporting for The National. He can also be heard as guest host on CBC Radio's The World at Six, The Current, As It Happens and Cross Country Checkup. After earning his Masters in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario in 1981, Harrington began his CBC career in Calgary, working as both a news reporter and sports anchor. In 1983, he moved on to CBC Montreal where he worked for more than a decade in both radio and television. In 1995, he joined CBC Newsworld in Toronto as anchor of the Gemini-nominated "National Sports." In 1997, Harrington began a seven-year run as host of Sports Journal, the Gemini Award-winning and critically acclaimed current affairs program that aired on CBC Newsworld and CBC Television. Harrington's been a member of the CBC Sports broadcast crew at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Nagano and Sydney as well as the 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games. He covered the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg for Newsworld and joined the CBC News team for the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2004 Games in Athens, the 2006 Games in Turin, the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 2010 Games in Vancouver and Whistler. |
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 We're turning the tables on our viewers. as Marketplace runs the scams instead of exposing them. For the first time ever, instead of grilling the bad guys, we will be confronting the "victims" with one simple question: "Why do you fall for it?"
 The labels say 'organic' and 'natural' -- but are they really? Erica Johnson separates the truly green products from the 'greenwashed' -- products that look green, but really aren't -- in our top ten countdown of lousy labels.
 Their business can be ferocious, but when debt collectors cross the line, can you count on the rules to protect you?
 Are there special rules for gift cards sold by the banks? Erica Johnson puts Visa Gift Card to the test.
 We follow up on some of our favourite stories. See what's changed, and who's been busted since we "Busted" them.
 Tom Harrington investigates what some call the best kept secret in the car insurance industry: claims for diminished value.
 We test 100 samples of chicken from across the country for superbugs, and Erica Johnson reveals what the results mean for you, your family, and your health.
 Erica Johnson joins forces with contractor Mike Holmes to investigate the shady world of shoddy roofers.
 Are you being fooled into buying expensive water purification systems? Marketplace goes undercover.
 Erica Johnson investigates possible health side effects of Canada's number one birth control pill.
 Notice that many of your favourite products are getting smaller and smaller, but the price is not?
 Erica Johnson investigates one of the fastest growing alternative health treatments in the country: homeopathy.
 Tom Harrington investigates the sneaky charges and over-billing that have been plaguing the gym industry for years.
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