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GO PUBLIC 'I trusted him with my money': Woman says broker 'churns' her account, rakes in over $250,000

A Vancouver senior is suing her former financial adviser and his investment firm, claiming her retirement nest egg was decimated largely by excessive commissions her broker earned by purchasing risky investments she didn't authorize. More 5:00 AM ET

• GO PUBLIC 'Canada is in the Dark Ages': Investment insiders reveal how lax laws put your financial interests last Apr 17 video
• Go Public 'Investors' interests not coming first': Poll suggests Canadians want better protection Apr 20
• New investment rules fail to reveal some hidden fees Jul 25 video

New Deadly California wildfires force thousands to flee

An onslaught of wildfires across a wide swath of Northern California broke out almost simultaneously then grew exponentially, swallowing up properties from wineries to trailer parks and tearing through both tiny rural towns and urban subdivisions. More 5:12 AM ET

• Largest wildfire in Los Angeles history forces hundreds from their homes Sep 02
• Wildfires force evacuations in California, Oregon, Washington Sep 04

CBC Investigates Chaos inside the Phoenix pay centres — Is anyone's pay right?

Workers inside pay offices across the country say the litany of problems with Phoenix software — which require the use of Excel spreadsheets or, in some cases, pen and paper to figure out the math — is weakening the integrity of the entire federal payroll system. More 5:00 AM ET

• Phoenix payroll system doomed from the start: report Oct 05 video
• Exclusive Phoenix creators helped build failed pay system's business case Oct 05 video

Opinion Destroying personal accounts of residential schools would just compound their tragedy

It's true that breaching the confidentiality agreement could cause even more trauma, but now it's up to Canada to step up and ensure the survivors have all of the help they need to heal from the wounds of the schools, whatever the cost. More 5:00 AM ET

• Sask. lawyer at centre of massive effort to contact 37,000 residential school survivors after court ruling Oct 06
• Indigenous residential school records can be destroyed, Supreme Court rules Oct 06