How 'forced financing' makes some car dealerships more money

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Airline industry insiders say passengers have become carried away with carry-on baggage, leading to costly delays. That’s prompting calls to change how airlines charge for this.

Airlines may start charging you for this …

Brandie Weikle

Journalist

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costofliving

Nearly half of meat consumers said they planned to buy less meat in 2023, Ipsos polling shows. Food researchers are saying that after years of being told to eat our veggies, inflation could be the reason we actually do it.

Goodbye steak, hello mung beans! Overheated food prices have Canadians buying less meat

A customer shops at Metro grocery store in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Oct. 26 2022. Food prices are rising faster than inflation, according to Statistics Canada's latest Consumer Price Index report, but experts say the government doesn't have many good options to bring prices down in the short term.

Food Prices, Montreal

Sophia Harris

Business reporter 

business

Skimpflation is when companies swap out ingredients in food products for cheaper ones without lowering the price. The practice can be hard to detect because shoppers don't have access to companies' recipes.

Is that snack chocolate or 'chocolatey'? How skimpflation might be affecting your groceries

The milk chocolate coating for Quaker Dipps granola bars has now been switched to a "chocolatey" substance made with palm oil. 

Quaker Dipps bars 

Shrinkflation occurs when a company shrinks a product, but not the price or packaging, making it hard to detect. It has been going on for years, but as Canadians struggle with high food prices, there are growing calls to make the practice more transparent.

Taller box, less cereal? Calls for more transparency when companies shrink your groceries

With inflation at a 40-year high, CBC’s Marketplace looks at the ways companies are passing increased costs on to consumers.

Marketplace investigates shrinkflation and reveals the sneaky ways companies cut costs, but not prices

Sometimes called inflation's "sneaky cousin," shrinkflation is popping up on Canadian store shelves. As prices rise, manufacturers may change packaging sizes or put less product inside to maintain profits. Here's how to spot and try to avoid it.

Shrinkflation is happening on grocery store shelves. What it is, and how to avoid

Stephanie Kampf

Producer

Asha Tomlinson

Jenny Cowley

CBC's Marketplace took smartphones and laptops to tech repair stores across Ontario — including large chains Best Buy and Mobile Klinik in a snooping test — and found that in more than half of the documented cases, technicians accessed intimate photos and private information not relevant to the repair.

We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices

A screen capture shows a technician at Canada Computers accessing private photos on a laptop left for repair.

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Following multiple complaints from viewers, CBC’s Marketplace decided to put Best Buy’s Marketplace to the test. After purchasing 12 “refurbished” devices from third-party vendors, industry experts flagged five of them for having issues.

Best Buy to review third-party marketplace after CBC investigation finds damaged products

All kinds of companies in Canada are suffering hacking and data breaches, and some lose private consumer information in the process. What should you do after getting one of those ominous notices that your data has been affected?

So you gave personal info to a company caught in a data breach. Now what?

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne unveiled a new voluntary AI code of conduct for Canadian businesses Wednesday, saying establishing public trust in AI will help promote innovation and development.

Ottawa unveils new AI code of conduct for Canadian companies

Ryan Patrick Jones

Reporter

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toronto

Judy Poirier and Robin Rushton says a renovation company used "scare tactics" to convince them their roof needed immediate repairs.

Toronto retirees say life savings lost after door-to-door reno pitch

Judy Poirier and Robin Rushton say they paid more than $75,000 to a company to fix their roof

Judy Poirier and Robin Rushton

Why some Canadian car dealerships don't want your cash

NDP questions why out-of-province companies are using COP28 pavilion Sask. is spending $765K on

Speaker defends convention message as personal, non-partisan — but pledges more diligence in future

Myles Goodwyn, former April Wine singer, dead at 75

Winter storm warnings issued for Ottawa, wider region

Israel says it's now fighting Hamas in all of Gaza as Palestinians lament 'no place is safe'

Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and partner reportedly found dead in Dominica

Mark Gollom

Senior Reporter

The vandalism of an Indigo book store in Toronto illustrates the challenges that may come with both defining antisemitism, and when anti-Israel actions or sentiment cross the line from legitimate protest to hate.

Indigo bookstore vandalism sparks debate over definition of antisemitism

Protesters gather outside an Indigo store in Toronto, on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. The demonstration, organized by the group "Jews Say No to Genocide," gathered outside the bookstore chain owned by Heather Reisman, was partly in response to arrests made on November 10 after the store was vandalized with red paint and had posters plastered on its window, claiming the Jewish founder of the company is “funding genocide.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

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Police say reports of hate crimes are up in several Canadian cities since Oct. 7 when Hamas launched its brutal attack on Israel — including spikes of antisemitism and Islamophobia in Toronto and Montreal. 

Reported hate crimes in several Canadian cities higher amid Israel-Hamas war, police say

Ontario is expanding mandatory Holocaust education in Grade 10, including to add learning about contemporary impacts of rising antisemitism.

Ontario expands Holocaust education in schools to combat rise in antisemitism

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling out what he describes as a "terrifying" rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia across the country as the Israel-Hamas war grinds on.

Rise in antisemitic, Islamophobic threats has Canadians 'scared in our own streets,' PM says

Ana Komnenic

Senior writer and associate producer

world

A growing number of academics, legal scholars and governments are accusing the Israeli government of carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. 

Experts, advocates deeply divided on question of 'genocide' in Gaza

Independent Jewish Voices group blocking entrance to the Shaw Center in Ottawa where The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) conference is taking place. Protest sign reads 'Jews say stop genocide in Gaza'

Independent Jewish Voices group protesters

With 45 per cent of homes in Gaza destroyed or damaged, schools are one of the few safe places where the displaced can seek shelter. We visited one of them to see what daily life there is like.

With half of Gaza in ruins, this school is a refuge

Whole neighbourhoods in the Gaza Strip, including homes, schools and hospitals, have been erased by Israeli airstrikes and the ground invasion that followed the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants on communities in southern Israel.

Homes, schools and hospitals erased: Gaza in ruins

Arab and Islamic foreign ministers have been touring global capitals pushing for an end to the war in Gaza. CBC News was invited to a private briefing to hear their solutions. None of the outcomes involve having their nations establish a presence in Gaza when the fighting ends.

Israel's Arab neighbours want to see Hamas gone, but spurn role in governing Gaza afterward

An Israeli soldier apparently mistook an Israeli civilian who opened fire on one of two Hamas gunmen shooting at people at Jerusalem bus stop for a third assailant and fatally wounded him, Israeli police said on Friday.

Israeli soldier mistakenly shot civilian who fired on Hamas gunmen at Jerusalem bus stop: police

Israeli police officer and volunteers from the Zaka rescue service work at the shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Police said gunmen opened fire Thursday on people waiting for buses and rides where a main highway enters Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The attack left one dead, one in critical condition and five others wounded, according to Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service. Two attackers were killed, police said.

Scene of deadly shooting attack at Jerusalem bus stop

Israeli warplanes resumed pounding Gaza, Palestinian civilians fled for shelter and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel on Friday as war resumed after a week-old truce ran out with no deal to extend it.

War rages in Gaza again after talks fail to extend Israel-Hamas truce

Co-founder of the military wing of Hamas and its current leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar is considered to be the architect of the Oct. 7 attacks. But decades before his rise to power, he studied Hebrew while serving four life sentences in Israeli prisons.

Who is Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas political leader in Gaza?

Aloysius Wong

Terence McKenna

Correspondent / Documentary maker

Yahya Sinwar, Palestinian leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, takes the stage at a rally of supporters days after a cease-fire was reached in an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, Monday, May 24, 2021, in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip.

Yahya Sinwar

Israel said on Tuesday that its forces were operating deep in Gaza City in their battle to wipe out Hamas in the Palestinian enclave and that the Islamist militant group's leader was trapped inside a bunker.

Israel says Hamas leader trapped in bunker as its troops battle militant group in Gaza City

Hamas names a shadowy militant commander as its new leader in the Gaza Strip, placing one of the Islamic militant group's most hard-line figures in charge of its core power base.

Hamas names shadowy militant as new leader in Gaza

A small number of Palestinian and Israeli families were reunited with loved ones on Friday as a Qatar-mediated, four-day truce between Hamas and Israel began to unfold.

After weeks in captivity, freed Palestinians and Israelis must rebuild lives amid ongoing war

Black Santa organizer giving back to CHEO after hospital saved son's life

Saskatchewan's music industry dazzles at annual awards night in Saskatoon

Crowdsourced art exhibit in Penticton, B.C., honours Cree artist

Disabilities coalition refuses to join government's 'facade' of marking international day

Jennifer Fane

Freelance contributor

Jennifer Fane sometimes used to be frustrated with her mom. However, it wasn’t until an unexpected job opportunity supporting neurodivergent learners that so many parts of her mom’s personality suddenly made sense.

We used to tease my mom for being different. Today, I understand what made her special

Jennifer Fane, right, sometimes used to be frustrated with her mom. However, it wasn’t until an unexpected job opportunity supporting neurodivergent learners that so many parts of her mom’s personality suddenly made sense. 

Jennifer Fane and Anne Claydon

My lavish party cakes taught me unexpected lessons about parenting and accepting myself

Rian Hede writes about his experience navigating high school and the lessons he’s learned on how to manage his ADHD and NVLD.

FIRST PERSON — How I'm managing high school while having ADHD

When stage manager Henry Gordon looks back at his career, he realized that his autism got in the way of his interviews.

Autism makes me great at my job, but horrible at interviews

ottawa

Art helps Naheen Ahmed lean into the chaos of living with a dynamic disability.

My disability makes my body feel unpredictable

Naheen Ahmed shares what it's like to live with chronic pain that fluctuates, who wrote and illustrated this piece for CBC Ottawa's First Person.

Naheen Ahmed stub illustration

Disabilities coalition refuses to join N.L. government's 'facade' of marking international day

Fog will continue to linger in Waterloo region and Guelph

Dubai climate talks focus on health as Canadian doctors warn patients already seeing impacts

David Thurton 

Senior reporter, Parliamentary Correspondent

politics

The federal government says Canada’s promised oil and gas emissions cap framework could drop any day. Here's what we know about it.

Canada's oil and gas emissions cap is coming — here's what to expect

A worker stands on a steam-assisted gravity drainage pad at Cenovus' Sunrise oil facility northeast of Fort McMurray on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Wildfires are bringing fresh scrutiny to Canada's fossil fuel dominance, its environmentally friendly image and the viability of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. 

Climate Summit Canada Oil Country

The Liberal government had to delay its long-promised regulations to cap emissions from oil and gas production in Canada because of two recent court decisions forcing Ottawa to tread more carefully on climate policy affecting provinces, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday.

Court decisions forced a rethink of oil, gas emissions cap: Guilbeault

A Federal Court judge has ruled that a federal government decision to list plastic items as toxic was "unreasonable and unconstitutional."

Judge says Ottawa listing plastic items as toxic was 'unreasonable and unconstitutional'

Canada’s top court has delivered a highly anticipated judgment, writing in a majority opinion that Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA), formerly Bill C-69, is largely unconstitutional.

Supreme Court rules environmental impact legislation largely unconstitutional

The CBC’s Susan Ormiston joins Matt Galloway from Dubai, where the United Nations COP28 climate talks have begun amid criticism that the summit’s leader is also head of the country's largest oil and gas company. 

Green ambition or just greenwashing? COP28 kicks off in Dubai

After nations agreed to a landmark deal to create a global climate damage fund on the first day of climate talks at COP28, Canada pledged its own support on Friday and joined the list of developed countries to back the new deal.

Canada commits $16M to new global climate damage fund

Canada will impose a hard cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday at the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

Canada will put a cap on oil and gas sector emissions, Trudeau tells COP26 summit

This year's COP28 will see a record number of lobbyists from the oil and gas sector. Andrew Chang explains why there are so many lobbyists present at the world's most consequential climate conference, who they are and what impact they could have.

How did so many lobbyists infiltrate COP28? | About That

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a media availability on Alberta's invocation of the Sovereignty Act over federal clean electricity regulations, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.

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On the heels of a UN World Meteorological Organization report that says 2023 is set to be the warmest year on record, here's a look at some notable extreme weather events from the past year, including wildfires, floods and droughts.

IN PHOTOS | Extreme weather in 2023

Homes are pictured near the McDougall Creek Wildfire as it burns in West Kelowna, British Columbia on Friday, August 18, 2023. 

KELOWNA WILDFIRES

Benjamin Shingler

climate

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to exempt home heating oil from the carbon tax has thrust the controversial policy back into the spotlight. Here are some of your questions, answered.

Carbon tax change has Canadians asking about the program. Here's how it's supposed to work

A worker installs a heat pump in a private home in Saint-Didier, western France on October 2, 2023. The heat pump, praised by French President, is attracting more and more French people. France's President Emmanuel Macron recently announced his desire to triple the number of heat pumps produced on French soil by 2027, to bring it to one million units per year, as part of the government's ecological approach aimed at reduce carbon emissions CO2 of the country.

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Many CBC readers have asked about the costs of switching their heating and cooling system to a heat pump. A new report and online calculator are the latest to show that many Canadian households could save money by making the switch. Here’s a closer look at the potential costs and savings.

Will switching to a heat pump save you money? Here's how to find out

The federal government's decision to exempt home heating oil from the carbon tax is being met with consternation by environmental advocates, who argued the change will muddy the country's flagship climate policy.

Carbon tax exemption on home heating oil sets climate policies back, advocates say

This interactive tool helps you get a better sense of how the federal carbon tax is affecting your household finances if you live in one of the provinces where it applies.

How do your federal carbon tax costs compare to your rebates? This tool helps you calculate that

Aaron Wherry

Senior writer

That the Liberal government’s carbon tax will feature in the next election, whenever it happens, is a safe prediction. But it would be more accurate to say the next election will be a climate change election — because every election is a climate change election now.

The next election will be a climate change election — because they all are now

People participate in a climate protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2023.

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