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Doctor who caught coronavirus variant will 'vigorously defend' against charge she obstructed contact tracing
An Ontario physician and her husband — the first people in Canada known to have caught the coronavirus variant originally detected in the U.K. — are vowing to fight public health charges alleging they provided false information to health officials about their contacts.
Doctor gone from 2 nursing homes after being charged with obstructing COVID-19 contact tracing
An Ontario doctor who caught the coronavirus variant is no longer on the medical team at two nursing homes east of Toronto, after it was revealed this week that she's been charged with obstruction for allegedly misleading health officials about her contacts.
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Ontario couple faces charges over 1st Canadian cases of new COVID-19 strain, detected only by fluke
The first known cases in Canada of a variant of the coronavirus first reported in the U.K. were discovered only by fluke, and the couple who fell ill are now facing public-health charges, CBC News has learned.
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Genealogy buff delighted to find he helped solve Jessop cold case — but also learns he's killer's cousin
A retired Torontonian who's spent years mapping his family tree has unknowingly helped police crack the Christine Jessop cold case through his DNA. In so doing, he also found a relative with the darkest of pasts.
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'Cash envelopes' were 'funnelled' to Toronto councillor's election campaigns, OPP allege witnesses said
Police investigating Justin Di Ciano and his council colleague Mark Grimes set forth some eye-popping, but largely uncorroborated, allegations in their bid to search a high-profile Toronto polling firm for evidence, court records show.
CBC Investigates
Debt-ridden translation agency says it can't pay its freelancers — but still recruits them
What was once one of the largest translation firms in Canada says it's so deep in tax debt it can't pay hundreds of thousands of dollars owing to its freelance workers — but it is still soliciting them to take on new work, CBC News has found.
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Corruption probe alleges Vaughan ex-mayor Di Biase may have committed fraud in building family cottage
Police investigating former Vaughan mayor Michael Di Biase over the construction of his family cottage say they turned up evidence he illicitly accepted an "advantage or benefit" from one of the biggest recipients of city construction contracts.
CBC Investigates
Illegal pot-shop bigwig should get 16 months for securities offence, prosecutor says
Wesley Weber, one of the main players behind a high-profile chain of illegal Ontario pot shops, deserves another 15 to 16 months in jail for an unrelated conviction, Ontario's securities regulator says.
CBC Investigates
Ontario health-care workers' pension has up to $430M at stake in Danish tax dispute
One of Canada's largest pension funds has been hauled into court in Denmark in a dispute about whether it improperly claimed hundreds of millions of dollars in tax rebates on Danish stock dividends.
CBC Investigates
Airbnb quietly shut down a top host amid scathing reviews, but hundreds of guests were left to stay with him
Airbnb has taken dramatic action against one of its biggest hosts in Canada, shutting down his account and eight others linked to it in the wake of a CBC investigation that unearthed duplicate listings, shady guest ratings and hundreds of traveller complaints.