Caroline Barghout

Investigative Reporter, CBC Manitoba I-Team

Caroline began her career co-hosting an internet radio talk show in Toronto and then worked at various stations in Oshawa, Sudbury and Toronto before landing in Winnipeg in 2007. Since joining CBC Manitoba as a reporter in 2013, she won a Canadian Screen Award for best local reporter, and received a CAJ and RTDNA awards for her work with the investigative unit. Email: caroline.barghout@cbc.ca

Latest from Caroline Barghout

Southern Authority leased building for $500K a year, sits partly empty

A building leased by the Southern Authority for $500,000 a year hasn't been fully utilized since 2014.

Child welfare agency signed $10M untendered lease with company partly owned by Peter Ginakes: audit

A review of the Southern Authority's 2007 lease agreement with a numbered company, owned in part by Peter Ginakes, reveals the organization signed a deal to lease a property before it was even purchased.

Fraud found in Caspian construction of Winnipeg mail plant, say court documents

RCMP found something they weren’t looking for when they raided Caspian Construction offices in December 2014 — documents they called evidence of inflated invoices, fraudulent billing and the payment of a secret commission in the building of the Canada Post mail processing plant near the airport.

Manitoba's NDP government makes flurry of announcements before blackout period starts

Time is running out for the Manitoba government to make any new spending commitments as the provincial election nears.

'Please come home': video aims to keep indigenous women, girls off MMIW list

The lyrics are powerful. So are the images. Young girls, being victimized in their own homes. Young women, disappearing on the street.

Tina Fontaine investigator asks Winnipeggers for help solving 4 homicides

The police sergeant who led the Tina Fontaine murder investigation hopes momentum from the arrest of a suspect in that case will fuel tips that could help police with other unsolved homicides.

Tina Fontaine's body was wrapped in duvet cover, police reveal

Tina Fontaine's body was found wrapped in a duvet cover purchased at Costco, Winnipeg police have revealed in an interview with CBC News.

Two years and $42K later, Winnipeg woman's basement renovation still not done

A Winnipeg woman said she paid for renovations two years ago and they still haven't been finished. Mukai Muza is a single mother of two on a disability pension. In 2014, she hired a contractor to build an apartment suite in her basement that she could rent out for additional income.

Winnipeg man dies after red flag ignored, cancer not treated soon enough, his daughter says

Thirty years ago Jeni Descartes' father, Kasmier D'Amico, battled Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma and won.

Image of Alan Kurdi dead on a beach moves Winnipeg woman to help Syrian refugees

For Vicki Melo, it started with the now infamous photo of Alan Kurdi face down on a beach in Turkey. The image of the three-year-old boy washed up on shore made her decide to sponsor a Syrian refugee family and bring them to Canada.