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Air Canada promised to become more accessible. But hidden cameras show it's still falling short
A year ago, Air Canada promised make the flying experience more accessible for passengers with disabilities, but a Marketplace investigation found it's still falling short when it comes to staff training, boarding procedures and the availability of lift equipment.
Ford says Ontario should 'build the damn' Highway 413, when asked about 'customized' environmental process
Ontario's premier says he's confident the environmental concerns about a long-proposed highway have been studied closely and that the Toronto-area project should move forward.
Ontario eyes barring new bike lanes where car lanes would be cut
The Ontario government is considering bringing forward legislation that could prohibit the installation of bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result, sources say.
Ottawa to create regulator to hold online platforms accountable for harmful content: sources
The Online Harms Act, which is expected to be introduced in the House of Commons this week, will include a new regulator, separate from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, with a mandate to reduce online harms.
Marketplace
Woman with service dog denied Uber, Lyft, cab rides
Marketplace documented three passengers who each took different modes of transit and encountered multiple barriers, which led to increased travel time, discomfort and sometimes outright danger.
Marketplace
Hidden cameras capture passenger who uses wheelchair struck by lift on Air Canada flight
In light of the federal government summoning Air Canada to Ottawa this week to discuss a spate of reports about the mistreatment of customers in wheelchairs, Marketplace is releasing an exclusive preview of its hidden-camera investigation which documented a rarely seen first-hand account of the challenges faced by those flying with a disability.
Mysterious consultant known as 'Mr. X' in Greenbelt report ID'd as former Clarington mayor: sources
The mysterious development consultant who Ontario's integrity commissioner identified only as "Mr. X" in a scathing report about the removal of land from the Greenbelt has been identified to CBC News as former Clarington, Ont., mayor John Mutton.
Marketplace
How accurate are dog DNA tests? We unleash the truth
Marketplace sent the DNA of two mixed-breed dogs, one purebred dog and one human to four different dog DNA companies. Nearly all the results were different.
Marketplace
Soaring rents in Toronto, Vancouver force residents on modest incomes into 'deplorable' conditions
With Vancouver and Toronto vacancy rates at less than two per cent and rental prices surging, residents on modest or fixed incomes are being priced out of their communities and forced into what one expert calls 'deplorable' conditions.
MARKETPLACE
Some CDI College recruiters are misleading students, Marketplace investigation finds
A CBC Marketplace investigation into CDI College, one of Canada’s largest for-profit career colleges, has found a pattern of misleading practices being used to pressure would-be students into signing up for online programs that can cost upward of $20,000.