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Big Gym Ripoff
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The fitness industry in this country is huge, worth more then 2 billion dollars a year. As the new year arrives, many Canadians may be thinking of joining a gym. But before signing up, .. show full overview
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Cure or Con?
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Erica Johnson investigates one of the country's fastest growing alternative health treatments: homeopathy. Ontario homeopaths are about to become the first province in Canada to regulate .. show full overview
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Incredible Shrinking Products
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Notice that many of your favourite products are getting smaller and smaller, but the price is not?
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Spinning A Pill & Busted: Incredible Shrinking Products
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A controversial oral contraceptive called Yasmin has become the country's top-selling birth control pill. In the United States more than 4,000 women have taken legal action against the .. show full overview
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Clean Water, Dirty Tricks
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Marketplace goes undercover to expose the techniques used in door-to-door sales of water purification systems -- devices that can cost thousands of dollars, but which most people simply .. show full overview
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Hitting The Roof
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Marketplace joins forces for the fourth time with contractor Mike Holmes, this time to investigate the shady world of shoddy roofers. Co-host Erica Johnson discovers that some roofers .. show full overview
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Superbugs in the Supermarket
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Canadians are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. As a result, people are getting sicker and are taking longer to get well. It is now not uncommon for people to be .. show full overview
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Crash and Burned
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Co-host Tom Harrington investigates what some call the best kept secret in the car insurance industry: why insurance companies prevent people from claiming diminished value insurance on .. show full overview
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Back On The Case
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We follow up on some of our favourite stories. See what's changed, and who's been busted since we "Busted" them.
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Debt Collector Dread & Busted: Visa Gift Card
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More and more Canadians are living with debt. The latest figure puts Canadian consumer debt at around 1.5 trillion dollars. That's big money, and with rising default rates and late .. show full overview
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Canada's Worst Cellphone Bill: The Sequel
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Marketplace is once again on a mission to find Canada's Worst Cellphone Bill. We revist Canada's cellphone industry and uncover more horror stories. Co-host Tom Harrington looks into .. show full overview
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Lousy Labels
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How many personal care products have you used today? Shampoo, deodorant, lotion, makeup, diapers, baby wipes, etc. -- the products add up, and so do the chemicals. That's why about 64 .. show full overview
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Won't Get Fooled Again
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At Marketplace, we've revealed just about every kind of scam there is -- it's our job as Canada's consumer watchdog. And yet week after week, our mailbag is overflowing with stories of .. show full overview

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