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Is Canada's food supply under threat from Russian hackers?

As Canadian farms increasingly become connected with reams of farming data uploaded daily to cloud servers they also become more exposed to cyber attacks, including from groups operating with tacit approval of the Russian government.
CBC Investigates

Gold stolen in Toronto airport heist now likely overseas, police admit

Peel Police have quietly provided new details about the Pearson Airport gold heist, confirming that investigators believe the gold is now overseas likely in India or Dubai.
CBC Investigates

Bad math and missing millions: Why the Toronto airport gold heist is far from solved

The theft of 400 kilograms of gold from Toronto's Pearson Airport in April 2023 played out like a Hollywood movie. But even after police charged 12 men in connection with the heist, tens of millions in gold is still missing, raising the question of whether investigators have really cracked the case.
CBC Investigates

That offer to buy your time-share could be from a Mexican drug cartel

One of Mexico's biggest drug cartels is targeting Canadian time-share owners with an elaborate phone fraud. And experts say there is little anyone can do about it.

Korean 'orphans' find long-lost family, hope after CBC report on falsified adoption papers

Last year, CBC published a story about Korean Canadian adoptees who believed they were orphans their whole lives, only to discover that wasn't the case. Since then, other "paper orphans" have learned they were stolen from their biological parents or their families were still alive and searching for them.
CBC Investigates

Decades after he nearly died, hockey player asks why neck guards still aren't mandatory

The tragic death of Adam Johnson, 29, during a U.K. pro game has renewed the debate over mandatory neck guards in hockey. Kim Crouch, the man who wore the first one 50 years ago, hopes things will finally change.

For decades, these Canadians thought they were orphans but it was a lie

A lot of South Koreans adopted by Western families in the postwar years arrived with paperwork stating they were orphans. But many are learning their parents are still alive and searching for them.
CBC Investigates

Ottawa's pandemic hiring boom adds billions to federal payroll

A CBC News analysis reveals the federal civil service grew by more than 35,000 people over the two-year COVID-19 pandemic a 12 percent increase. Four government departments account for the lion's share of the new jobs.

Claims against Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz dropped from U.S. lawsuit

Claims that Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz paid an underage ballerina for sex have been withdrawn from a U.S. civil suit after the lawyer for the plaintiffs conceded he was wrong about the dancer's age.

Civil suit accuses Edmonton Oilers owner of paying teenage ballerina for sex

A new U.S. civil suit alleges that Daryl Katz, the billionaire owner of the Edmonton Oilers, paid a 17-year-old ballerina for "sexual favours." Katz denies the claim, and says the money was for a film project the dancer was pitching to his Hollywood production company.