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Tara Carman - Senior Reporter | CBC

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CBC Investigates

$4M worth of prescription opioids disappeared from an Ontario pharmacy. No one can say where they went

Since the pandemic, unexplained losses from Canadian pharmacies appear to be on the rise, according to a CBC News analysis including some very large losses of dangerous and addictive drugs.
CBC Investigates

Ont. doctors' college orders Toronto pediatrician to undergo 'further education' on breastfeeding drug

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has expressed concern about the prescribing and oversight practices of a Toronto breastfeeding doctor in a case where a woman was prescribed domperidone, whose off-label use to induce lactation is controversial.
CBC Investigates

Kids missing more school since pandemic, CBC analysis finds

In multiple districts across the country, rates of chronic absence the percentage of students who miss at least 10 per cent of the school year, or two full days a month are up significantly, according to exclusive data compiled by CBC.
CBC Investigates

Companies are clear-cutting next to wildlife protection areas to log more old growth trees

Putting clear-cuts next to wildlife habitat may not be the best thing for the animals, but it does help timber companies cut more big trees, and has been B.C. government policy for decades. With the government promising a paradigm shift in protecting old-growth, some say this practice should end.
CBC Investigates

Stopping high doses of domperidone, drug used for breastfeeding, can cause withdrawal, Health Canada warns

A Health Canada review has found there is a risk of psychiatric withdrawal effects when women taking high doses of the drug domperidone to stimulate breast milk production suddenly stop taking it.
CBC Investigates

How hot can it get inside Canadian homes? We found unsafe levels across 5 cities

High indoor temperatures are dangerous, especially when theres no relief at night. In a five-city national project, CBC News uncovered how Canadians are suffering in their own homes, sometimes with fatal consequences
CBC Investigates

How CBC measured heat in homes in 5 Canadian cities

A CBC News investigation has revealed how much hotter some Canadian homes are than the air outside subjecting the people inside to unsafe temperatures around the clock.
Urban Heat Project

Why CBC News is tracking indoor heat in 5 major Canadian cities

In dozens of homes without air conditioning across five major cities, CBC News installed temperature and humidity sensors to test exactly how hot it gets. Participants are sharing how they're handling the heat and how worried they are about keeping those vulnerable to the heat safe.
CBC Investigates

Canada is sitting on 12 'carbon bombs.' Here's where they are

Researchers have identified 12 fossil fuel reserves in Canada called carbon bombs that would each release a billion tonnes or more of carbon into the atmosphere if their resources were extracted and burned. This would be catastrophic for the worlds efforts to slow rising global temperatures, the authors argue.
CBC Investigates

Health Canada reviewing safety of controversial breastfeeding drug

Health Canada has launched a safety review of the psychological withdrawal symptoms associated with stopping or reducing use of a domperidone, a drug intended to treat gastrointestinal disorders but that's also used to help women breastfeed.