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Asha Tomlinson

Asha Tomlinson

Host & Journalist at CBLT-TV (CBC Toronto) Online

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Location
Canada
Languages
  • English
Covering topics
  • National News
  • Non-Editorial
  • Finance & Banking Services

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Recent Articles

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Sextorters are targeting young boys online — and flaunting how rich the scam is making them

There's a network of overseas scammers targeting and blackmailing teens, and in some cases driving them to suicide within hours of falling into a trap known as sextortion. CBC's Marketplace created fake social media profiles to investigate the business behind the blackmail.
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His son's brain was damaged by E. coli. Now someone is exploiting t...

A father finds his son's tragic story being used to sell a bogus product that claims to remove everything from pesticides to bacteria, including E.coli, from your food. We put that device to the test and discover not only is the product we bought no better than tap water — it's outright dangerous.
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Hidden camera, internal memo reveal how unqualified truck drivers a...

The system for testing truck drivers in Ontario has been compromised by bribes, forged documents and rigged testing, says a memo leaked to CBC's Marketplace by an industry insider.
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Hey, sports fans: You spend up to 20% of every game watching gambli...

A collaboration between CBC’s Marketplace and British researchers at the University of Bristol found gambling messages fill up to 21 per cent of each broadcast, on average, based on an analysis that looked at seven games.
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Being Black on campus: Why students, staff and faculty say universi...

Students, staff and faculty at some of Canada’s largest universities say they have experienced anti-Black racism on campus, and that they were targeted if they spoke out about their treatment, an investigation by The Fifth Estate has found.
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Raising a young Black man in North America today means fear, faith ...

Raising a young Black man today brings with it fear of the burden he will carry when he comes of age, but also the hope he’ll have the tools to help effect change, the CBC’s Asha Tomlinson writes.
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‘It can damage your face’: Skin-whitening creams illegally sold in ...

A Marketplace investigation found illegal skin-whitening products on store shelves across Canada — and the messaging might not be the only thing toxic about them.
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'We're paying with our data': Why privacy can be a problem with apps

The average Canadian has at least 18 apps on their mobile device according to research group Catalyst Canada: everything from fitness to social sharing to shopping and games. But is the fun and convenience worth all the personal information you could be giving away?
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Tourism fees rise at some Niagara Falls hotels, restaurants

A CBC News Marketplace investigation has found that some hospitality businesses in Niagara Falls, Ont., are continuing to charge a contentious tourism fee under different names and some establishments have more than doubled the fee in the past year and a half.
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, but bystanders sometimes stay ...

Marketplace investigates if Canadians would come to the aid of a stranger when discrimination is involved.
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'Hydra-headed beast': Black activists past and present talk about t...

Injustice Must End. Those words were written on a sign held by a Torontonian during a protest back in the 1980s. A response to a growing list of young black men shot dead by police at that time. Many activists would say it’s not much different today.