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David Common

David Common

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

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  • English
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  • News
  • Investigative Reporting

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Just bought a used car? There's a chance it's stolen, as thieves exploit weakness in vehicle regi...

Organized crime groups driving Canada’s worst-ever auto theft epidemic are adapting by increasingly selling hot vehicles in Canada to unsuspecting buyers with little protection, police say. Veteran investigators argue they exploit a weakness in provincial registration systems that needs to be fixed.
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Long hair, signing bonuses and 'try before you buy': How Canada's m...

The relaxation of dress standards a year ago across the Canadian Armed Forces may surprise veterans who lived through far stricter times, but it is part of a larger effort to make the Forces more attractive to new recruits and to retain experienced members.
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Inside the Canadian crash course training Ukrainians on Leopard tan...

Canadian soldiers are on in Poland training their Ukrainian counterparts on how to use the Leopard tanks donated by the West. CBC News has exclusive access, to the firing range designed to teach battle-hardened Ukrainians on the sophisticated tanks sent by Canada and European nations.
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Toronto dentist broke rules, had sex with patient, fathered child b...

Uptown Toronto dentist Dr. Amir Haydarian began a two-year sexual relationship with a woman soon after she became his patient, a relationship that produced a child, in what a panel with the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario is calling sexual abuse.
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Sex assault charges withdrawn against Toronto dentist | CBC News

Charges of sexual assault and sexual interference have been withdrawn against Toronto dentist Dr. Amir Haydarian after prosecutors said there was “no reasonable prospect of conviction” and that they had doubts about the credibility of the main complainant.
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Phone scam victims in Canada can get money back, but only weeks are...

Western Union reached a settlement to repay victims of phone scammers after it was targeted in a federal investigation in the United States for its role in the scheme, in which fraudsters convinced people to send money through the transfer service. Compensation is available globally, including in Ca…
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Russia may have left Chornobyl, but top nuclear monitor warns of on...

The world’s top nuclear monitor warned Tuesday that while Ukraine has regained control over the Chornobyl power plant, there’s a need for ongoing vigilance at the infamous facility amid the war. The warning came 36 years to the day after the catastrophic 1986 nuclear disaster at the site.
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Despite laying dozens of charges, RCMP have stopped targeting Canad...

The RCMP’s Project Octavia arrested 11 people in Canada who were accused of funneling money to criminal syndicates running phone scams that target Canadians. But before any of those cases made it to trial, the Mounties disbanded the special task force
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COVID-19 has idled many ORs, but a Canadian invention is keeping su...

Canadian team’s virtual reality trainer allows medical students and surgeons to hone their craft by donning goggles and using simulated scalpels, surgical drills and other tools to practice different types of surgery.
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4 reasons many Canadians have been wary of electric vehicles — and ...

Advances by manufacturers are bringing the latest crop of electric-powered vehicles to the point where they’re starting to overcome the four main reasons Canadians say they’re wary of going electric.
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Could a 'blind recruitment' policy make Canada less racist?

Marketplace investigates how biases — both overt and unconscious — affect how we’re treated by stores and companies.
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Canada's coolest summer job mixes adrenaline with reconciliation

The Canadian Coast Guard is about to open something it’s never had before — an Inshore Rescue Boat Station in Canada’s vast North, crewed almost entirely by post-secondary students from Inuit backgrounds.
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Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study

The image of bottle water as clean and pure is being challenged by a global investigation that found the water tested is often contaminated with tiny particles of plastic.
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Sub culture: Aboard a Canadian submarine prowling the Pacific

A rare look inside a Canadian submarine, HMCS Chicoutimi, as it conducts a surveillance mission in Asia-Pacific waters.
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'The whole system is rigged': An insider exposes what stands betwee...

CBC Marketplace investigated how bot software often beats the general public to grab the best seats so resellers can peddle them to fans at a markup.
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'There's a big problem': Two-thirds of Tragically Hip tickets weren...

CBC’s Marketplace investigated why it’s so hard for fans to get good seats and found that only one-third of tickets for the Tragically Hip’s Man Machine Poem tour made it to fans at face value.
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Sewer robots sampling human waste may track drugs, disease through ...

There could soon be robots wandering our sewers, sucking up what we flush down to analyze our diets, our drug use and our health, and to watch out for disease outbreaks.