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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Elizabeth Thompson |Aloysius Wong
For Yao Zhang, the news came as a shock. Sexually explicit, deepfake images of her were circulating widely online — an attack that Ottawa blamed on the Chinese government. It wasn't the first time Zhang had been targeted by China. Shortly after the Quebec-based accountant-turned-influencer travelled to Taiwan in January 2024 to support its independence, China's national police paid a visit to her aunt in Chifeng, in mainland China.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
cbc.ca | Valerie Ouellet |Rachel Houlihan |Aloysius Wong
This story is part of Welcome to Canada, a CBC News series about immigration told through the eyes of the people who have experienced it. Read this story in Tagalog. / Basahin ang artikulo na ito sa Tagalog. For more than a decade, Jeanett Moskito has sold the Canadian dream. Her company's social media account is plastered with hundreds of photos and videos of beaming foreign workers, each holding a work permit — their golden ticket to building a new life in Canada.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
theijf.org | Apurva Bhat |Carly Penrose |Aloysius Wong |Valerie Ouellet
This story is a collaboration between the IJF and CBC News. A national restaurant company is dropping one of its Ontario franchisees after a foreign worker alleges he paid his own wages for a cook position that didn't exist.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
xpresschronicle.com | Aloysius Wong
This story is a collaboration between CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF). A national restaurant company is dropping one of its Ontario franchisees after a foreign worker alleges he paid his own wages for a cook position that didn’t exist. Quebec-based MTY Food Group says it has given Turtle Jack’s Muskoka Grill in Oakville, Ont.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Zach Dubinsky |Aloysius Wong
Toronto·NewA pair of Toronto lawyers accused of embezzling more than $6.5 million from real estate clients have been sentenced to 30 days each in jail for failing to obey court orders to hand over financial records and answer questions about where the money went.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Aloysius Wong
It took 10 years to fix this woman’s bathroom. But her landlord is still jacking up rent. Janak Ramcharran has lived in her Scarborough apartment since 2004. She says despite filing complaints, it took 10 years for building management to fix her bathroom, which had developed leaks and a hole in the ceiling. Aloysius Wong/The Green Line. It took 10 years for Janak Ramcharran to get her bathroom fixed.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Aloysius Wong
Erik C. rented a one-bedroom condo from his girlfriend's friend, and was forced to move when the couple faced a rent increase. Provided by Erik C. Unlike most other Torontonians, Erik was surprised when his landlord raised the rent. Erik C., 27, and his girlfriend had lived in a one-bedroom condo in the Beaches since February 2023.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Aloysius Wong
Why less than 1 in 6 Torontonians can afford to buy a home in the cityThe median income earner in Toronto now needs to save for more than 25 years to afford a down payment on a house in Toronto, which now averages at around $1.2 million. Aloysius Wong/The Green Line. I’m 25 years old, and I may never own a home in Toronto. At least, that’s what the math says. Last year, the average selling price of a Toronto home was $1,126,604, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Aloysius Wong
Why Toronto is in a housing ‘state of emergency’ — and who’s affected mostMarcia Stone, co-chair of the Weston chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), says Toronto has moved past a ‘housing crisis’ and into a ‘state of emergency.’ : Aloysius Wong/The Green Line. While paying rent is difficult for many Torontonians, it’s just about impossible for the city’s most vulnerable.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Aloysius Wong
How ‘demovictions’ blow up affordable rentals — and the communities that rely on themPatti Pokorchak, a longtime resident of 230 Lake Prom., says her 'idyllic' community is at risk of being destroyed and becoming Canada's largest-ever demoviction - affecting more than 1,000 renters in 548 units. Aloysius Wong/The Green Line. A plan to destroy over 500 rental units have lit a fuse among tenants across five buildings in southwest Toronto.
