Andreas Wesley

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Sophia Harris |Andreas Wesley

Business·CBC InvestigatesA home renovation company endorsed by celebrity contractor Mike Holmes said Tuesday it is closing down, blaming CBC News coverage. CBC reported 2 stories on AGM Renovations earlier this monthSophia Harris, Andreas Wesley · CBC News · Posted: Feb 15, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoAn image from an AGM Renovations ad featuring Mike Holmes, right, and company founder Ivan Atanasov. Atanasov said this week AGM is closing down because of recent CBC News coverage.

Jun 27, 2024 | cbc.ca | Tara Carman |Andreas Wesley

Opioid painkillers are supposed to be closely guarded on their journey from manufacturer to patient.   They are highly addictive, can cause deadly drug poisonings and have a high street value. So how could almost a quarter million of them disappear? The loss of more than 245,000 hydromorphone tablets, all eight milligrams and sold under the brand-name Dilaudid, was reported to Health Canada in May 2023 by a pharmacy somewhere in Ontario. They would be worth about $4 million if sold on the street.

Mar 27, 2024 | cbc.ca | Tara Carman |Andreas Wesley

It's a typical weekday in Beth Acton's Montreal home. Two of her children are at school, but another, 12-year-old Connor, is asleep upstairs under a pile of Squishmallows. Acton logs on to an app on her phone to report Connor's latest absence to his school, something she's been doing regularly since the fall of 2022, which was the second time Connor got COVID-19. "He is ill very, very frequently. You know, kind of catches anything that's going around….

Nov 2, 2023 | cbc.ca | Katie Pedersen |Andreas Wesley

CanadaWhile the efforts of social media companies like Meta and Snap Inc. have helped remove leaked photos and videos from the internet and provided some support for victims of sextortion, experts say they do little to actually prevent the abuse from happening in the first place. Canadian tipline reports rising numbers, despite measures by big tech companiesSocial media companies like Meta and Snap Inc.