Asha Tomlinson
Host, CBC Marketplace at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Host @cbcmarketplace Fridays 8pm •Being Black in 🇨🇦 •3x #CdnScreenAwards winner •Mommy to Zay, Dancing 👸🏾, Raps fanatic🏀 #YQG #YYZ #YWG #YEG #YFB #CBCNN
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1 month ago |
cbc.ca | Jeremy Mcdonald |Tomi Joseph-Raji |Asha Tomlinson
WARNING: This story contains sexually explicit language and details of sexual coercion. It may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. The rental ad on Craigslist offers up one bedroom with "a warm bed available." But instead of a price tag, it comes with a description of who qualifies to sleep there — a "young petite female" looking to escape the cold.
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2 months ago |
cbc.ca | Bobby Hristova |Stephanie Kampf |Asha Tomlinson
If you walk into an Old Navy or browse online, you're bound to find huge discounts offered and hot deals aplenty. But an investigation by CBC's Marketplace has found some of those bargains are not what they seem. Marketplace tracked the price of items sold at two major retailers — Old Navy and Canadian Tire — checking to see how often those items went on sale and whether the prices were true discounts. The investigation found multiple examples of Old Navy items that were nearly always on sale.
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Oct 11, 2024 |
canadianinquirer.net | Jenny Cowley |Greg Sadler |Asha Tomlinson
By Jenny Cowley, Greg Sadler, Asha Tomlinson, CBC News, RCIMemo reveals bribes, forged documents at Ontario’s DriveTest centresThe 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. A subsequent hidden camera investigation by Marketplace reveals that the training students get ahead of that test can be just as problematic.
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Oct 20, 2023 |
cbc.ca | Stephanie Kampf |Asha Tomlinson |Jenny Cowley
When you need to drop off your tech devices for a repair, how confident are you that they won't be snooped on? CBC's Marketplace took smartphones and laptops to repair stores across Ontario — including large chains Best Buy and Mobile Klinik — and found that in more than half of the documented cases, technicians accessed intimate photos and private information not relevant to the repair.
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RT @Devin_Heroux: From the pool immediately into track and field and so thrilled to be alongside this talented CBC and Radio Canada crew.…
Thanks for the fashion 'note'! Wish I could see your pic so we could trade 'tips'. Well, fortunately for me, I felt great in that blazer so ya ... I'm gonna roll with that.
@AshaTomlinson So yeah, maybe a bright lime green blazer isn’t the best look on a large woman.
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Hey, sports fans: You spend up to 20% of every game watching gambling advertising https://t.co/tx30IkpNoF "Experts worried about 'normalization of gambling' call for greater regulation." It really is remarkable. Every commercial break seems to involve at least one gambling ad.
