Past Shows
This is a selection of web features from the Winter 2007 Marketplace season. For more features from previous seasons, please visit our archive.
Getting Juiced
Thousands of Canadians are drinking a new product made from a 'miraculous berry', that suggests powerful benefits. Wendy Mesley reveals the real deal behind the new craze.130 Comments
Curbing Car Break-Ins
Marketplace tracks cops planting cars for break-ins and catches “theft from auto” on tape. Find out why and how it’s happening, and how to protect a car from getting broken into.21 Comments
How Not to Get Nailed
No one sees more renovation ripoffs than Mike Holmes. Marketplace uses hidden cameras to expose a contractor responsible for the latest disaster he’s fixing.141 Comments
The Power to Kill
Erica Johnson investigates power windows: a consumer convenience responsible for killing dozens of children, including Sienna Rose Manson of Calgary.186 Comments
Update Show
More on your favourite stories, including Wendy Mesley's "Chasing the Cancer Answer," Erica Johnson's hospital hygiene investigation and an update on our contractors story.24 Comments
Can You Hack It? and Driven to Distraction
Wendy Mesley reveals how big stores are hacked for personal information more often than you're told. Also this week: Erica Johnson finds out why driver distraction causes a quarter of all auto accidents.49 Comments
Left a Loan
It is supposed to make you feel secure, but it's leaving some car buyers in the cold. It's called credit life insurance – a product sold by car dealers to cover payments in case of death.164 Comments
Trouble's Brewing
Marketplace makes a startling discovery: A well-known coffee chain has double the major health violations than its competitors.92 Comments
Bed Dread and Great Eggspectations
Exposing the costly shame and blame game surrounding bed bugs. Also this week: Find out if we're being sold better eggs or better marketing.68 Comments