Marketplace
Marketplace: Season 38

Air Date

January 7, 2011

Episodes

13 episodes

Marketplace

Season 38

Episodes

1. Big Gym Ripoff

January 7, 2011

How gym membership contracts affect Canadians and how some gyms are run.

2. Cure or Con?

January 14, 2011

Investigating homeopathy, the fastest growing alternative health practice in Canada.

3. Incredible Shrinking Products

January 21, 2011

4. Spinning a Pill

January 21, 2011

Investigating the oral contraceptive Yasmin.

5. Clean Water Dirty Tricks

January 28, 2011

Investigation of the sale of door-to-door water purification systems in Canada.

6. Hitting the Roof

February 4, 2011
30 min

Investigating the world of shady roofers with contractors Mike Holmes.

7. Superbug in the Supermarket

February 11, 2011

Investigating the link between the animals we eat and our resistance to antibiotics.

8. Crash and Burned

February 18, 2011

Tom Harrington investigates what insurance companies don't want you to know.

9. Back on the Case

February 25, 2011

We follow up on some of our favourite stories. See what's changed, and who's been busted since we "Busted" them.

10. Debt Collector Dread

March 4, 2011

Debt collectors: their business can be ferocious. But when they cross the line, can you count on the rules to protect you? Erica Johnson investigates.

11. Canada's Worst Cell Phone Bill: The Sequel

March 11, 2011

Taking another look at Canada's cellphone industry.

12. Lousy Labels

March 18, 2011

The labels say 'organic' and 'natural' -- but are they really? Erica Johnson separates the truly green products from the 'greenwashed' -- products that look green, but really aren't -- in our top ten countdown of lousy labels.

13. Won't Get Fooled Again

April 1, 2011

For the first time ever, Marketplace will be running the scams instead of exposing them.