Long waits for elective surgery in Canada's health-care system left one teenage boy in Peachland, B.C., feeling like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, he said, as he waited nearly two years for surgery to treat his scoliosis. Its a crisis that has some doctors pushing for private care, while others urge Canadians to keep their faith in the public system.

A group of moving companies is offering low quotes and then increasing the total cost of moves by thousands of dollars in some cases grossly over-estimating the weight of goods to be moved, a CBC Marketplace investigation has found.

Marketplace looked at popular brands for sale in Canada Merrell, Sorel, Kamik, Ugg, Timberland and WindRiver to see how some of these companies winter boots would fare on a wet, icy surface.

A CBC Marketplace investigation found several products sold in Canadian grocery stores with links to forced labour in Xinjiang, China.

Some of the cheapest, widely available eggs tested by Marketplace may be just as nutritious as some of the most expensive.