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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Searching for a home contractor who abandoned renovations | Marketplace ...

AGM Renovations abruptly shut down after CBC News investigated concerns about shoddy work, leaving customers out thousands of dollars for unfinished projects. Marketplace speaks to some of those customers left in the lurch — and searches for the man behind the company.

00:00 - Recapping AGM Renovations’ fallout
02:03 - Options when a company goes bust
10:43 - Where is Ivan Atanasov?
11:24 - Marketplace travels to Bulgaria
16:53 - Ringing the doorbell // Confronting Ivan? 

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THE AFTERMATH OF 
AGM RENOVATIONS

producer/director
JEREMY McDONALD
 
associate producer
MICHELLE McCANN 

reporter
ASHA TOMLINSON

editor
AARON TAYLOR 

camera
NORMAN ARNOLD
JOHN LESAVAGE
DAVID MacINTOSH
OLIVER WALTERS
JONATHAN CASTELL
KEN TOWNSEND 
MIROSLAV MIHAYLOV

art director 
DAVID ABRAHAMS 

additional field production
MARIA CHERESHEVA

additional research
IVAN ANGELOVSKI

additional footage
YOUTUBE: AGM Renovations
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM 
TELEGRAM

social media producers
CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI
BRITT PURDY

colour correction
KYLE J. SMITH

sound mix  
DANY TREMBLAY 

resource coordinator
MARC CORMIER

news rollout
DEXTER McMILLAN

packaging editor 
BENNY KOSHY 

packaging producer
MARY-ANN VENDITTI

senior producers
RAJ AHLUWALIA
HEATHER EVANS

executive producer
NELISHA VELLANI

first broadcast 
OCTOBER 17, 2025

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Good Talk -- A Night To Remember

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Friday, October 17, 2025

How China won the rare earth race against the U.S. | About That

China controls the world's largest reserves of rare earth elements, and now it's tightening its grip. Andrew Chang unpacks how China's export restrictions are giving it powerful leverage over the United States, and why U.S. President Donald Trump is determined to catch up. Images provided by Getty Images, The Canadian Press and Reuters. 00:00 - Intro 1:56 - A race worth running 4:40 - All-in on rare earths 9:13 - Rare earths, weaponized »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok:

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