The Fifth Estate (1976)
Where the story doesn't end with the headline
Each week the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians – delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.
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- 1 1. The Denial Machine2025-10-10A data breach at B.C.'s Interior Health involving tens of thousands of employees' most sensitive information is for sale on the dark web; health-care workers' identities are repeat
- 2 2. Funding the occupation2025-10-17We're in the occupied West Bank on the trail of millions in Canadian tax deductible charitable donations. We reveal funds are supporting Israeli settlements deemed illegal under in
- 3 3. Dying to Recover.2025-10-24Investigation into for-profit, privately owned residential substance use treatment facilities across Canada that, according to the investigation, operate with little government reg
- 4 4. Dawson Creek: Behind the Fear2025-10-31 · 45mWe return to small-town Dawson Creek, B.C., where residents feel besieged by violence and murder. The RCMP failed to meet the deadline it set for answers, so we return to investiga
- 5 5. The War on Safe Drugs2025-11-14 · 45mCanada’s opioid crisis has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, costing the health and justice systems billions. Many health providers say there were solutions that co
- 6 6. Smash & Grab2025-11-21Smash-and-grabs are going viral on social media, but the culprits remain unknown; revealing how adults are playing the system by luring kids into violent crime with lifelong conseq
- 7 7. Trapped on the Water2025-11-28Lobster is a billion-dollar industry on the East Coast; who gets to trap and when is tearing communities apart; the federal government is being blamed for doing too little to help
- 8 8. Vanished2026-01-16A vacation to Quebec's Mont Tremblant turned into a nightmare. Last February, 22-year-old Liam Toman vanished without a trace. All that remains of his last moments are CCTV footage
- 9 9. Missing Black Boys2026-01-23Reports of Black boys going missing have gone viral on social media; so have theories about what is happening to them; investigating who or what is luring these boys to remote comm
- 10 10. Canada's Crypto Fugitive2026-01-30An international search is underway for a Canadian who allegedly stole millions in crypto; we go from Hamilton, Ont., to Bosnia looking for a man with academic promise who may have
- 11 11. Last Breath2026-02-27Designed to protect law enforcement and health-care workers, spit hoods have been linked to deaths; banned in parts of the world, in Canada, they're used countrywide, sometimes eve
- 12 12. The Business of Bigotry2026-03-20Online extremist content is influencing real-life violence. To creators, it's free speech; it's also big business. We go from Nashville to Calgary to eastern Europe on the trail of
- 13 13. Critical threat2026-03-27Threats to annex resource-rich Greenland shook Canadians. We reveal an American firm closely linked to Trump has secured a controlling stake in a massive rare earth mining project
- 14 14. The Dissident & The Spy2026-04-03 · 45mIn November 2022, the body of a Chinese dissident was found near Gibsons, B.C. Was it a simple drowning or the result of a Chinese secret police operation? A former spy details how
- 15 15. The Ostrich Con2026-04-10 · 45mA small ostrich farm in rural B.C. became the centre of an international firestorm in the lead-up to a controversial cull after a bird flu outbreak. Was it necessary or government
- 16 16. Corruption, Crime & Cricket Canada2026-04-17 · 3h 0mCricket Canada is under fire amid allegations of corruption and fixing, even at the World Cup. We investigate claims of mistreatment of players and infiltration and death threats b
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Bob McKeownHost
Gillian FindlayHost
Mark KelleyHost
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