Episode list

The Fifth Estate

Anatomy of Scandal
A look at why a troubling history suggests an alleged sexual assault in 2018 by some members of Canada's World Junior team was not an isolated incident.
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The Big Burn

Wed, Oct 05, 2022
Examining the wood pellet industry that fuels the United Kingdom's energy needs while raising questions about its impact on forests.
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Sold a Lie

Wed, Oct 12, 2022
Going under cover in India to reveal the pitch made to some students planning to attend Canadian colleges and the reality that awaits when they arrive.
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Death at the Border
Investigating the murky world of human smuggling after a family of four from India, including an infant, freezes to death in January while trying to cross from Manitoba into Minnesota.
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Hunting the Hacker of Gatineau
By day he worked for the Canadian government as an IT specialist. By night he worked as a hacker extorting companies and others around the world as a part of a criminal ransomware gang, amassing millions of dollars in bitcoin by threatening to expose the private digital information of victims who didn't pay up. The Fifth Estate reveals how he did it, the digital trail of destruction he left, and how he got caught. Co-produced with Radio-Canada's Enquête.
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The Trump Files
Classified documents discovered in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home are the subject of a criminal investigation in the United States. We reveal why these documents also set off alarm bells with intelligence sources in Ottawa over whether secrets important to Canada were left unprotected.
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Cold Case Ghost
To the families of two women slain in Toronto in 1983, the killer seemed like a ghost who vanished without a trace; the remarkable search for a suspect; Mark Kelley hosts.
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The Gamblification of Canada
Ontario is awash in ads promoting betting on sports. The Fifth Estate explores the sudden spike in gambling options and why some in the United Kingdom, where gambling advertising is being scaled back, say Canada is making a bad bet.
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A Complicated Death
Since Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2016, more than 30,000 Canadians have opted to die this way, including many who are not terminally ill. The Fifth Estate examines why some are making the choice to die.
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What Hockey Canada knew about sexual assault allegations
The Fifth Estate digs deeper into the allegations that some members of Hockey Canada's 2018 world junior team took part in a group sexual assault. They unpack a history that suggests a pattern of abuse and look at why a charity has so much money stashed away.
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