The Fifth Estate - Season 50

The Fifth Estate - Season 50

Season 50

THE FIFTH ESTATE brings audiences Canada's top investigative stories. From across the country and around the world, Fifth Estate journalists dig deeper to get to the stories that matter
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DatesOct 11, 2024 - Mar 21, 2025
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Episodes

Dawson Creek: We want our town back
Season 50Episode 160 min

Dawson Creek: We want our town back

Local news is disappearing, so we asked viewers for their stories. One person pointed us to Dawson Creek, B.C., where residents feel besieged by killings and a wave of disappearances. Many residents say the RCMP has evaded accountability. Until now.

Oct 11, 2024
Road to Ruin
Season 50Episode 260 min

Road to Ruin

Canadian animation pioneer Daniel Langlois was known for films like the Matrix and Jurassic Park. When the millionaire and his partner were killed in Dominica last December, it exposed a web that extends into politics and corruption.

Oct 18, 2024
Stronach: Power and Silence
Season 50Episode 360 min

Stronach: Power and Silence

Billionaire Frank Stronach stands charged with 18 counts of sex crimes, including rape and forcible confinement. The Fifth Estate has found further claims going back decades. In an exclusive interview, we take the allegations directly to Stronach.

Oct 25, 2024
The Election and the War
Season 50Episode 460 min

The Election and the War

Donors and powerful political action committees are using the war in Gaza to influence the U.S. election. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to back Donald Trump while the ‘uncommitted' protest voting block jeopardizes Kamala Harris's campaign.

Nov 1, 2024
Conspiracy in Coutts
Season 50Episode 560 min

Conspiracy in Coutts

This week, we revisit a piece from last spring, which took you inside an alleged killing-for-hire plot by the Indian government, including the exclusive video of the last moments of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar before he was gunned down outside a gurdwara in Surrey, B.C. The RCMP now says there is "irrefutable" evidence that the government of India was behind his killing. Four Indian nationals have been charged.

Nov 15, 2024
Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption
Season 50Episode 660 min

Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption

A judge has ruled that two protesters involved in convoy blockade in Coutts Alta, where willing

Nov 22, 2024
The Fifth Estate: 50 Years of Truth
Season 50Episode 760 min

The Fifth Estate: 50 Years of Truth

Vancouver's Sky ECC promised confidentiality to customers with its encrypted cellphones, which were a hit with criminals but also the target of an international police sting. The investigation that brought thousands of criminals, and Sky, down.



 

Nov 29, 2024
The Fifth Estate: The Next 50 Years of Investigative Journalism
Season 50Episode 860 min

The Fifth Estate: The Next 50 Years of Investigative Journalism

We debuted in 1975 with a goal of holding power accountable. That remains a core tenet of our fearless and provocative journalism. As Canada's flagship investigative documentary program turns 50, we go into the vaults and behind the scenes.

Dec 6, 2024
Pet Care Inc
Season 50Episode 960 min

Pet Care Inc

The cost of owning a pet has skyrocketed. Independent vet clinics are being gobbled up by multinational corporations and private equity. Some workers say it's about profit. A special Fifth Estate, Marketplace and Radio-Canada Investigation.

Jan 24, 2025
The Shadow War on Libraries
Season 50Episode 1060 min

The Shadow War on Libraries

The library in Valleyview, Alta. is caught in the crosshairs of an international movement. Books stolen, its funding cut. At its heart: a group of queer teens and a movement that would see 2SLGBTQ+ identity removed from public view.

Feb 7, 2025
Inside job: Airport gold heist
Season 50Episode 1160 min

Inside job: Airport gold heist

It was a sensational heist — $20 million in gold stolen from Canada's busiest airport. On a chase that spans the globe — from India to Dubai to rural Pennsylvania, we make surprising discoveries about the gold, guns and the suspects still at large.

Feb 14, 2025
The Second Term: Project 2025
Season 50Episode 1260 min

The Second Term: Project 2025

Donald Trump's tariff war has people on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border in a panic. From behind the scenes of inauguration day to the oil fields of Alberta — is there a plan behind the chaos? Project 2025 provides the blueprint. 

Feb 28, 2025
Tax Hack: Identity Theft
Season 50Episode 1360 min

Tax Hack: Identity Theft

Tens of thousands of tax accounts have been hacked and hundreds of millions of dollars have disappeared as criminals game the system by stealing identities and filing bogus returns. Could the CRA's deals with tax companies be partly to blame?
 

Mar 7, 2025
A Sister's Promise
Season 50Episode 1460 min

A Sister's Promise

Sonya Cywink's death has gone unsolved for three decades. Her sister Meggie has taken the search for the truth into her own hands - finding leads that police overlooked and trying to solve the mystery of Sonya's death.

Mar 14, 2025
Trapped: The Online Terror Network
Season 50Episode 1560 min

Trapped: The Online Terror Network

"764" is a global network of online predators — many are teenagers. They coerce minors to self-harm, maim animals, kill themselves and have even plotted acts of mass violence. Police struggle to contain what's being called a growing terror threat.

Mar 21, 2025

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