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Season 50

The Fifth Estate — Season 50

Oct 11, 2024

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

  • Dawson Creek: We Want Our Town Back Season

    1. Dawson Creek: We Want Our Town Back Season

    Oct 11, 2024

    A viewer tip leads to Dawson Creek, B.C., where residents feel ignored during a crime wave.

  • Road to Ruin

    2. Road to Ruin

    Oct 18, 2024

    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.

  • Stronach: Power and Silence

    3. Stronach: Power and Silence

    Oct 25, 2024

    Billionaire Frank Stronach stands charged with 18 counts of sex crimes; the Fifth Estate has found further claims from the last several years Mark Kelley takes the allegations directly to Stronach.

  • The Election and the War

    4. The Election and the War

    Nov 01, 2024

    Donors and political action committees could use the war in Gaza to influence the U.S. election

  • Conspiracy in Coutts

    5. Conspiracy in Coutts

    Nov 15, 2024

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

  • Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption

    6. Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption

    Nov 22, 2024

    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.

  • Episode 7

    7. Episode 7

    Nov 29, 2024

    No overview yet.

    43m
  • Pet Care Inc.

    9. Pet Care Inc.

    Jan 24, 2025

    The cost of owning a pet has skyrocketed as big business moves into vet care.

  • The Shadow War on Libraries

    10. The Shadow War on Libraries

    Feb 07, 2025

    Now more and more libraries find themselves on the front lines of a culture war, with battles over books, bans and the freedom to read. The attacks on libraries started in the U.S. and, like a slow-burning brushfire, they've been moving north, the flames fanned by pressure groups who feel libraries should not have books about sex education, gender identity or stories

  • Inside Job: The airport gold heist

    11. Inside Job: The airport gold heist

    Feb 14, 2025

    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.

  • The second term project 2025

    12. The second term project 2025

    Feb 28, 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.

  • Tax Hack: Identity Theft

    13. Tax Hack: Identity Theft

    Mar 07, 2025

    “Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds”

  • A Sister's Promise

    14. A Sister's Promise

    Mar 14, 2025

    “A Sister’s Promise,” documents Meggie’s journey as she hits the streets of east London searching for tips in her sister’s case. We’re there as the 62-year-old woman tracks down people of interest and grills them about what they know about Sonya’s death.

  • Trapped: The Online Terror Network

    15. Trapped: The Online Terror Network

    Mar 21, 2025

    This week is The Fifth Estate’s second investigation into 764, a satanic neo-Nazi network targeting vulnerable kids online and forcing them to harm their pets, themselves and others — and even take their own lives.