The Fifth Estate

Season 44

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.

Where to Watch The Fifth Estate • Season 44

15 Episodes

  • Unbuckled: School Bus Safety | Finding Jennifer
    E1
    Unbuckled: School Bus Safety | Finding JenniferWhy are there no seat belts on school buses? The Fifth Estate asked that question and discovered a flawed Transport Canada study which argued against seat belts.
  • The Trouble with Uber | Finding Jennifer: The Investigation
    E2
    The Trouble with Uber | Finding Jennifer: The InvestigationThe Trouble With Uber - Gillian Findlay reveals how Uber has come, conquered, and compromised road safety in many Canadian cities. Finding Jennifer - the second part of our investigation.
  • Murder in the Jungle | Muslim Adoption Ban
    E3
    Murder in the Jungle | Muslim Adoption BanMurder in the Jungle - Mark Kelley investigates what really happened when a young man from B.C. was lynched in Peru this year. Muslim Adoption Ban - Habiba Nosheen digs into Ottawa's ban.
  • Unnecessary Risk | Driving High
    E4
    Unnecessary Risk | Driving HighUnnecessary Risk - Years before Humboldt, Transport Canada was warned that without seatbelts on coach buses, people will die in an accident. The warnings were ignored.
  • Church of Secrets | Banking on Cord Blood
    E5
    Church of Secrets | Banking on Cord BloodBob McKeown investigates a controversial Filipino church with thousands of Canadian members. / Do parents really benefit from storing their baby's cord blood in a private bank?
  • The Deepfake | The War Over Truth | The Lie Detectors
    E6
    The Deepfake | The War Over Truth | The Lie DetectorsAI-manipulated video has become so sophisticated that words can literally be put into people's mouths. It's war. On one side, the NY Times. On the other, POTUS.
  • Unreported: The Essure Story | High Impact: Action on Safer School Buses
    E7
    Unreported: The Essure Story | High Impact: Action on Safer School BusesGIllian Findlay investigates a permanent birth control device. And in High Impact: Kathleen Wynne's views about seat belts on school buses have changed.
  • Kickbacks: Caught on Camera | Polygamy In Canada: An Open Secret
    E8
    Kickbacks: Caught on Camera | Polygamy In Canada: An Open SecretIt's illegal in Ontario and drives up the price of generic drugs across Canada. So why are pharmacists engaging in it? Polygamy is against the Canadian Criminal Code.
  • Dump Trump | A Brother's Story
    E9
    Dump Trump | A Brother's StoryWith a new Congress having taken office, the talk of impeachment in the air. Soleiman Faqiri was a troubled young man. He suffered from mental illness.
  • The Lone Wolf | Ghost Immigrants
    E10
    The Lone Wolf | Ghost ImmigrantsThe Lone Wolf: It was characterized as a lone wolf incident. But was it really? Ghost Immigrants: It's a small, relatively modest house in Calgary. So why was it listed as the residence for 60-people.
  • Justice for Jassi | The Children of Sainte-Justine
    E11
    Justice for Jassi | The Children of Sainte-JustineA young woman from B.C. was killed during a visit to India in the year 2000. Her mother and uncle allegedly planned it because she married a poor Indian rickshaw driver.
  • Reconciliation Betrayed: The Horrors of St. Anne's | The Defectors
    E12
    Reconciliation Betrayed: The Horrors of St. Anne's | The DefectorsSt. Anne's Indian Residential School, in Northern Ontario, was a place of horrific abuse and crimes against children that occurred over decades. | Who are the people who helped Rahaf Mohammed?
  • Officer Down; The Collector: Still a Mystery
    E13
    Officer Down; The Collector: Still a MysteryAn investigation into the number of OPP officer suicides; a follow-up on the story of art thief John Mark Tillmann.
  • The Soldier & the Survivor; Murder on Cortes Island
    E14
    The Soldier & the Survivor; Murder on Cortes IslandThe story of Ramiro Cristales, who was sent to Canada after news leaked in Guatemala of his survival; the story of the unsolved murder of Stefano Savoili.
  • Dead End: An Investigation Gone Wrong | Waiting For Justice: The Oland Murder
    E15
    Dead End: An Investigation Gone Wrong | Waiting For Justice: The Oland MurderIn August 2012, two young men were on an ATV at a cottage near Haliburton, Ont., when it crashed into a steel gate, leaving one dead and the other unscathed. What happened that day has become the subject of an almost seven-year investigation by four different police forces. Now the father of the one who died is taking on the OPP — determined to expose what he believes is a bungled investigation and trying to clear his son’s name as having caused his own death. | In July 2011, Richard Oland was found bludgeoned to death at his office — a killing that shook New Brunswick to the core, given the family’s stature in the province. His son, Dennis, was eventually convicted of murder. But he won on appeal based on an error in the trial judge’s instructions to the jury. Now he’s being retried, and his fate is in the hands of one judge and no jury. Bob McKeown, who reported on the case in February 2016, revisits the story.

 

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