The Fifth Estate

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Murder in Cottage Country
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15, 2017
It's a dark tale of people vanishing, mystery, and suspicion of murder: Nearly two decades ago in a secluded part of Ontario's cottage country, four elderly people disappeared without a .. show full overview
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Pit Bulls Unleashed: Should They Be Banned?
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22, 2017
t’s a fact that pit bulls, with their powerful jaws, can kill and maim. Google ‘pit bull attacks’ if you dare. But are pit bulls born bad or do humans make them that way? Therein lies an .. show full overview
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The Truth Smugglers
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29, 2017
They are crimes a regime wants to keep secret: tens of thousands of Syrians have “disappeared” in the past six years of civil war, swept away to government prisons and detention centres to be interrogated, tortured and worse.
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Jagmeet Singh: The Colour of Politics
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13, 2017
He pulled off a first-ballot victory to become the new leader of the NDP, becoming the first visible minority to head a major political party in Canada.
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Tainted Tests: Broken Families
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20, 2017
It seemed so perfect, so scientific - a hair test that could objectively determine whether parents of young children were abusing drugs or alcohol. But it turns out the 'Motherisk' hair .. show full overview
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Terror Plot In Canada: The Inside Man
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27, 2017
He was an undercover officer working on the streets of New Jersey before he started working with the FBI. In June of 2012, he got a call from his bosses. They wanted him to check out men .. show full overview
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The Money Pipeline
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03, 2017
It's a story of dark money, dirty politics and powerful people. ​When Donald Trump gave TransCanada the nod to build a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil to the gulf of Mexico, .. show full overview
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The Super Scalpers and The Mystery of the Masterpiece: Panama Papers Revelations
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10, 2017
So, your favourite band is coming to town and you are desperate to get tickets. You go online but can’t seem to get through…and when you do, the tickets are all gone…but then they pop up .. show full overview
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The Murder of a President
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17, 2017
More than five decades after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, for many people there remain troubling questions about the official story: Was Lee Harvey Oswald the .. show full overview
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Circle of Fear: Basil Borutski and the Renfrew County Murders
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24, 2017
On a late September day in 2015, three women were brutally killed in Renfrew County, Ontario. And now 59-year-old Basil Borutski stands convicted of those crimes, the details of which he .. show full overview
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Death Behind Bars
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01, 2017
There have been 10 suspicious deaths since 2009 at London, Ontario's Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre, often just known as EMDC. Some by suicide, others from drug overdose and even .. show full overview
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Gambling on Addiction
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08, 2017
When it comes to gambling, Canadians have plenty of skin in the game. Last year, we spent about $13 billion on legal, government-run gambling. That's more than we spend on movies, hockey tickets, and Tim Horton’s -- combined.
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Brainwashed: The Secret CIA Experiments In Canada
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15, 2017
It sounded like a bad Hollywood horror movie. Patients at a psychiatric hospital subjected to intensive shock treatments, LSD and drug-induced comas. But for hundreds of Canadians, it .. show full overview
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The Murders of Dellen Millard
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12, 2018
He was a rich kid who stood to inherit millions from his father's aviation business. But he was into self gratification - the kind that came from throwing wild parties and engaging in .. show full overview
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Pulling Back The Curtain
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19, 2018
Rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, Soulpepper -- one of Canada’s most famous theatre companies -- promised “renewal and change.” But a fifth estate investigation into how the .. show full overview
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Driving High
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26, 2018
As Canada prepares for legal pot, the federal government plans to spend as much as $80-million to train 750 police officers to smoke out high drivers. But how sound is the test? A Fifth .. show full overview
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The Mystery of the Sherman Murders
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02, 2018
Barry Sherman was Canada’s top pharmaceutical executive, worth over $4 billion dollars. His wife, Honey was a philanthropist who raised millions for charities. They were loved and .. show full overview
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The Hostage Family
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02, 2018
It was a strange thing to do - go backpacking in war-torn Afghanistan in 2012. But Joshua Boyle and wife Caitlin Coleman were keen on adventure. Instead they would be picked up, locked .. show full overview
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The Costco Kickbacks
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16, 2018
Secret audio tapes and an exclusive television interview with an industry whistleblower reveal a shady practice that is industry-wide. A Fifth Estate investigation shows how Costco .. show full overview
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Murder in the Village
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06, 2018
It was news of an alleged serial killer that shocked a community, a city and a country: In early 2018 Bruce McArthur was charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of .. show full overview

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