The Fifth Estate — Season 50
Where the story doesn't end with the headline
About this season
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
Episodes (14)
1. Dawson Creek: We Want Our Town Back Season
Aired 11 October 2024
A viewer tip leads to Dawson Creek, B.C., where residents feel ignored during a crime wave.
2. Road to Ruin
Aired 18 October 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.
3. Stronach: Power and Silence
Aired 25 October 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.
4. The Election and the War
Aired 1 November 2024
Donors and political action committees could use the war in Gaza to influence the U.S. election
5. Conspiracy in Coutts
Aired 15 November 2024
A judge has ruled that two protesters involved in convoy blockade in Coutts Alta, where willing
6. Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption
Aired 22 November 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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 29 November 2024 • 43 min
9. Pet Care Inc.
Aired 24 January 2025
The cost of owning a pet has skyrocketed as big business moves into vet care.
10. The Shadow War on Libraries
Aired 7 February 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
11. Inside Job: The airport gold heist
Aired 14 February 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.
12. The second term project 2025
Aired 28 February 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.
13. Tax Hack: Identity Theft
Aired 7 March 2025
“Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds”
14. A Sister's Promise
Aired 14 March 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.
15. Trapped: The Online Terror Network
Aired 21 March 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.