The Fifth Estate — Season 44

Explores what it means to be young, Muslim and growing up in the West during these unsettled times.

Why 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 - a policy which many say has led to injuries and deaths which could have been prevented. Bob McKeown investigates.

The Trouble With Uber - Gillian Findlay reveals how Uber has come, conquered, and compromised road safety in many Canadian cities. Finding Jennifer: The Investigation - In the second part of our investigation into the disappearance of Jennifer Hillier-Penney, we'll tell you what we've learned about

Murder 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 why Ottawa suddenly banned adoptions of children from some Muslim countries, stranding kids who still languish in orphanages.

Unnecessary Risk - Years before Humboldt, Transport Canada was warned that without seatbelts on coach buses, people will die in an accident. The warnings were ignored. / Driving High - People have been arrested for driving high after pot was legalized in Canada.

Bob 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?

AI-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. Both sides believe the future of democracy is at stake. An investigation into those who are fighting fake news.

On Sunday, Dec. 2, The Fifth Estate's GIllian Findlay investigates a permanent birth control device called Essure, which has been pulled off the market by the manufacturer. 

It's illegal in Ontario and drives up the price of generic drugs across Canada. So why are pharmacists engaging in it? They're taking what are called rebates, which are like kickbacks, from some of the largest drug suppliers in the world. We went undercover to find out.

With a new Congress having taken office, the talk of impeachment is in the air….and the Mueller inquiry closing in, Donald Trump's days as POTUS may be numbered. Or are they? Soleiman Faqiri was a troubled young man. He suffered from mental illness.

The Lone Wolf: It was characterized as a lone wolf incident - the so-called van attack in Toronto this spring. But was it really? Alek Minassian changed from an awkward teen to someone who is accused of committing one of the largest mass killings in Canadian history...

JUSTICE FOR JASSI: A 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... instead of the wealthy Canadian they'd chosen for her. 

St. 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 prepare to escape Saudi Arabia and eventually make her way to Canada?

Officer Down - In the last 30-years, more OPP officers have died of suicide than in the line of duty, including 3-in just one-month last summer. Why? The Fifth Estate's Mark Kelley investigates. | The Collector: Still A Mystery - The story of John Mark Tillmann.

When Ramiro Cristales was 5-years old, he watched his family get killed by members of the Guatemalan Army. That was December of 1982. A soldier spared Ramiro's life….and then adopted him. In 1999, a Guatemalan human rights group sent him to Canada for his protection.

In August 2012, two young men were on an ATV at a cottage near Haliburton, Ontario when it crashed into a steel gate, leaving one dead and the other unscathed. | In July, 2011, Richard Oland was found bludgeoned to death at his office...a killing that shook New Brunswick to the core.