Dawson Creek: We Want Our Town Back Season

S50 E01 • Friday, Oct 11, 2024 • Oct 11

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

Road to Ruin

S50 E02 • Friday, Oct 18, 2024 • Oct 18

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

S50 E03 • Friday, Oct 25, 2024 • Oct 25

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

S50 E04 • Friday, Nov 1, 2024 • Nov 1

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

Conspiracy in Coutts

S50 E05 • Friday, Nov 15, 2024 • Nov 15

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

Cracked: Crimes Behind Encryption

S50 E06 • Friday, Nov 22, 2024 • Nov 22

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

S50 E07 • Friday, Nov 29, 2024 • Nov 29 • 43m

Pet Care Inc.

S50 E09 • Friday, Jan 24, 2025 • Jan 24

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

The Shadow War on Libraries

S50 E10 • Friday, Feb 7, 2025 • Feb 7

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

S50 E11 • Friday, Feb 14, 2025 • Feb 14

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

S50 E12 • Friday, Feb 28, 2025 • Feb 28

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

S50 E13 • Friday, Mar 7, 2025 • Mar 7

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

A Sister's Promise

S50 E14 • Friday, Mar 14, 2025 • Mar 14

“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

S50 E15 • Friday, Mar 21, 2025 • Mar 21

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.