The Fifth Estate Season 44 Episodes
Season 44 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - 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 - a policy which many say has led to injuries and deaths which could have been prevented. Bob McKeown investigates.
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Episode 2 - 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 Investigation - In the second part of our investigation into the disappearance of Jennifer Hillier-Penney, we'll tell you what we've learned about Jennifer's disappearance and what we've discovered about the RCMP investigation.
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Episode 3 - 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 why Ottawa suddenly banned adoptions of children from some Muslim countries, stranding kids who still languish in orphanages.
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Episode 4 - 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. / Driving High - People have been arrested for driving high after pot was legalized in Canada, but the government is relying on questionable science to catch stoned drivers.
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Episode 5 - 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?
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Episode 6 - 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. Both sides believe the future of democracy is at stake. An investigation into those who are fighting fake news.
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Episode 7 - Unreported: The Essure Story | High Impact: Action on Safer School BusesOn 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. And in High Impact: Amid the growing campaign for safer school buses, former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne tells The Fifth Estate that her views about seat belts on school buses have changed because of our reporting.
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Episode 8 - 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? 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. How much more are you paying for your generic prescription drugs than you should be? Polygamy is against the Canadian Criminal Code, yet some Imams are openly willing to do it for men who want second wives, including one of the most prominent Imams in the country.
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Episode 9 - Dump Trump | A Brother's StoryWith 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. Two years ago, he was arrested after an altercation with a neighbour and taken to a jail. 11-days later, he was dead. The cause was not known. His brother reached out to the Fifth Estate for help in finding out how Soleiman died. Our investigation found that Faqiri was killed during an incident with some jail guards. His bruised and battered body a testament to his violent ending.
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Episode 10 - The Lone Wolf | Ghost ImmigrantsThe 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...an attack he himself called part of the incel rebellion. It’s an abbreviation for the term “involuntary celibates.” The story will look what is fueling this online subculture which has proliferated in recent years. Ghost Immigrants: It’s a small, relatively modest house in Calgary. Perfect for one family. So why was it listed as the place of residence of 60-people, all originally from China? The answer lies with Sony Wang...an immigration consultant who orchestrated one of the most largest immigrants scams in Canadian history. The twist in this tale isn’t that the people were trying to sneak into the country; it’s that they were sneaking out, pretending to be Canadian residents while having no intention of living here.
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Episode 11 - Justice for Jassi | The Children of Sainte-JustineJUSTICE 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. Now, 19 years after the murder….Jassi’s Sidhu's uncle and mother have finally been extradited to India to stand trial. Bob Mckeown with the latest twists and turns on story he's investigated for years. THE CHILDREN OF SAINTE-JUSTINE: The children were sick, with cancer. Their parents knew there was little chance of survival. So when one of Canada’s leading hospitals offered what they believed was a glimmer of hope in the form of a study involving a combination of drugs never tried before on children, they jumped at it. But there were no miracles. And within a short time, Health Canada shut down the study, saying it threatened the safety and rights of the patients. What happened to the children of Sainte-Justine?
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Episode 12 - 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 prepare to escape Saudi Arabia and eventually make her way to Canada?
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Episode 13 - Officer Down | The Collector: Still A MysteryOfficer 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...one of the most prolific art thieves in Canadian history. The story first aired on Apr. 8, 2016 on The Fifth Estate. Why now again? He died recently…..yet the mystery continues.
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Episode 14 - The Soldier and the Survivor | Murder on Cortes IslandWhen 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 because word had leaked out he was a survivor of the massacre. He was put in witness protection in Canada. A few years later he told authorities about his adoptive father….who in December was convicted and is now in jail.
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Episode 15 - 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, 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, given the family’s stature in the province.
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