The Fifth Estate Season 49 Episodes

Episode 1

Lessons Not Learned

The Fifth Estate's Bob McKeown goes behind the rhetoric about Chinese police stations in Canada to reveal that the government and the RCMP have long co-operated in China's hunt for supposed fugitives in this country.

Episode 2

Making an Icon

Investigating Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims to Indigenous ancestry.

Episode 3

Whose police?

Critics say a controversial RCMP unit in B.C. acts as a de facto private security force for resource companies. Leaked documents show industry leaders provided direction to RCMP bosses.

Episode 5

Who's robbing millions from The Bank of Canada?

Episode 7

Surviving the Circle

Dances with Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse is set to stand trial in Nevada for alleged sexual abuse inside The Circle - what police have described as a cult. But survivors in Canada say their reports have been ignored for years.

Episode 8

Search for the Smugglers

Episode 10

Boiling Point: Climate Chaos

Episode 11

Who's minding the store?

Grocery CEOs get called before Parliament as Canadians grapple with looming food insecurity, but the heads of food stores in the North remain absent; the crew combines with APTN to investigate the cause of sky-high food prices.

Episode 13

Rotten Promises

A pitch to turn P.E.I. and New Brunswick into apple-growing capitals, with support from industry leaders and three premiers, was an easy sell to investors and would-be workers. Those who bought in found themselves in an alleged immigration scheme. The Fifth Estate's Steven D'Souza investigates how foreign workers who were desperate for a better life were allegedly charged illegal fees for work permits.

Episode 15

Contract to Kill

An indictment by U.S. prosecutors bolstered Justin Trudeau's claim that the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada was carried out by the Indian government. The Fifth Estate's Bob McKeown speaks to other alleged targets and reveals exclusive video.

Episode 17

96 Hours

The 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible shocked the world. Mark Kelley is on the trail to find out how an experimental sub was ever allowed to take passengers to one of the most unforgiving places in the ocean and do it via Newfoundland.