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The Fifth Estate

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The top-notch team of hosts Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay, Mark Kelley and Habiba Nosheen provides unique and engaging documentaries from Canada and beyond. "The Fifth Estate" is a reference to the term Fourth Estate, and was chosen to highlight the program's determination to go beyond everyday news into original journalism. The series has won numerous awards for its reporting, including Gemini Awards, International Emmys, the Michener Award, and even an Academy Award for a 1981 episode that was released in theaters the following year. Since September 1975, Canadians have tuned in to experience interesting stories that are always well-crafted and thought-provoking.

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The Fifth Estate Last Breath New

Designed to protect law enforcement and health-care workers, spit hoods have been linked to deaths; banned in parts of the world, in Canada, they're used countrywide, sometimes even on minors.

6:00 PM on CBC - Network

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The Fifth Estate Last Breath

Designed to protect law enforcement and health-care workers, spit hoods have been linked to deaths; banned in parts of the world, in Canada, they're used countrywide, sometimes even on minors.

4:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Last Breath

Designed to protect law enforcement and health-care workers, spit hoods have been linked to deaths; banned in parts of the world, in Canada, they're used countrywide, sometimes even on minors.

10:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Circle of Fear

Gillian Findlay investigates three women brutally killed in Renfrew County, Ontario.

7:00 AM on Documentary Channel (Canada)

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The Fifth Estate Circle of Fear

Gillian Findlay investigates three women brutally killed in Renfrew County, Ontario.

12:00 PM on Documentary Channel (Canada)

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The Fifth Estate Circle of Fear

Gillian Findlay investigates three women brutally killed in Renfrew County, Ontario.

5:00 PM on Documentary Channel (Canada)

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The Fifth Estate Canada's Crypto Fugitive

An international search is underway for a Canadian who allegedly stole millions in crypto; we go from Hamilton, Ont., to Bosnia looking for a man with academic promise who may have turned criminal.

4:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Canada's Crypto Fugitive

An international search is underway for a Canadian who allegedly stole millions in crypto; we go from Hamilton, Ont., to Bosnia looking for a man with academic promise who may have turned criminal.

10:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Canada's Crypto Fugitive

An international search is underway for a Canadian who allegedly stole millions in crypto; we go from Hamilton, Ont., to Bosnia looking for a man with academic promise who may have turned criminal.

4:00 PM on CBC News Network

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The Fifth Estate Gambling on Addiction

Experts believe 50 percent of Canada's government gambling revenue comes from problem gamblers.

7:00 AM on Documentary Channel (Canada)

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