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THE FIFTH ESTATE
Authorities in India question suspect in Pearson gold heist following Fifth Estate investigation
Last week, The Fifth Estate revealed that a key suspect in the largest gold heist in Canadian history, Simran Preet Panesar, is living in northern India. Following the CBC investigation, officials with the Enforcement Directorate in India, which handles financial crimes, raided a residence and questioned Panesar.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
Inside the Pearson airport gold heist: Document alleges well-placed insider key to $20M theft
An investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate uncovered a key internal document that provides a minute-by-minute account of how authorities believe the 2023 gold heist at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport was planned and executed, alleging a highly organized group of individuals relied heavily on a well-placed insider.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
This divided small town is on the front line in a fight to control what Canadians read
An investigation by The Fifth Estate has found there is a shadow war in Canada against libraries and books. Its leading political actors, from small towns to large political parties, are linked to a broader grassroots movement.
Go Public
Parents say Snapchat makes it easy for drug dealers to sell to their kids
An Ontario father says he’s struggling to keep his teen son away from drug dealers on popular messaging app Snapchat, and he's not alone. The social media platform's parent company, Snap Inc., is being sued by dozens of U.S. families who say the app's disappearing messages make it hard for parents to supervise their kids' online activity.
This recruiter has allegedly scammed 'hundreds' of Filipino migrant workers. Some are now homeless
Recruiter Jeanett Moskito has been caught three dozen times for charging illegal fees and is accused of victimizing "hundreds" of Filipino migrant workers. But she has never been prosecuted, with a lawyer likening the penalties she’s received so far to "parking tickets."
Welcome to Canada
'I did not expect to be a slave': Amnesty International report exposes abuse of migrant workers
A new Amnesty International report criticizes the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program for “systemic abuses” of predominantly racialized migrant workers from developing countries, which it calls an “intrinsic feature” of the policy that ties workers to specific employers.
The Fifth Estate
Why getting your pet's prescription filled at a pharmacy isn't an easy option in Canada
Some pharmacists across Canada are struggling to supply pet owners with medicines for pets as manufacturers, distributors and even vet regulators limit access to them, a joint CBC/Radio-Canada investigation has found.
CBC Investigates
Ottawa has done nothing to actually seize millions from Russian oligarch
Two years after the government declared it was taking the unprecedented step of moving to confiscate millions of dollars from a Russian oligarch, it has not actually begun the court process to forfeit the money, let alone to hand it over to Ukrainian reconstruction — and it may never happen.
Welcome to Canada
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada: CBC News launches new series looking into the immigrant experience
Welcome to Canada
Is it worth immigrating to Canada? These newcomers say it comes at a cost
For decades, Canada was a top destination for immigrants, seen as a stable and safe place to live with a clear path to permanent residency. But now, many recent newcomers say it’s an expensive and often futile endeavour.
Welcome to Canada
Newcomers feel Canada accepts 'too many immigrants' without proper planning, CBC survey finds
A new CBC-commissioned survey has found that more than 80 per cent of newcomers to Canada feel the federal government accepts ‘too many immigrants’ without sufficient thought of where they will live and work. And while the majority now consider Canada home, two in five say they would consider leaving.
CBC Investigates
Online ads illegally sell jobs to temporary foreign workers
Two months after Ottawa cracked down on temporary foreign worker permits, a CBC/IJF investigation finds dozens of online ads still selling Labour Market Impact Assessment-approved jobs to migrants for up to $45,000 apiece.
FIFTH ESTATE
'We didn't sleep for 3 days': How a network of women watched over Rahaf Mohammed's escape to the West
When Rahaf Mohammed made her risky escape from Saudi Arabia in January, a network of young women were advising her and others in the same way they’ve helped each other flee repression at home.
Video
Polytechnique murderer Marc Lépine had her on his kill list. She never forgot the moment she found out
Two days after the École Polytechnique massacre, journalist Francine Pelletier learned she and 18 other women were on the gunman's hit list because it was published in the newspaper she worked for.
Marketplace
More and more places are asking for tips. Hidden cameras reveal who is and isn't getting them
Marketplace visited 100 businesses undercover to find out who’s asking for tips and where they end up. Data also shows employees across Canada have filed hundreds of complaints about "tip theft".
CBC Investigates
How Rumble went from a family-friendly Canadian startup to a megaphone for U.S. election deniers
Started in Toronto in 2013, Rumble was once mainly known as a site where you could find wholesome pet videos. But it changed radically after investments by pro-Trump financiers.
CBC Investigates
Sixteen caught crossing illegally into U.S. from Quebec in days before Trump tariff threat
On a late Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into an area near Chateaugay, N.Y.
CBC Investigates
Toronto lawyer who stole client money for vacations, handbags and shoes is jailed for contempt
A disgraced real-estate lawyer who admitted to pilfering millions in client money to support her and her family's lavish lifestyle was handcuffed in a Toronto courtroom Friday and marched out by a constable to serve a 20-day sentence for contempt of court, as her husband and mother watched.
CBC Investigates
'We got completely played for suckers,' MP says of recent takeovers in Canadian forestry
Opposition MPs are aghast that after buying up two major Canadian companies, the foreign owner of one of Canada’s biggest forestry businesses is now also formally taking over an Indonesian-Chinese pulp and paper conglomerate from his family — a company he has long denied operating in tandem with.
His son's brain was damaged by E. coli. Now someone is exploiting their story to sell a questionable product
A father finds his son's tragic story being used to sell a bogus product that claims to remove everything from pesticides to bacteria, including E.coli, from your food. We put that device to the test and discover not only is the product we bought no better than tap water — it's outright dangerous.
Human smuggler issued new Canadian passport after court ordered surrender of travel document
The federal government issued a new passport to an admitted human smuggler after he was ordered to surrender the travel document as part of court-imposed release conditions, CBC News has learned.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
CRA leadership knew of major gaps in fraud detection as agency paid out bogus refunds, records show
In early 2024, senior officials at the Canada Revenue Agency were so concerned it had wrongly authorized bogus refunds of tens of millions of dollars that they wrote confidential briefing notes stating that the agency was plagued by significant "gaps" in its ability to spot — and stop — scammers, records show.
FIFTH ESTATE
RCMP videos show how extremist ideology fuelled armed Coutts protesters
RCMP videos and evidence photos obtained by The Fifth Estate reveal the extent to which conspiracy theories fuelled men arrested at the 2022 border blockade in Coutts, Alta. While they were found not guilty of conspiring to murder RCMP officers, experts tell The Fifth Estate the case is a warning about the potential for violence posed by extremist ideologies.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
CRA launched 'witch hunt' against whistleblowers who exposed millions in bogus refunds, sources say
The Canada Revenue Agency is on a “witch hunt” to find whistleblowers who may have spoken to the media and exposed how it has been repeatedly duped into paying out millions in bogus refunds to scammers, according to sources.