News·The Fifth Estate

Have you lost your local news coverage? Let us investigate with you

Local news coverage has contracted since our launch in 1975; some communities are without any.

The Fifth Estate launched in September 1975; our 50th season begins in the Fall

The Fifth Estate's 50th season launches in Fall 2024.
The Fifth Estate's 50th season launches in Fall 2024. (CBC)

Local news coverage has contracted since The Fifth Estate premiered nearly 50 years ago, some communities have been left without any local coverage at all.

Do you live in a news desert? Tell us about the stories that are going unexamined: fifthestate50@cbc.ca.