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The Fifth Estate
International students enticed to Canada on dubious promises of jobs and immigration
International students are being billed four times what Canadians pay to attend college in Ontario, and tens of thousands of them are recruited to private career colleges in office buildings, often with no libraries or common spaces and limited student supports.
FIFTH ESTATE
Infiltrator wanted to 'kneecap' a violent neo-Nazi group
An anti-fascist activist who infiltrated a neo-Nazi organization walked away with a trove of audio and video recordings that provide a rare insight into the minds of members of such groups and their radicalization, a researcher says.
The Fifth Estate
Unsealed documents show RCMP intends to charge captured ISIS fighter
Court documents unsealed last week reveal that the RCMP intends to charge a Canadian ISIS foreign fighter with a string of terrorism offences.
FIFTH ESTATE
Being Black on campus: Why students, staff and faculty say universities are failing them
Students, staff and faculty at some of Canada’s largest universities say they have experienced anti-Black racism on campus, and that they were targeted if they spoke out about their treatment, an investigation by The Fifth Estate has found.
The Fifth Estate
Toronto police officer says she faced years of sexist, racist retribution for reporting colleague
A Toronto police officer who has filed a human rights complaint against her force alleges she was subjected to years of intimidation and reprisals by fellow constables and supervisors after she intervened to stop what she said was the unjustified use of force during the arrest of a Black suspect.
Between faith and fear: Imams call for suspension of Islamic burial rituals during pandemic
As Muslims in Canada begin to bury their dead from COVID-19, they find themselves isolated, often grieving alone and learning that many of the rituals associated with religious burials have been suspended in some provinces.
Some Toronto-area mosques remain open despite dire warnings about COVID-19
A group of Ontario imams and Islamic scholars are fighting an uphill battle to convince management at a handful of Toronto-area mosques to completely shutter their doors.
FIFTH ESTATE
No regret: Captured ISIS fighter wants to come home — but not if he will be judged by Canadian law
While captured ISIS members and their families at home in Canada have been pleading with Ottawa for help to repatriate them, the country’s handling of the contentious issue has come in for criticism by security experts.
CBC Investigates
Order of Canada recipient Peter Dalglish found guilty of child sex assault in Nepal
After spending more than a year at an overcrowded jail near Kathmandu, prominent Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish has been found guilty of sexually assaulting children in Nepal.
FIFTH ESTATE
A man 'cannot do that to a woman': Why polygamy in Canadian Muslim community could be another #MeToo moment
Some women in Canada's Muslim community who learned their husbands are married to second wives believe this is their own #MeToo moment, an opportunity to speak out and demand an end to the practice of polygamy in their community.