They are known as ‘the Newfoundland Ladies’ – a mostly underground network of women who, when the fishery industry that their families depended on for generations folded, began to export their most unique resource – themselves. It is estimated that there may be as many as three hundred women making the seven-hour ferry ride from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, but nobody knows for sure.

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Professional sports players are often viewed as overpaid and under-worked. But after the glory is gone, little is reported about the physical toll the game takes. the fifth estate investigates why professional football players have a life expectancy that is at least 20 years less than that of the general population.

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Giving power to the people. Germany's green revolution and the man who's leading it.

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It has been almost two years since that awful night, December 8, 2006, when hockey legend Bob Gainey got the phone call that told him his daughter, Laura, was missing in the turbulent waters of the Atlantic."

the fifth estate investigated Laura's death and first broadcast its findings on November 28, 2007. In that report, Overboard, the fifth estate told the story of a ship that had sailed too late in the season, was undermanned, and did not follow basic safety rules.

The findings of the fifth estate documentary were confirmed in a report by the National Transportation Safety Board on October 30, 2008.

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