December 12, 2008 is a day Mike Sanderson will never forget. Following a tussle with another player, Mike's son, 21-year-old hockey player Don Sanderson, fell to the ice, hitting his head. After three weeks in a coma, Don Sanderson died. His death re-ignited a simmering debate - never far from the surface in this country and never more relevant than it is today- about fighting in hockey. For those who know hockey best - the players and the coaches - the game, and the fighting, are governed by an unwritten law some insist makes the sport safer. They call it The Code and claim it's about pride, solidarity, even sportsmanship. In this fifth estate investigation, you will meet some of the men who, for better or worse, have lived by The Code. And Bob McKeown interviews Don Sanderson's father, Mike, for whom fighting in hockey is not a debate, but a tragedy.

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She brought hopes of love and romance but instead she turned out to be a predator who gained the trust of vulnerable, elderly men and then, their family members say, she tried to kill them. In Black Widow, the fifth estate tells the incredible story of Melissa Stewart, also known as Melissa Shephard and Melissa Friedrich.

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An Alberta teen addiction rehab centre and its controversial treatment methods.

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In an exclusive interview, the fifth estate's Linden MacIntyre talks to one of the men recently convicted and sentenced in the deaths of four Mounties at Mayerthorpe, Alberta in March 2005. Shawn Hennessey's story has never been fully told, until now. On the eve of his plea to manslaughter charges, Hennessey sat down to talk to MacIntyre about the events leading to that fateful day, about James Roszko, and his own role in the tragic event.

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