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The Fifth Estate | Season 37, Episode 9 | Nov 4, 2011 | 45:15

Stories from the River's Edge

Every fall, hundreds of teenagers from remote aboriginal reserves in Northern Ontario fly into the city of Thunder Bay looking to get a high school diploma. But in recent years, that struggle has been tainted by tragedy. Seven of those students have died sudden and unexpected deaths.

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