It was also called W5 with Eric Malling (reflecting chief reporter and host Malling’s tenure) for several years in the mid-1990s. CTV said that W5 would “evolve” from a stand-alone series to form “a multi-part, multiplatform investigative reporting unit.” CTV also announced that new CTV News documentaries would be produced and broadcast under the title W5: Avery Haines Investigates. A 1979 W5 report titled “Campus Giveaway,” hosted by Helen Hutchinson, argued that foreign students were taking places away from Canadian students. Moreover, university officials revealed that W5 had inflated the number of both student visa holders and foreign students by a factor of five. HonoursOver the course of the series, W5 won many awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).
