Canadian
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French-language television
newsmagazine
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series, which airs weekly on
Ici Radio-Canada Télé
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and
Ici RDI
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. The show is anchored by
Marie-Maude Denis
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, and includes contributions from journalists Hélène Courchesne, Josée Dupuis, Sylvie Fournier, Guy Gendron, Normand Grondin, Solveig Miller, Madeleine Roy, Françoise Stanton, Pascale Turbide and Julie Vaillancourt.
Significance
An episode centered on businessman
Tony Accurso
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led to a series of events which resulted in a public inquiry commission on construction of public works.
In 2016, the program won the
Michener Award
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for public service journalism for "Abus de la SQ: les femmes brisent le silence", its 2015 investigation into ongoing physical and sexual abuse of indigenous women in
Val-d'Or
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The Globe and Mail
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'', June 17, 2016.
Programs aired
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PROFUNC
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CBC News
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