Eric Malling was a hard-hitting
investigative journalist. Malling initially worked for the provincial government. He then worked as a journalist for the
Regina Leader-Post, Swift Current Sun, From 1976 to 1990, he was the host of the
CBC's
the fifth estate. In 1978, his one-hour documentary on
Gerald Bull and his role in the illegal export of artillery shells from Canada to
South Africa during
apartheid brought wide acclaim. In another of many sensational stories, the Federal Minister responsible for Fisheries,
John Fraser, resigned after Malling revealed he had overruled his own health inspectors and
allowed the sale of tainted
StarKist brand of tuna based on the suggestion by a non-government corporation. In 1990, he moved to
CTV to host
W5, which during this period was known as
W5 with Eric Malling. In 1995, Malling moved from hosting
W5 to hosting
Mavericks, a CTV program that explored controversial political figures. Malling died at Sunnybrook Hospital in
Toronto. He was 52 years of age. ==References==