Global National: Mar. 9

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has testified at a Parliamentary committee about alleged foreign interference in Canada’s democratic process, confirming the federal government denied a diplomatic visa to a Chinese political operative. What else Joly had to say, why Conservative MP Michael Cooper was asked to apologize, and how the RCMP is investigating the possibility of more alleged Chinese police stations. The inner turmoil at Fox News is being exposed in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems. The voting machine company is suing the network for repeating former U.S. president Donald Trump’s lie about the 2020 election being fraudulent. The text messages revealing what Fox host Tucker Carlson really thinks of Trump, and how Republicans are slamming Carlson’s coverage of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots. Canada’s women’s national soccer players testified on Parliament Hill about their pay equity dispute with Canada Soccer. What team captain Christine Sinclair said about disrespectful comments from Nick Bontis, the former president of the sport’s governing body. Plus, they’re a dynamic duo of Indigenous women who call themselves “dirty old grannies.” How Bev Prince and Winnie Sam, better known as Lilet and Soogah, are helping their community laugh and heal.