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  This Canadian couple used surrogacy to have a child. Here's what they want you to know

  Families that need help conceiving a child are met with financial burdens that should be covered through government health care and insurance, advocates say.

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  From COVID-19 to alien contact, conspiracy theories are popular in Canada: survey

  The Earth is flat. We have been secretly contacted by intelligent beings from other planets. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not land on the moon in 1969. They may sound like bizarre statements, but a new poll suggests a sizable number of Canadians believe in these and other conspiracy theories.

• Renowned Quebec entrepreneur, partner reported dead in Caribbean

  Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his spouse Dominique Marchand have died in their adopted home of Dominica, in the Caribbean, a source has confirmed.

• Oxford University Press has named 'rizz' as its word of the year

  Oxford University Press has named 'rizz' as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone's ability to attract or seduce another person.

• These are the 5 headlines you should read this morning

  Global Affairs Canada confirms the death of an eighth Canadian amid the Israel-Hamas war, Venezuelans approve a referendum to claim sovereignty over much of Guyana, and international students are once again set to face working hour limits.

• Renowned Canadian musician and former April Wine singer Myles Goodwyn dead at 75

  Myles Goodwyn, the award-winning Canadian singer and songwriter who shot to stardom as the former lead singer of April Wine, has died at age 75.

• Backlash continues following Moncton’s decision to not display the Menorah this year

  Outrage seen from the community and across the country online after the news broke Friday that the City of Moncton would not display the Menorah this year.

• Another inmate dead at notoriously harsh Newfoundland jail, officials confirm

  An inmate has died at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in Newfoundland, one of the oldest operating provincial jails in the country, officials with the provincial Justice Department confirmed.

• Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow jumps bail and moves to Canada

  One of Hong Kong's best-known pro-democracy activists who moved to Canada to pursue her studies said she would not return to the city to meet her bail conditions, becoming the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents.

• Commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, U.S. warship downs 3 drones

  Ballistics missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defence during the hourslong assault, the U.S. military said. The Iranian-backed Houthis claimed two of the attacks.

• Snowfall in Quebec closes schools, leaves tens of thousands without electricity

  More than 70,000 people in Quebec are without electricity after Environment Canada reported nearly 25 cm of snow had fallen across the province.

• Venezuelans approve a referendum to claim sovereignty over a swathe of neighbouring Guyana

  Venezuelans on Sunday approved a referendum called by the government of President Nicolas Maduro to claim sovereignty over an oil- and mineral-rich piece of neighbouring Guyana, the country's electoral authority announced.