Five years after a catastrophic fire reduced Notre Dame Cathedral to a smouldering shell, The Associated Press entered the Gothic masterpiece for a first glimpse of its fully restored interiors during a visit with French President Emmanuel Macron that was broadcast to the public. The transformation is nothing short of breathtaking: light dances across brilliant stone, gilded accents gleam anew, and the Gothic icon's majesty is reborn. From Dec. 8, visitors will once again marvel at the cathedral's blend of history and craftsmanship. Read More

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday. Read More

As Australia moves to ban social media for children under 16, Quebec is debating whether to follow suit. Read More

Black Friday deals have arrived early at Sephora, offering beauty enthusiasts significant savings on popular makeup, hair, skincare and fragrance brands. Read More

First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

An elaborate and truly Griswoldian Christmas light show held annually at a southern Ontario home, drawing hundreds of spectators to the subdivision each night, won’t be going ahead this year and the family that puts it on is blaming the municipality for its demise. Read More

As the quondam-and-coming president shifts toward governing mode, anxiety will mark Canadian commentary, as even this week an emergency first ministers’ meeting assesses the tariff-tip of the America First spear hurled northward by Donald Trump. Read More

On Thursday, the Alberta government announced that it has asked the Alberta Court of Appeal to provide an opinion on whether the newly amended federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) is constitutional. The problem? The things that rendered much of the act unconstitutional, which had been pointed out by the Supreme Court last fall, were never addressed. Read More

A nation’s moral character is defined by how it treats its minorities. By this measure, Canada’s treatment of its Jewish population today raises grave concerns. Over the past decade, our national identity and the values we once upheld have eroded. Who are we as Canadians? This loss of identity has created a void, exploited by Canada’s detractors to instill values that clash with the country we once knew.  Read More

If you’re looking to score a deal ahead of the holidays, you’re not alone. In fact, according to Deloitte’s 2024 Holiday Retail Outlook report, eight in 10 Canadians plan to shop around for the best deals on gifts, putting the emphasis on value this holiday season. Read More

Although there are now a handful of days where retailers will offer special deals, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are still among the busiest shopping events of the year. Read More

We've scoured the internet to find the best Black Friday deals available in the Canadian e-commerce space. It's as simple as that. Read More

What began as a post-Thanksgiving opportunity for businesses to turn a profit is now a worldwide shopping phenomenon. Dating back to the 1960’s, Black Friday began when mass crowds would head into the city in Philadelphia for an annual football game that was held following Thanksgiving. It was then that retailers would capitalize on the influx of people and began using the term ‘Black Friday’ when they turned a profit. Many years later, Cyber Monday was also adapted for similar reasons – there was a noticeable spike in online traffic and revenue on the Monday following Thanksgiving. Read More

Black Friday is here and Amazon has thousands of buy-worthy deals. Read More

LUCERNE, Switzerland — Would you trust "AI Jesus" with your innermost thoughts and troubles? Read More

MONTREAL — A shopping mall and office complex in downtown Montreal is being criticized for using the popular children's song Baby Shark to discourage unhoused people from loitering in its emergency exit stairwells. Read More

MONTREAL — Air Canada is poised to roll out facial recognition technology at the gate, making it the first Canadian airline to deploy the software in a bid to streamline the boarding process. Read More

VANCOUVER — Ticketless Taylor Swift fans hoping for a "Taylgate" party in Vancouver are out of luck. Read More

The Competition Bureau is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the tech giant's online advertising business and wants the company to sell off two of its services and pay a penalty. Read More

Three weeks after a Nova Scotia school told uniformed soldiers they weren't welcome, a New Brunswick school has invited a uniformed aircrew in — and they arrived in a helicopter. Read More