Some Canadians could be denied a U.S. visa due to obesity or other medical conditions. Read More

OTTAWA — Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog called out the Carney government Friday for using an “overly expansive” definition of investments that shifts about $94-billion in spending over the next five years to the more palatable capital side of the ledger. Read More

This holiday season’s makeup trends are all about shimmer, glow and a healthy dose of self-assurance. Think luminous skin, flushed cheeks and eyes that gleam. For women who’ve earned their laugh lines, it’s less about keeping up with TikTok and more about modern tweaks that flatter, not mask. Read More

An Oshawa couple says they have lost personal belongings worth thousands of dollars and of great sentimental value, after an American Airlines flight attendant took one of their carry-on suitcases away to fly as checked baggage during a trip to Jamaica. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he wants the Justice Department and FBI to investigate links between the late alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and former Democratic president Bill Clinton. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Friday that pressure to release details of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex abuse network is a "hoax" pushed by Democratic opponents. Read More

Before she appears on a video call, I am told Sydney Sweeney only wants to talk about Christy, a biopic in which the two-time Emmy nominee plays female boxer Christy Martin. Read More

From Taylor Swift’s fiancé Travis Kelce to your neighbour the wellness guru, the influence of podcasters is all pervasive. Once the domain of esteemed broadcasters, the punditry pulpit has shifted inexorably from sterile newsroom to digital living room. Read More

The Trump administration is preparing to deport some Ukrainians with final orders of removal back to their war-ravaged homeland as the government seeks to ramp up deportations and Ukraine moves to tighten its relationship with Washington. Read More

Canadians have been searching online for ways to pronounce a handful of words, from food to locations to everyday objects and everything in between. The number one search overall this year was for Worcestershire sauce, new research says. Read More

Ukrainian forces carried out an attack on a major Russian Black Sea port overnight, prompting a state of emergency, as Moscow launched a widespread air strike on Kyiv that killed at least six and damaged residential buildings. Read More

President Donald Trump was busy during the longest federal government shutdown in history. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Boustany by Sami Tamimi. Read More

The British Broadcasting Corp. issued a formal apology to Donald Trump on Thursday over the misleading edit of the US president’s speech in a documentary program late last year, but rejected his demands for compensation. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

It’s not just the ostriches. Farmers of all sorts of animals are doubting the competency of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Read More

For years, conservatives have comforted themselves with the illusion that the destruction of the West was entirely the doing of the left. They have blamed progressive ideologues, globalists, and utopians for the failed experiment of multiculturalism, the open borders that reshaped their nations, and the cultural relativism that hollowed out the moral foundations of their societies. But this is self-deception. The truth is that the so-called right, the respectable suit-and-tie centre-right parties that governed most of the West for the better part of the last half-century, are just as responsible for the decay of our civilization as their left-wing counterparts. They were not innocent observers. They were in power, and they made the choices that brought us here. Read More

The surprisingly easy election of the Marxist Zohran Mamdani represents a critical turning point, not only for my hometown of New York, but for all the West. Mamdani’s election as mayor represents the prospect of a rising socialist mindset, particularly among the young. Read More

A Hells Angels hitman who killed a man in Nova Scotia can’t fathom why the Parole Board of Canada takes his victim's family's word over his when it comes to granting him freedom. Read More

OTTAWA — A long-troubled fleet of coast guard patrol ships that the Canadian government paid hundreds of millions to build will be pulled from service "sooner than expected," an internal document shows. Read More

1. TV: The CMA Awards (Nov. 19, ABC) Read More

Forget traditional coffee tables — an empire of ottomans has been taking over homes in recent months, winning people over with their coziness and versatility. Read More

Not-so-surprising news arrived recently from the University of California at San Diego: Academically, the kids are not all right. Not even close. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of freshmen whose math placement exam results indicate they do not meet middle school standards grew nearly thirtyfold,” a report from the university’s senate finds. “A similarly large share of students must take additional writing courses to reach the level expected of high school graduates.” Read More

Palestinians in Gaza who applied to join relatives in Canada two years ago under Ottawa’s crisis immigration policy but haven’t received travel visas lost their lawsuits trying to force officials to act despite security problems in the war-torn region. Read More