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Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been spent on the construction of the new White House ballroom, according to President Donald Trump. To date, it has mostly occurred below ground level. During a press conference at the site on Tuesday, Trump explained that the new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom will have a massive military complex under it. It will include a military hospital, research facilities and various meeting rooms in the floors below the ballroom, Trump said. The construction goes down “six stories deep,” he said, describing the building as “well-knit” in...
May 20, 2026 - 23:05 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
May 19, 2026 - 09:30 | | CBC News - Canada
Margaret Trudeau, mother of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, made a rare public appearance Tuesday night, sitting courtside at an Ottawa Blackjacks game with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. They were there to support son and grandson, Xavier Trudeau. The 18-year-old R&B musician performed during half-time at the home opener for the Blackjacks, Ottawa’s pro-basketball team. Xavier’s father, Justin, was not with them. He had cheered on his son in a social media post made before the game. It was filmed on the Blackjacks basketball court on Monday and shared on the Canadian Elite...
May 13, 2026 - 16:26 | National Post Staff | National Post
A Toronto foundation has helped return a Renoir artwork allegedly looted by the Nazis to the Musée d’Orsay, after a 90-year journey as dramatic as the painting itself. Le Jugement de Pâris, a circa 1915 sanguine sketch of a classic cultural myth, was loaned to the Parisian museum by Canadian non-profit EJB Steinberg Arts Foundation, which bought the artwork in 2023. “From what I understand, this painting has a complicated history, but one that is all too common for many great European works of art,” said foundation director Elen Steinberg in an email. It is part of a new exhibition...
May 1, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
York Regional Police are investigating what they are calling a hate-motivated incident in Vaughan, Ontario. YRP are reporting that around 9:35 Saturday morning, a male suspect attempted to gain forced entry at the Sephardic Kehila Centre on Bathurst Street on Saturday morning. The centre serves members of the Jewish community who are of Sephardic heritage, descending from Spain and Portugal. HATE/BIAS-MOTIVATED INCIDENT09:35am7026 Bathurst Street, VaughanSephardic Kehila Centre- male suspect (pictured below) attempted to force his way into a Synagogue and assaulted a victim prior to...
April 25, 2026 - 17:09 | National Post Staff | National Post
The B.C. Court of Appeal has granted interim release to a medical aesthetics spa owner convicted of seven counts of sexual assault, pending the hearing of his appeal. Justice Susan Griffin heard the bail application from the convicted man requesting that he be released under 24-hour house arrest with electronic monitoring. In her Nov. 28 decision , she noted that Farshad Khojsteh Kashani complied with bail conditions prior to trial, as well as the Crown’s agreement that he does not pose a current safety risk to the public. Further, she was satisfied he would not flee, despite ties to...
December 16, 2025 - 17:30 | National Post Staff | National Post
