After Yellowknife’s only cinema closed, film fans are travelling 1,500 km to catch summer blockbusters

Following the closure of Yellowknife’s Capitol Theatre, local film fans are taking measures to watch summer blockbusters. Resident Jacob Charpentier spent $1,500 travelling to Edmonton for Spider-Man and The Odyssey, highlighting the cultural void left in N.W.T. capital.
Years-long cockroach infestation prompts Sudbury, Ont., tenant to petition others to have building fumigated

A tenant in Sudbury, Ont., says the cockroach infestation in her downtown apartment is so bad that she and her teenage son have started eating all of their meals outside. Now, she’s calling on her landlord to treat her entire building.
Could the Alto high speed rail plan be derailed?

As tensions rise over Alto high-speed rail, could political disagreements derail the long-awaited train project?
Shanghai cancels at least 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China's eastern coast

Typhoon Dolphin hit China's eastern coast Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai's two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. The storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan the day before.
Canada's Leylah Fernandez eliminated in 4th round at National Bank Open

Canadian hopes were dashed Sunday at the National Bank Open. The weeklong buzz from Eala-Mania has been hushed, too.
93-year-old's 'lifetime of memories' piled on a curb in St. Catharines, Ont., after flooding

Generations' worth of memories were laid out on Mary Winning's curb in St. Catharines, Ont., on Sunday in a jumbled mess of sewage-soiled mementoes, furniture, boxes and bags. The 93-year-old's home was flooded twice in five days during back-to-back storms.
Prison watchdog role left vacant for months, even after outgoing investigator warned of 'serious legal void'

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government left the position of Canada's prison watchdog vacant for several months, despite written warnings from the outgoing correctional investigator that leaving the position vacant would seriously compromise the office's powers to do its job protecting inmates.
This hamster tracks his runs on Strava | The Moment

Thijs de Buck tells The National about the moment he set up a Strava sports app account for his pet hamster, Mollie, to log his nightly rodent runs in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Terminally-ill woman spent 21 hours in hallway at emergency room, daughter says

Theresa Chanowski says she only had five minutes to stay with her mother Colleen Titanich after she arrived at a "jam-packed" emergency department on Tuesday. "Seeing what was happening in that hallway, it was appalling, it was disgusting," said Chanowski, whose mother is turning 71 in November.
