Jillian Jacobson, 31, was found dead in her classroom at 8.30am on Monday morning When students arrived, her door was locked. “Students trying to get into the classroom couldn’t. So, they went next door to a nearby teacher. He opened the door and that’s when the found the teacher,” said Placentia Police Lt. Eric Point.

Valentina Maureira’s brother died from cystic fibrosis when he was six. The 14-year-old has the same inherited disease, and was told she has a life expectancy of 17, reports CNN. Except Valentina doesn’t want to live that long.

Matthew de Grood, the young man accused of stabbing five people to death in Brentwood last April, appeared in a Calgary courtroom on Monday for a preliminary hearing in his trial. Judge J.D. Holmes began hearing evidence at a preliminary inquiry for Matthew de Grood. At defence counsel Allan Fay’s request, Holmes imposed a mandatory publication ban on evidence being …

A Korean-Canadian pastor has been missing for more than a month and may have been detained in North Korea during visit to Pyongyang at the end of January.

Dalhousie University dentistry students participating in a restorative-justice process have released an open statement explaining how misogynistic Facebook posts and the ensuing scandal have affected their lives. Released by 29 members of the fourth-year dentistry class, the letter was issued on Sunday and posted on the university’s website.

A scary video of a skydiver surviving a seizure mid-fall, and landing safely, was posted on the internet Sunday and has gone viral on social media. The YouTube video, which has been viewed more than 1 million times in less than a day, shows Christopher Jones, 22, losing consciousness and having a seizure during the 3600-metre jump above Pinjarra in …

World’s richest woman Christy Walton tops $US41.7 billion. Christy Walton owes her fortune to the founders of Walmart (WMT), the Walton family, although she married into the clan. Her husband, John Walton, died in 2005 at the age of 58 when he crashed a small experimental plane he was piloting in Wyoming. John Walton was one of Walmart founder Sam …

Edmonton firefighters will camp out for four days on the roof of a downtown fire station to raise money and awareness for Muscular Dystrophy Canada.

1.4 Million To Online Lover? Sarah, who has divorced twice, met Chris Olsen 18 months ago online and the pair have spoken for hours over the phone every day. Soon after they started talking, Chris began asking Sarah for large amounts of money to be wired over him, telling her he needed it for legal fees as police kept arresting …

William Shatner is defending himself on Twitter as his decision to skip Leonard Nimoy’s funeral Sunday became front-page tabloid fodder. “I chose to honor a commitment I made months ago to appear at a charitable fundraiser,” Shatner, who turns 84 this month, tweeted Sunday after a New York tabloid labeled him “Captain Jerk” on its front page. “A lot of …

A blind dog returned to her owner after she went missing for nearly 2 weeks, The 11-year-old Labrador retriever named Madera ventured away from home on Feb. 6, when the temperature dipped to 40 degrees below zero.