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The Edmonton Public School Board received a failing grade Friday for firing a teacher who broke his school’s “no zero” policy. Lynden Dorval was suspended in 2012 for giving students zeros when they missed tests or didn’t hand in assignments. Four months later, he was fired from his position at Ross Sheppard High School.

The RCMP is developing a program to stop Canadians from becoming radicalized by violent ideologies, a new report reveals. As of early 2014, about 130 people with Canadian connections were believed to be in countries such as Syria, Somalia and Afghanistan participating in terrorism-related activities, the Public Safety Canada report said. Another 80 have returned to Canada, according to the …

The CEO of a Connecticut-based company that does business with several high-profile U.S. sports and convention venues is under fire for an elevator-security video that shows the man abusing a dog by kicking and jerking the leash of the animal.

The second Ontario woman charged with multiple offences after a Cuba-bound flight she was on turned back to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport is out of jail.

The Surrey RCMP is issuing a warning after a 9-year-old girl was reportedly lured through her bedroom window and sexually assaulted on a nearby park bench.

A Calgary woman has been sentenced to jail time for abusing her pet Chihuahua. The Calgary Humane Society says 52-year-old Valerie Penny will spend 60-days behind bars and will serve a six-month probation.

Police in Toronto, York Region and Niagara carried out multiple raids early Thursday morning, resulting in eight arrests and the recovery of 23 high-end vehicles and other stolen property worth over $5 million.

A St. Albert teen was injured Monday, after a cougar pounced on her during a hike in a national park in southern Alberta – it’s an incident that’s prompted a warning from Parks Canada. On Monday, Mykaela Belter, 16, was hiking with family members Monday in Waterton Lakes National Park when a cougar pounced on her.

A man who entered Justin Trudeau’s Ottawa home earlier this month made a drunken mistake and won’t be charged, police said Tuesday.

A man who mysteriously vanished and was officially declared dead after a 1977 barn fire in Canada has been found alive, living under a different name in Oklahoma, The Daily Mail reported on Monday. Ronald Stan was 32 when he went missing after the fire in East Williams, Canada, on Sept. 29, 1977. Nine years later, authorities officially declared him …

Another Go Topless Day has come and gone, with hundreds of people protesting in cities across North America Sunday and many times that number of spectators showing up to ogle and snap photos.