National News

ST. ALBERT, Alta. - RCMP say they have found a man suspected of gunning down two officers at a casino just outside Edmonton early Saturday morning, leaving one of the officers in grave condition.

EDMONTON - Premier Jim Prentice says the impact of Alberta's collapsing petro-economy will be felt not just at home but across Canada.

TORONTO - Target says it will close its stores in Canada - a market it entered only two years ago. The U.S.-based retail company has 133 Canadian locations and 17,600 employees across the country.

VICTORIA - British Columbia's jails, including Prince George Regional Correctional Centre, are overcrowded, unsafe, tension-filled facilities that fail to prevent inmates from returning to crime when released, concludes an audit by auditor general Ca

MONTREAL - Former Canadiens superstar Guy Lafleur is seeking more than $2 million from the Crown and Montreal police in legal proceedings that began Monday.

PEMBERTON, B.C. - Police say one person is dead and two others have gone missing during an ice climbing expedition near Whistler, B.C. RCMP Sgt.

TORONTO - Three new charges of sexual assault have been laid against fired CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi. During a brief court appearance this morning in Toronto, court heard three new alleged victims have come forward.

CALGARY - Calgary police say seven people were shot, leaving two of them in life-threatening condition, after gunfire broke out early this morning at a New Year's Eve house party. Det.

MONTREAL - Luka Rocco Magnotta's high-profile trial ended Tuesday with the jury finding him guilty of first-degree murder and four other counts in the killing and dismemberment of Jun Lin.

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition leader and eight of her Wildrose caucus members are joining the government of Premier Jim Prentice.