--Eighth NewsWatch--

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(Border-Intelligence) (Audio: 040)

An internal report finds many regional Canada Border Service Agency employees indicated they lacked access to basic tools to conduct analyses and investigations.

The C-B-S-A conducted an evaluation of their intelligence program between March 2021 and March 2022.

The reviewers found the program had mapped out current data systems against needs, highlighting gaps and identifying more advanced tools "that could collect, store, integrate, process, report and share data and intelligence more efficiently."

Although there was consensus that the program's efforts led to the disruption of criminal activities, the report says there is currently no way to measure the impact.

A management action plan included with the evaluation report was excised from the public version. (8)

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(Sask-Gang-Murder) (NOTE CONTENT) (Audio: 054)

The head of Saskatchewan's R-C-M-P major crimes unit says officers were certain Tiki (TEE-kee) Laverdiere (LA'-ver-deer) was killed weeks before they found her burned, bludgeoned body wrapped in a carpet under rocks in a Saskatchewan pond in 2019.

Superintendent Joshua Graham says key witnesses had told investigators early on about how female gang members tortured and killed the Edmonton woman.

Ten people have been sentenced for their roles in her killing, with the last case completed in April. (8)

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(Que-Fatal-Accident)

Quebec provincial police say one person has died and four others are injured after a car swerved into Highway 50's guardrails and rolled over.

Police say the single vehicle was carrying five people in their 20s and was travelling at a high speed before losing control.

The 22-year-old driver was thrown out of the vehicle and pronounced dead in hospital.

Officers say emergency services were notified of the accident at around 3:15 a.m. local time. (8)

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(HEALTH-Climate-Hospital-Emergency)

As Canadians face an increase in climate change related extreme weather, experts are calling on Ottawa to ensure the nation's health care is properly prepared to adapt as well.

Disasters that bring people to the emergency room — like fires, floods, heat waves and other extreme weather — often also strike the hospitals themselves.

The director of adaptation research at the Canadian Climate Institute says every health authority in the country should be thinking about moving electrical workings out of the basement, improving ventilation, or even simply installing air conditioning. (8)

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(US-Walmart-Capital-One)

Walmart has announced the end of a partnership with Capital One, ending the agreement that made the banking company the exclusive issuer of Walmart's consumer credit cards.

The two companies announced the change in a joint statement today, saying cardholders can still use their Capital One Walmart Rewards cards and will continue to accrue rewards unless customers are notified of a change.

In 2023, Walmart sued the McLean, Virginia-based company, saying it wanted to terminate the agreement because Capital One was taking too long to process payments and mail replacement cards. (8)

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(US-Obit-Schuyler-Jones)

Globe-trotting American adventurer Schuylar (SKY-ler) Jones, whose exploits drew comparisons to the iconic movie character Indiana Jones, has died.

Jones' stepdaughter posted on social media that Jones died on May 17th.

In his 1956 book ``Under the African Sun,'' Jones told readers about the time he survived a helicopter crash in a marketplace in In Salah, Algeria.

He was 94. (8)

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(NewsWatch by Nairah Ahmed & John Kennedy)

The Canadian Press