--Seventh NewsWatch--

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(Border-Intelligence) (Audio:040)

A recently released evaluation of the Canada Border Services Agency's intelligence program found the sensitive nature of its activities and a lack of data made it difficult to fully assess its effectiveness.

The program is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence on issues ranging from drug and human trafficking to immigration fraud, as well as and barring people from Canada on grounds of national security or war crimes.

The internal evaluation found better training and information-processing tools are needed to help the program. (7)

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(Que-McGill-Encampment) (Audio:056)

Pro-Palestinian tent encampments set up on university campuses across Canada are raising debate over whether campuses should be treated as private or public property.

Quebec's Minister of Higher Education says the encampment on Montreal's McGill University campus must be dismantled, arguing the ``private lands'' are not an appropriate place for the demonstration.

A professor of political science specializing in constitutional law at the University of Waterloo compares a university campus to a public park and Parliament Hill.

Emmett Macfarlane called the almost universal response of Canadian university administrators to seek the removal of protest encampments a failure to respect free expression and the right to peaceful assembly.

He says the right to occupy a public space, like other Charter rights, is subject to limits, but universities need to show restraint as long as protests remain peaceful. (7)

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(Red-Lobster-Canada)

A lawyer representing Red Lobster's Canadian operations says he will ask an Ontario court to recognize the company's current U-S bankruptcy protection case.

Linc Rogers says the application to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice will ask to enforce the restaurant chain's Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U-S.

Red Lobster Canada runs 27 restaurants in Canada and is listed as a ``related debtor'' in the U-S proceedings. (7)

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(India-Fire)

Indian police say at least 20 people have died in a massive fire that broke out in an amusement park.

Local police told reporters the fire in the western part of the country is under control and a rescue operation is underway with 20 bodies recovered.

Police say they will be building a case of negligence against the amusement park owner. (7)

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(Haiti-US-Missionaries-Killed) (Audio:055)

The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a missionary couple from the U-S were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group activity at a church.

The attack happened on Thursday evening in northern Port-au-Prince, where Davy and Natalie Lloyd were serving as missionaries.

Davy's father, David Lloyd, says the couple worked for his ministry -- "Missions in Haiti."

The slayings occurred as violence continues to destabilize the Caribbean nation.

Organized street gangs are estimated to control 80 per cent of Haiti's capital. (7)

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(MED-Mosquito-Repellents) (Audio:062)

U-S Health officials are warning everyone to take precautions as mosquito season arrives.

Doctors say the best defence is to use repellent and wear long sleeves and pants.

They also say people should avoid going out at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes tend to be most active. (7)

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(NewsWatch by Nairah Ahmed)

The Canadian Press