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OTTAWA — The Liberal government wants to bring its feminism to the North American Free Trade Agreement, building on an agreement between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump to support women entrepreneurs to get gender rights in t

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-based weatherman says he got more than he bargained for during a recent Costco trip — a live scorpion in his bag of bananas.

MONTREAL — The dean of McGill University's Schulich School of Music says professor Eleanor Stubley, whose body was found after she had been missing for about one week, was utterly devoted to her students. Stubley, 57, was last seen Aug.

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Former Bloc Quebecois MP Rejean Lefebvre is facing sex-related charges involving a minor.

Toronto FC says defender Nick Hagglund will be out of action for six to eight weeks with a left medial collateral ligament sprain.

OTTAWA — The head of Canada's postal service has announced he plans to step down next spring, nearly three years before his contract was set to expire.

OTTAWA — An emergency fund overseen by federal officials has doled out almost $38,000 in the last four months to help 40 veterans who faced financial crises, including some who may have been on the verge of becoming homeless.

HALIFAX — The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is making "community visits" in Nova Scotia this week, as it seeks to put a crisis of confidence behind it.

TORONTO — North American stock markets started the week on a positive note, surging ahead as investor fears calmed slightly following a tumultuous week of rhetoric between the United States and North Korea.