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MONTREAL — Nearly 150,000 Montreal homes were put under a boil water advisory on Friday after a broken water main erupted into a "geyser" that transformed streets into streams, paralyzed traffic and forced people to evacuate from flooded buildings.

MONTREAL — There are still 5,704 vacant teaching positions in Quebec with the new school year less than two weeks away, and Education Minister Bernard Drainville said Friday the gap is partly due to immigration.

TORONTO — Jacob Hoggard began serving his sentence Friday after Ontario's top court dismissed the Hedley frontman's appeal of his sexual assault conviction.

OTTAWA — A new analysis warns that Canada's major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a "downward spiral" unless major new streams of operating revenue open up.

WASHINGTON — The federal government says procedural changes planned by the United States to tighten rules for asylum seekers coming from Canada are in line with the Safe Third Country Agreement.

OTTAWA — Canada is selling its former Manhattan residence, which used to house its consul general in New York.

The type of mpox spreading rapidly through several African countries could arrive in Canada, where that strain hasn't appeared before, Canadian experts say.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Forests Ministry says it is doing everything possible to keep those who fight wildfires in the province safe, while the government workers' union wants more protections following two condemning reports into deaths of fir

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Forests Ministry says it is doing everything possible to keep those who fight wildfires in the province safe, while the government workers' union wants more protections following two condemning reports into deaths of fir