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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.

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.

CINCINNATI — Canada's Leylah Fernandez overcame 20 aces and saved two match points before beating fourth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 in second-round action Thursday at the Cincinnati Open.

OTTAWA — The Northern Super League team in the nation's capital will be known as Ottawa Rapid FC.

MONTREAL — Nearly a week after torrential rain battered Quebec, the contents of people's basements are spilling across their lawns as they wait for garbage trucks to cart away their waterlogged furniture and ruined belongings.

REGINA — Trevor Harris may not be at 100 per cent physically but after missing six games, the Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback is ready to get back on the field on Friday night against the Montreal Alouettes.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors open their 2024-25 campaign at home against Cleveland as they look to bounce back from a disappointing season. The NBA released its regular-season schedule Thursday, with Toronto getting things going Oct.

MONTREAL — Montreal police are investigating how hundreds of litres of motor oil leaked into the St. Lawrence River in the city's east end.

MONTREAL — CF Montréal has acquired up to US$150,000 in general allocation money from the Chicago Fire in return for midfielder Ariel Lassiter, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday.

TORONTO — Gilles Leger, who spent 11 seasons as an executive with the NHL's Quebec Nordiques, has died at age 83. The NHL confirmed Leger's death in a statement Wednesday. A cause of death was not given.