Canadians who get salaries can expect an average increase of 3.5 per cent in 2009, a survey from compensation and benefit consultants Morneau Sobeco suggests.
OTTAWA - Senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office say Stephen Harper will likely call an election next week for Oct. 14.
VANCOUVER - A private golf course in B.C.'s Lower Mainland is rejecting potential members who don't speak English.

INUVIK, N.W.T. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper summoned up the jowly ghost of one of his Conservative predecessors Thursday, announcing that John Diefenbaker would be both the name of Canada's new anywhere, anytime icebreaker and the inspiration for his vision of Arctic development.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is meeting another opposition leader Saturday as the Conservative government continues to send signals that Canadians may be heading to the polls this fall.
OTTAWA - The Green party is poised to announce it has its first federal member of Parliament - even before an anticipated fall election call.

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said on Friday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin's recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states.

DENVER - John McCain has introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, as his vice-presidential running mate in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
OTTAWA (Reuters) - One person has died and 87 are sick with salmonella food poisoning from tainted cheese in the Canadian province of Quebec, health officials said on Friday.

TORONTO - How high could the price of gasoline go?
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