Petrochemical company Sasol will buy a 50% stake in a shale gas field in Canada for R7,14-billion, it said on Tuesday.
Jimmy Hansra struck a half-century under pressure as Canada defeated Kenya by five wickets on Monday to get their second victory ever in a World Cup.
Skipper Shahid Afridi took five wickets to help Pakistan overcome a scare at the hands of Canada and clinch a hard-fought 46-run win.
United States top seed Andy Roddick captured his 30th career ATP title on Sunday, outlasting Milos Raonic to deny the Canadian his second title.
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/ 14 February 2011
US country trio Lady Antebellum emerged as surprise winners with five awards on Sunday at the Grammy Awards, in a disappointing night for Eminem.
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/ 20 December 2010
Petrochemical giant Sasol has signed a $1-billion deal to buy a 50% stake in a shale petrol field owned by Canadian energy firm Talisman.
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/ 5 December 2010
World climate talks in Cancún enter their final stretch with fears of a repeat of the failures that nearly wrecked the 2009 Copenhagen summit.
Canadian comic actor Leslie Nielsen, star of a string of madcap spoof movies died of complications from pneumonia in Florida on Sunday.
We have gathered together some of Leslie Nielsen’s most classic movie moments.The actor passed away this morning at the age of 85.
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/ 27 November 2010
Canada’s Federal Court has overturned a ruling that granted refugee status to a white man who claimed persecution from black South Africans.
Mining giant BHP Billiton on Monday abandoned its $39-billion takeover bid for fertiliser-maker Potash Corporation.
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/ 3 November 2010
Russian fertiliser company Phosagro is reportedly planning to bid for Potash Corp, rivaling BHP Billiton’s $39-billion offer.
Roger Federer celebrated his 29th birthday last week, but the cagey Swiss said he was not too old to learn a few new tricks.
Canadian police are a confusing bunch. With Toronto locked down for the G20 summit, several have been cycling around the deserted streets on bikes.
Toronto police clashed with protesters for a second straight day on Sunday, in the downtown core near the just-finished G20 summit of world leaders.
Masked protesters rioted across downtown Toronto on Saturday, setting police cars ablaze and smashing store windows in opposition to the G20 summit.
The Group of Eight rich nations urged Iran and North Korea on Saturday to step back from moves that threaten international security.
The richest economies, saddled with huge debts after spending their way out of the crisis, papered over differences on how to clean up their finances.
World leaders aimed for a common target on Thursday of securing the economic recovery, but disagreed over how best to reach it.
A new study suggests a genetic link that could lead to early detection and better treatment.
The small town has been obsessed about all things <i>Star Trek</i> for as long as anyone here can remember.
Depressed by reading bad news and with his marriage failing, Neil Pasricha decided to focus on the positive and come up with 1 000 awesome things.
A Canadian psychiatrist who kept accusations of human rights abuses in apartheid-era SA hidden has been charged in Calgary with sexual abuse.
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/ 23 February 2010
If dog-sledding were an Olympic sport, Canada’s far north might field some medal contenders.
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/ 14 February 2010
Canadians are accused of limiting practice runs and turning luge racers into "crash-test dummies" at Whistler.
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/ 13 February 2010
A Georgian luger died in a horrific crash on a training run on Friday, casting a shadow as Vancouver opened the Winter Games.
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/ 13 February 2010
A black cloud descended over the Vancouver Olympics on Friday after Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in a training crash.
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/ 4 December 2009
This thuggish petro-state is now to climate what Japan is to whaling.
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/ 13 November 2009
Our ‘socially useless’ banks must learn to assist the
socially disadvantaged, writes Larry Elliott.
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/ 10 November 2009
Brandon Huntley’s lawyers have slammed a Canadian government bid to overturn his crime-refugee status.
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/ 10 November 2009
The Olympic flame began its first trek through the Canadian Arctic by crossing paths with a polar bear on the shores of Hudson Bay.
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/ 21 October 2009
A review of South African Brandon Huntley’s asylum status was welcomed by Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Wednesday.