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Fortune: Tax-free Champagne, anyone?

Not even Franz Kafka could have dreamed this one up.

Canada appeals to overturn South African refugee ruling

The Canadian government hopes to overturn a decision granting refugee status to a white South African who says he would face persecution at home, a spokesman for Canada's immigration minister said Friday.

SI.com: Darren Eliot: Today's NHL Olympians miss out on special experiences

After competing in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, as a member of Team Canada, I made USA Today's quote of the day by commenting on the notion of pro hockey players participating in the Olympics. In 25 years, a lot has changed -- not the least of which is there is no longer a Yugoslavia and NHL stars now dominate the Games. My old opinion, and my published quote, have vanished.

SI.com: Allan Muir: Team Canada's cloudy goaltending

A year ago, goaltending appeared to be the one position that was nailed down for the Canadians as they began their preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Martin Brodeur was the returning hero from the 2002 gold medal team. Roberto Luongo was the heir apparent. And some lucky youngster would earn a coveted seat at Canada Hockey Place to watch all the action from the stands.

SI.com: Michael Farber: Why Crosby is not Team Canada's best choice as captain

CALGARY -- The vox populi in the Calgary Herald decided Monday in a result often associated with Soviet elections that the esteemed Jarome Iginla should be the next Captain Canada, the man with the scarlet letter (on the white uniforms) when a hockey-daft nation plays in the Olympics next February in Vancouver.

SI.com: Jim Kelley: Team Canada's Heatley headache, Balsillie fuels NHL feud, more

The people who run Team Canada and the Canadian Olympic Hockey Program want favorite son Dany Heatley to come clean regarding his problems with the Ottawa Senators.

World population projected to reach 7 billion in 2011

The world's population is forecast to hit 7 billion in 2011, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations, a report released Wednesday said.

SI.com: Sens' Spezza invited to Canada's Olympic camp

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Jason Spezza has gotten another shot to make Canada's Olympic hockey team.

SI.com: Farber: Team Canada finds its guru

Jacques Lemaire, freshly named as an assistant coach for Canada's 2010 Olympic team after a coaching lifetime with his nose pressed to the window of Hockey Canada's old boy's club, peered into the television camera and said in French, "At last they understood" before cackling loudly at his own joke.

SI.com: Red Wings' Babcock to coach Team Canada

Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock will coach the Canadian men's hockey team at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, according to a person familiar with the decision.

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