August 17, 1998

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Canada

The Eagle returns

The road leading up Blue Mountain from Ontario’s Georgian Bay goes past a 40-hectare farm where a derelict barn sits amid overgrown brush, wild ravines and a neglected apple orchard. The land is also home to wild turkeys and a beekeeping operation, but foremost it has been the stuff of developers’ dreams and, over the past decade, the centre of a number of mysteries. By JOHN NICOL, KIMBERLEY NOBLE7 min

Business

White-knuckle ride

Gilbert Johnson is sleeping easy these days. While millions of new investors plunged into the surging stock markets, Johnson, 68, a retired purchasing manager, kept the bulk of his money in bonds. Over the past five years, he missed one of the strongest run-ups in market history. By TOM FENNELL6 min

Opening NOTES

Summer is the season of wedding fever. And while most couples still opt for a traditional religious service and sitdown dinner, others go for more adventurous nuptials involving hot-air balloons or bungee jumping. But Alan Knecht and gOgO BegOnia have got them beat. By TANYA DAVIES, RAE CORELLI5 min

The Nation’s Business

Saluting the playwright who became president

Vaclav Havel understood that politics is not merely the art of the possible; it can also be the art of the impossible By Peter C. Newman, Allan Fotheringham4 min

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