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    New France (Plain-Language summary)

    New France was a French colony in North America. By the early 1740s, France controlled what is known today as the Maritime provinces, much of modern-day Ontario and Quebec, and the Hudson Bay region. The territory also stretched from today’s Northeastern United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Quebec City was the center of culture, society and economics. The French living in New France created a distinct culture. The French population of New France were known as habitants. Many habitants had a better life in New France than peasants in France. That said, not many people from France wanted to emigrate to New France. Most people in France thought New France was too cold and very dangerous. Because there was little immigration, New France had a very small population. In 1763, approximately 70,000 French colonists lived in New France. (See Population Settlement of New France.) This small population made New France weak. It was one of the most important reasons why New France was taken over by Britain in 1763. (This article is a plain-language summary of New France. If you are interested in reading about this topic in more depth, please see our full-length entry, New France.)

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    New Left

    The New Left was an international political movement of the 1960s, mainly of youth and students, which originated in the "Ban the Bomb" movement of the late 1950s. It expanded to include issues such as the Vietnam War, Third World liberation struggles, women's liberation, education, ecology, and popular culture. Critical of the Old Left (Social Democracy and Marxism-Leninism) and its alienating hierarchical, centralized and bureaucratic structures, the New Left proposed local control of the political process, accessibility to political and social institutions and participatory democracy.

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  • Macleans

    New Leukemia Treatment

    Given the excitement of a family vacation in California, four-year-old Ashford Slowley's fatigue and loss of appetite did not seem unusual. "The kids were playing hard," says his mother, Tina Slowley. "They don't eat much when they're in the hot sun.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 26, 1996

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  • Macleans

    New, Natural Common Cold "Cures"

    Gloria Gribling swears it is the best way to beat a cold. At the first hint of a sneeze, a sniffle or a scratchy throat, the 48-year-old Vancouver art-school employee pops a zinc lozenge and lets the tangy, metallic-tasting mineral dissolve slowly in her mouth.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 24, 1997

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    New Religious Movements

    New Religious MovementsCults or New ReligionsThe complexity of the subject has led scholars to abandon the popular term "cult" - which became associated with the 1978 People's Temple mass suicide/murders in Jonestown, Guyana; the Waco tragedy; the Solar Temple murders in Québec and Switzerland; and similar events worldwide - in favour of the more neutral term "New Religious Movements." In the sociology of religion terms like "church," "sect," "denomination," and "cult" have specialized meanings identifying...

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    Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies

    The ROYAL COMMISSION on New Reproductive Technologies was established in October 1989 by Brian Mulroney's Conservative government in response to demands for an examination of the use of reproductive technologies.

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  • Macleans

    New Treatment for Diabetes

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on June 10, 2002. Partner content is not updated. At the age of 14, Robert Teskey was diagnosed with type 1 DIABETES (better known as juvenile diabetes), a condition which normally comes with an automatic life sentence of insulin therapy.

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  • Macleans

    New Trends in Home Entertainment

    BRENT LESSARD, a 19-year-old with an angelic face and dreadlocks dyed jet black, recently made a copy of the 50th anniversary edition of The Wizard of Oz - for himself. No, he's not regressing.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 5, 2003

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  • Macleans

    New Web Browser Challenges Microsoft

    A DECADE AGO, Netscape Navigator became the world's de facto INTERNET browser almost overnight. It was a phenomenal success - that is, until Microsoft Corp.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 28, 2005

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  • Macleans

    New Year Celebrations and No Y2K Disasters

    Howard Mann laughed as he threw himself into the fresh snow.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 10, 2000

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  • Macleans

    New Youth Crime Act

    AT FIRST GLANCE, Greg looks much like the other inmates at the Toronto Youth Assessment Centre. Shoulder-length black hair pulled back in a ponytail, he's dressed in standard-issue burgundy T-shirt, sweatpants and running shoes with Velcro fasteners.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 9, 2003

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    Newbridge Networks Corporation

    Newbridge Networks is a world leader in the design and manufacture of digital networking equipment. Since the founding of Newbridge in 1986 by Terence H.

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  • Macleans

    Newcourt Credit

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on February 23, 1998. Partner content is not updated. Steven Hudson learned early about the power of performance-based compensation. As a teenager in Scarborough, Ont., he took a job at a bingo hall for seniors, pushing a refreshment cart up and down the aisles. The more chips and popcorn he sold, the more money he took home.

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  • Macleans

    Newcourt Merges with CIT

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on November 8, 1999. Partner content is not updated. On May 5, hundreds turned up in their finest for the première of the National Ballet of Canada's revamped production of Swan Lake. Yet, as fabulous as artistic director James Kudelka's $1.6-million production was, an equally remarkable performance had taken place before the dancing ever started.

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    Newfie Bullet

    An affectionate but ironic name informally applied to the transinsular Newfoundland passenger railway in its latter days.

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