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    Sovereignty-Association

    ​First used as a slogan by the Mouvement Souveraineté-Association (MSA), forerunners of the Parti Québécois, this term became the PQ’s cornerstone and main objective.

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    Soybean

    Soybean (Glycine max) is a herbaceous annual belonging to the legume family, grown as an oilseed crop in Canada.

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    Space Lab Under Construction

    This is ground zero, the holy of holies of the U.S. space program. The flight control room at Johnson Space Center in Houston is instantly familiar from a dozen movies and a thousand newscasts.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 17, 1999

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    Space Science and Exploration

    This collection brings together articles and resources about space science and space exploration. Access articles, biographies and timelines to learn more about space technology and Canadian astronauts.

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    Space Technology

    An agreement signed with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led to the launching of a series of 4 Canadian satellites, beginning with Alouette 1 (on 29 Sept 1962) from the Western Test Range in Vandenburg, California.

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    Space Travel Challenges

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on October 14, 1996. Partner content is not updated. For mankind, the adventure began at 9:07 a.m. Moscow time on April 12, 1961. A Soviet air force major named Yuri Gagarin blasted into the Siberian sky aboard a five-ton spacecraft and the world marvelled at the astounding news that he had landed safely after circling the Earth in just 108 minutes.

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    Spanish Music in Canada

    Spanish immigration to Canada was moderate until 1950, by comparison with that from other major European nations. Nevertheless, by 1986 there were some 57,000 Spanish-Canadians, concentrated in cities in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.

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    Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War, the 1898 conflict between the US and Spain, during which the US removed Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines from Spain, annexing the last 3.

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    Spanish Exploration

    Following the global circumnavigation of Magellan's expedition, 1519-22, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V wished to locate a N American strait into Asian waters. The Spaniards possessed information on the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts from Portuguese voyages and from BASQUE fishermen and whalers.

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    Spanish Trawler Released

    The Spanish, in fairness, were there first. It may have been an English expedition, led by John Cabot in 1497, that first dipped baskets into the teeming waters of the Grand Banks and hauled them in filled with cod.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 27, 1995

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    Spar Aerospace Limited

    Spar Aerospace Limited, see ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.

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    Spar Aerospace's Uncertain Future

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 12, 1999. Partner content is not updated. David Masotti was in a buoyant mood as he addressed employees and guests at a Spar Aerospace research and development facility in Brampton, Ont., one day last June.

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    Sparrow

    Sparrow is the name given to several unrelated groups of birds. Sparrows are classified in 3 families: Emberizidae, Estrildidae, and Passeridae.

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    Sparrow Case

    R. v. Sparrow (1990) was the first Supreme Court of Canada case to test section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. Initially convicted of fishing illegally, Musqueam man Ronald Edward Sparrow was cleared by the Supreme Court and his ancestral right to fishing was upheld.

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    Sparton of Canada Ltd

    Sparton of Canada, Ltd. Record manufacturing company established in 1930 in London, Ont, by a US company, Sparks-Withington.

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