Editing Michael Valpy (section)

{{short description|Canadian journalist and author|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2011}}
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| name        = Michael Valpy
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| birth_name  = Michael Granville Valpy
| birth_date  = {{birth year and age|1942}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
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| occupation  = Journalist, author
|| spouse      = divorced
| children    = 3
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'''Michael Granville Valpy''' (born 1942) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] journalist and author. He wrote for ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''<ref name="Francis1997">{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Daniel|title=National dreams: myth, memory, and Canadian history|url=https://archive.org/details/nationaldreamsmy0000fran|url-access=registration|accessdate=20 June 2011|year=1997|publisher=arsenal pulp press|isbn=978-1-55152-043-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nationaldreamsmy0000fran/page/15 15]–}}</ref> newspaper where he covered both political and [[human interest story|human interest]] stories until leaving the newspaper in October, 2010. Through a long career at the ''Globe'', he was a reporter, Toronto- and [[Ottawa]]-based national political columnist, member of the editorial board, deputy managing editor, and [[Africa]]-based correspondent during the last years of [[apartheid]]. He has also been a national political columnist for the ''[[Vancouver Sun]]''. Since leaving the ''Globe'' he has been published by the newspaper on a freelance basis as well as by [[CBC News]] Online, the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' and the ''[[National Post]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/michael-valpy-who-takes-the-crown|title=Latest Breaking News, Headlines & Updates &#124; National Post}}</ref>