Michael Valpy

Michael Granville Valpy (born 1942) is a Canadian journalist and author. He wrote for ''The Globe and Mail'' newspaper where he covered both political and 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''. Provided by Wikipedia