Kirk LaPointe
Contributor at Freelance
Glacier Media, The Hub Columnist; UBC Journalism Adjunct Professor; Board Chair KidSafe Project Society, Board Director Vancouver Opera. Goalie, runner/jogger.
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1 week ago |
biv.com | Kirk LaPointe
If the world seems upside down right now, it isn’t because you’re a forlorn Pierre Poilievre supporter or distressed Donald Trump romantic. You must be a Vancouver sports fan. Early May 2025 ought to be when we would be gathering feverishly to watch the Stanley Cup-contending Vancouver Canucks. Early May 2025 also ought to be when we would be casting a trifling glance at the unlikely-to-matter Vancouver Whitecaps.
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1 week ago |
vancouverisawesome.com | Kirk LaPointe
If the world seems upside down right now, it isn’t because you’re a forlorn Pierre Poilievre supporter or distressed Donald Trump romantic. You must be a Vancouver sports fan. Early May 2025 ought to be when we would be gathering feverishly to watch the Stanley Cup-contending Vancouver Canucks. Early May 2025 also ought to be when we would be casting a trifling glance at the unlikely-to-matter Vancouver Whitecaps.
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1 week ago |
castanet.net | Kirk LaPointe |Sylvain Charlebois |Rob Shaw
Same song, probably a different dance partner. We went to bed Monday sending Mark Carney into the lion’s den as an elected Liberal prime minister to stare down and subdue Donald Trump. But Canadians gave him anything but the strongest political hand. Carney will apparently lead a third straight minority government—only now, one in which, of all things, the separatist Bloc Québécois has leverage for Liberal viability.
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1 week ago |
castanetkamloops.net | Kirk LaPointe
Same song, probably a different dance partner. We went to bed Monday sending Mark Carney into the lion’s den as an elected Liberal prime minister to stare down and subdue Donald Trump. But Canadians gave him anything but the strongest political hand. Carney will apparently lead a third straight minority government—only now, one in which, of all things, the separatist Bloc Québécois has leverage for Liberal viability.
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2 weeks ago |
biv.com | Kirk LaPointe
Same song, probably a different dance partner. We went to bed Monday sending Mark Carney into the lion’s den as an elected Liberal prime minister to stare down and subdue Donald Trump. But Canadians gave him anything but the strongest political hand. Carney will apparently lead a third straight minority government—only now, one in which, of all things, the separatist Bloc Québécois has leverage for Liberal viability.
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For @TheHubCanada today, getting off the #Election2025 train and on to something else that matters: Is this the year the Stanley Cup comes home? https://t.co/qGldNTks3x
My take on the Wednesday and Thursday federal leader televised bickering. https://t.co/X6Drs0Opqh
Even on a sunny afternoon when I should have been at the driving range, @TheMasters was the best choice for the day. More unpredictable than the tariff threats. More emotionally satisfying, too.
Rory McIlroy wins epic Masters in playoff, completes career grand slam https://t.co/J7yu742g6f