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Michael LaPointe
Michael LaPointe edits Tyee Books. You can reach him here.
Stories by Michael LaPointe
A Postcard from Many Shanghais
I wanted to see China as Expo spectacle, but also to peer behind the curtain.
Stunning Photos of Massive Meager Slide
Rescue worker David Steers was there to save hikers, and he took his camera.
The Opium Wars, Revisited
'Sea of Poppies' author Amitav Ghosh on narcotics, Bibles, global trade, and military might.
Patrick Lane's Violent Memory
The author of 'Red Dog, Red Dog' on bloody mayhem, denial and how the Okanagan used to be.
Axe the Penny and the Twenty
They've bullied our wallets for too long. I'm calling for a coup.
'The Order of Good Cheer'
Novelist Bill Gaston on rewriting history, burning your books, and why Prince Rupert is depressing.
Vegans and Meat Lovers: Truce?
Four new food books blur the dinner party divide.
In Search of an Aboriginal Future
Author Marie Wadden on suicides, solutions, Harper's apology and more.
Mel Hurtig, Tough Love Patriot
The author of 'The Truth about Canada' on damning stats, deluded pride, foreign control, and more.
Help! IM Addicted
Instant messaging my cyber-friends is no substitute for real relationships. I'm unplugging.
- Appeal court upholds ruling on protection of orca habitat
- Foreign takeover score is 14,218 to two calculates Mel Hurtig, who speaks Saturday
- Abbott blames teachers' union, hints at legislation
- Greens exaggerating fracking fears 'to control you': Santorum
- Prime Minister Harper mixes oil with human rights on visit to China
- Civil jury finds former BC premier Vander Zalm guilty of defamation
- Vancouver theatre runs down curtain on section of BC's outdated liquor laws
- BC Premier Clark to replace throne speech with radio appearance
- 'The Kids Are All Right'
- 'Leave Your Shoes On'
- Glaciers, BC Hydro's Melting 'Batteries'
- Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Becoming the Ethical Hunter
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Could SOPA Pervade Canadian Copyright Law?
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Economist Calls Gateway Pipeline an Inflationary 'Threat'
- Bill Rees' Last Lecture
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Is Canada Ignoring Signs of a Coming Economic Collapse?
- How First Nations Are Gearing Up for Legal Battle Against Gateway
- Harper in China
- Eleven Oily Questions for Every MP
- Remembering Lloyd Dykk's Wit, Generosity and Superb Prose
- BC Child Care Advocates in Geneva to Complain to UN
- BC, You Love You
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Who Pays Huge Power Bills for Clark's Gas Plants?
- Make It the Canadian Webcasting Corporation
- Harper in China
- When the Prize Is a Chance to Toil on BC's Farms
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Foreign Trade Zones Eyed for Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Prince George
- Skating into 2012, More Resolutions
- Scientists unveil bold new definition of addiction
- The most hellish ‘internships’: China sends 100,000 teens to work for a pittance at Foxconn making gadgets for Apple, others
- World Press Photo Contest: Editor’s choice pictures of the day
- Banks come first in a Greek rescue plan
- We’re more unequal than you think
- Cambodia launched restaurants for vultures
- Flavored vodka: sign of the imminent apocalypse?
- With Obama’s new foreclosure deal big banks win again
