Lawrence Martin (born January 1956 in Moose Factory, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and politician. He has used the name Wapistan, derived from the Cree language word for the marten, in his musical work.
Background
A member of the Moose Cree First Nation, he grew up in a small community called Moose River Crossing. As in the Cree traditional communities, the whole hamlet became his family. One of his aunts, Abba, recognized his talent for music at an early age. She bought him an acoustic guitar and taught him to play. Once he learned how to strum three chords, he began to write songs. He was around twelve years old at that time. From the age of fourteen, he attended secondary school in North Bay.
In the 1980s, Martin was executive director of the Wawatay Native Communications Society, a First Nations broadcaster in Northern Ontario. In this role, in 1989 he produced the first-ever television broadcast of a First Nations pow-wow.
Lawrence Martin is a Canadian journalist and author of several books on Canadian politics. Born in 1948 and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from that city's McMaster University in 1969, and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University in 1983.
Martin has spent many years at the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail where he began as a sports reporter in 1974. He served as the newspaper's Washington, D.C., bureau chief from 1978 to 1981, and as Moscow bureau chief from 1985 to 1988. He was then national affairs columnist for the Southam chain until July 2001.
Now living in Ottawa and a columnist for The Globe and Mail, and iPolitics, Martin also writes an occasional column for the Quebec daily La Presse and appears frequently on Canadian television and radio as a political commentator.
Much of Martin's efforts in recent years have focused on writing biographies about contemporary Canadian political figures. Martin has written ten books during his career, including a biography of Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux.
PDS 54, LAWRENCE 23. LAWRENCE TWP...NicaMartin and Nandini Kolli backed Hartman with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Kimyah Carter’s 10 points were the most for Lawrence ... LAWRENCE (23) ... Lawrence(3-11) 3 8 7 5 — 23. 3-point goals — Barber 2, Martin 2 (PDS).
“Chris has his own share of problems and seems to be alienating people around him, which Will finds satisfying ...Jane ... Ride or Die' (2024), the fourth installment in the popular franchise, alongside MartinLawrence and Vanessa Hudgens.
MartinLawrence, his co-star in ‘Bad Boys,’ and ‘Aladdin’ director Guy Ritchie have all expressed their support. ‘We’re just happy they’re safe,’ Lawrence wrote in an emotional tweet ... SOURCE .
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The first 18 selections in the 2025 NFL Draft were set following the final week of the regular season ...Titans. Team needs. OT, IOL, EDGE, WR, LB ... 2. Browns ... 5 ... 8 ... WR Brandin Cooks, OG Zack Martin, RB EzekielElliott, EDGE DeMarcus Lawrence, QB Trey Lance13 ... .
MartinLawrence, his co-star in ‘Bad Boys,’ and ‘Aladdin’ director Guy Ritchie have all expressed their support. ‘We’re just happy they’re safe,’ Lawrence wrote in an emotional tweet ... SOURCE .
Below is a recap of how all the Muskegon-area boys basketball teams fared on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. --- ... added nine points and Danelle Lawrence had eight points. Junior standout JamesMartin left the game with an arm injury in the first quarter ... --- ... ---.
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