Éric Lapointe may refer to:
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The Mount Allison Mounties are the varsity athletic teams that represent Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
Ernest Lapointe, was a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of Parliament from Quebec City, he was a top adviser to Prime Minister William Mackenzie King, especially on issues relating to legal affairs, Quebec and French-speaking Canada.
Jean Lapointe, is a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.
François is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
Éric Lapointe is a retired Canadian football player. He was a running back with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League.
Pierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His work largely follows in the tradition of French chanson, though he is influenced by modern pop music. Defining himself as a "popular singer", he has built an egocentric persona of a dandy onstage, but says he does this mostly to deflect attention from himself. His records have found critical and commercial success in Canada.
Éric Lapointe is a francophone lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band. His band is characterized by a heavy metal style containing elements of punk, grunge, pop and hard rock from guitarist Stéphane Dufour's riffs. Lapointe has released eight studio albums, three compilation albums, and two live albums. He is currently the most successful male music artist in French Canadian history in terms of sales, having sold more than one million total discs. He has also made appearances on film.
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, or Erick is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr. The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-Norse *aina(z), meaning "one, alone, unique", as in the form Æinrikr explicitly, or from *aiwa(z) "everlasting, eternity". The second element -ríkr stems either from *ríks "king, ruler" or from the therefrom derived *ríkijaz "kingly, powerful, rich, prince". The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful".
"L'amour existe encore" is a song by Quebec songwriter Luc Plamondon and sung by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her French-language album, Dion chante Plamondon (1991). It was released as the second promotional single in Canada in November 1991 and third commercial single in France in January 1994. Dion also recorded a Spanish-language version of this song, called "Aun Existe Amor" for her 2002 album A New Day Has Come, which was released as a promotional single in the United States.
Stéphanie Lapointe is a Quebec singer, song writer, television and movie actress and humanitarian activist. She is best known as the winner of the second season of Star Académie, the Quebec version of Fame Academy.
Pierre Lapointe is the second album Canadian Québécois singer Pierre Lapointe released in 2004, after his first album in 2002 also called Pierre Lapointe being a promotional independent self-financed limited edition CD.
Jonathan Lapointe is a former professional Canadian football running back. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the sixth round of the 2008 CFL Draft. He played CIS Football for the Montreal Carabins.
La Voix is a francophone Canadian reality talent show as part of the international television series franchise The Voice, based on the original Dutch version of the program created by John de Mol. The series is part of The Voice franchise and is based on a similar competition format in The Netherlands entitled The Voice of Holland. The series is structured as three phases: blind auditions, battle rounds and live performance shows. In 2016, La Voix also launched a separate series for younger contestants called La Voix Junior.
Option nationale, registered as Option nationale – Pour l'indépendance du Québec, was a centre-left and left-wing nationalist political party in Quebec, Canada. It advocated for the sovereignty of Quebec from Canada, and said a vote for Option nationale is an electoral mandate for full-fledged autonomy, before holding a referendum to adopt the constitution of Quebec as an independent state. It merged with Québec solidaire on January 1, 2018 to become a collective within the party.
Lapointe or LaPoint or Lepoint or LePoint is a surname. Notable people with this name include;
La Voix is the French Canadian version of The Voice. Season 2 of La Voix was broadcast from 19 January 2014 to 13 April 2014 on TVA and was hosted for a second consecutive season by Charles Lafortune. Only Marc Dupré of season 1 judges returned, whereas first season winning judge Ariane Moffatt, and other judges Jean-Pierre Ferland and Marie-Mai were replaced by Louis-Jean Cormier, Éric Lapointe and Isabelle Boulay.
La Voix is the French Canadian version of the Dutch reality vocal competition created by John de Mol The Voice of Holland. Season 4 of La Voix was broadcast from 2016 on TVA and is hosted for a fourth consecutive season by Charles Lafortune. Éric Lapointe, Marc Dupré and Pierre Lapointe season 3 judges all returned, whereas third season judge Isabelle Boulay was replaced by Ariane Moffatt, who returned after a two-season hiatus.
Rosa Laricchiuta is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in Montreal. She started singing in a Karaoke bar in Montreal in the 2000s. A music agent noticed Rosa's talent and hired her to sing in 5 Stars Hotels and Casinos in Asia including South Korea, Macau, Indonesia, Dubai, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong-Kong.
The 2019 Montreal Alouettes season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 65th overall. The Alouettes finished with a 10–8 record and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2014 following a week 17 win over the Calgary Stampeders on October 5, 2019. The club hosted a playoff game for the first time since 2014, having finished in second place in the East Division. However, they lost the game to the Edmonton Eskimos by a score of 37–29.