Complex sentence: In 1966 and 1967, Valpy was a staff member for the short-lived Company of Young Canadians and then returned to the "Vancouver Sun", first as a member of its editorial board and then as a political columnist based in Ottawa.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1966 and 1967, Valpy was a staff member for the short-lived Company of Young Canadians. He returned to the "Vancouver Sun", first as a member of its editorial board and then as a political columnist based in Ottawa.