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		<title>Dix to Sit Tight, For Now</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/23/dix-to-sit-tight-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NDP leader announced his party will launch post-election review sparing 'nothing and no one, least of all me.'<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3129&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo: Heavy Files Sit on Premier Clark&#8217;s Desk</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/22/photo-heavy-files-sit-on-premier-clarks-desk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo published in The Tyee. One of the first items that B.C.'s new government needs to deal with is finding a speedier method of reaching treaties with First Nations because the unresolved land claims issue impacts the entire province, according to two political science professors.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3150&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Work to do: Christy Clark at post-election day press conference. Photo by David P. Ball</media:title>
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		<title>What If Political Parties Stood behind Their Bozos?</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/20/what-if-political-parties-stood-behind-their-bozos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have we gone too far in preventing Rob Ford-like outbursts and gaffes on the campaign trail?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3147&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo: Clark&#8217;s New Team: &#8216;Rowing in Same Direction&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/16/photo-clarks-new-team-rowing-in-same-direction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo published in The Tyee: British Columbians returned the BC Liberal Party to power this week, but the team that will be assembling in Victoria is very different from the one before the election.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3144&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Greg Kyllo grabbed the Shuswap seat. Cabinet bound? Photo by David P. Ball</media:title>
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		<title>Liberals given &#8216;clear mandate&#8217; on resource development: Clark</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/15/liberals-given-clear-mandate-on-resource-development-clark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emboldened on her first day as Premier-elect, Christy Clark deftly navigated around questions about oil tanker and pipeline safety at her first post-election press conference.
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		<title>Clark&#8217;s Liberals Win in Stunning Comeback</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/14/clarks-liberals-win-in-stunning-comeback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stay tuned as reports come in from our on-the-ground team.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3158&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cummins blames Conservative defeat on big money, special interests, and ghosts of NDP&#8217;s &#8216;dark decade&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/14/cummins-blames-conservative-defeat-on-big-money-special-interests-and-ghosts-of-ndps-dark-decade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wielding a stern but unwavering face, Conservative leader John Cummins blamed tonight's BC Liberals' election win -- and his party's bewildering implosion -- on British Columbians' fears of the New Democrat "dark decade" in power.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3136&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John Cummins fails to unseat Liberals&#8217; Polak</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/14/john-cummins-fails-to-unseat-liberals-polak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Langley, BC Conservative leader John Cummins' narrow 1,200-square foot campaign office is crammed with supporters, munching on ham sandwiches and cheese squares -- a homemade feast which invokes the ex-MP's distinct folksy campaign style.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3134&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Full-on battle stations,&#8217; urges BC Liberal campaign director to faithful</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/14/full-on-battle-stations-urges-bc-liberal-campaign-director-to-faithful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the final hours of election day, the BC Liberals have taken an increasingly strident tone in emails to party faithful as polls near their 8 p.m. close, hinting at a deepening sense of urgency particularly in Christy Clark's riding.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3139&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;These two parties just don&#8217;t understand&#8217;: BC Green leader Jane Sterk on democracy and fossil fuels</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/13/these-two-parties-just-dont-understand-bc-green-leader-jane-sterk-on-democracy-and-fossil-fuels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where does the Green Party stand on the vote-splitting anxieties -- and on the NDP's promises to rein in oil pipelines and tankers? An interview with leader Jane Sterk.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3122&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Families of Four Pickton Victims File Sweeping Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/09/families-of-four-pickton-victims-file-sweeping-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Named: RCMP, VPD, City of Vancouver, justice minister, crown prosecutors. Pickton siblings accused of 'abetting' murders.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3120&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enbridge Shareholders Revolt Resonates a Year Later</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/09/enbridge-shareholders-revolt-resonates-a-year-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proxy challenge over First Nations dealings figures into some investors' reticence.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3117&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At Kits rally, Dix calls for hearings on coal port expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 21:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Democrat leader Adrian Dix tightened his criticisms of several controversial fossil fuel export proposals at a Kitsilano event on May 4, ramping up his opposition to Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion, but also calling for public hearings on a plan for a major coal terminal in Surrey.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3094&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rejected Green candidate hopeful to file human rights complaint</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/03/rejected-green-candidate-hopeful-to-file-human-rights-complaint/</link>
		<comments>http://davidpball.com/2013/05/03/rejected-green-candidate-hopeful-to-file-human-rights-complaint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a raft of election candidates being cut loose -- one New Democrat and four Conservatives so far -- a rejected Green Party hopeful is filing a human rights complaint against the party only weeks before election day.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3097&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Questions over Coal Port Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tyee talks to Fraser Surrey Docks' CEO about how his project to expand exports should interest BC.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3101&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>‘Treated like terrorists’ said former chief following raid</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/treated-like-terrorists-said-former-chief-following-raid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An occupation of the Burns Lake band office in northern B.C. ended dramatically on April 7 when between 30 and 50 RCMP officers stormed the building–some allegedly with firearms drawn–to evict seven protesters holed up inside, including four children, who were demanding the chief’s resignation and an Aboriginal Affairs audit of band finances.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3088&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Island band abandons key consultation process</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/vancouver-island-band-abandons-key-consultation-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kwakiutl Indian Band has rejected B.C. government attempts to negotiate a “new relationship” with First Nations, saying that talks had failed to respect its right to refuse consent to industrial development on their territories.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3085&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elder Raymond Robinson – Hero to some, well-intentioned grandstander to others</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/elder-raymond-robinson-hero-to-some-well-intentioned-grandstander-to-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hunger striking Indigenous people have gained international headline-grabbing prominence since the birth of the Idle No More movement, thanks to a six-week fast by Attawapaskat’s Chief Theresa Spence and Cross Lake Elder Raymond Robinson that coincided with the movement’s explosion this winter.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3082&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dam protest escalates with arrests, hunger strike</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/dam-protest-escalates-with-arrests-hunger-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David P. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opposition to the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador continues with Innu workers shutting down the construction site alleging racism, two weeks after the arrest of eight Inuit leaders at another protest against the dam.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3080&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;We&#8217;ve just stripped away essential safeguards&#8217;: Civil libertarians decry new &#8216;anti-terror&#8217; law</title>
		<link>http://davidpball.com/2013/04/25/weve-just-stripped-away-essential-safeguards-civil-libertarians-decry-new-anti-terror-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns that last night's passage of Bill S-7 is "very dangerous." The group's national security director Sukanya Pillay explains why.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidpball.com&#038;blog=24219817&#038;post=3092&#038;subd=davidpball&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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