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LE MONDE: California wildfire smoke blankets parts of Canada

July 1, 2020by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Published in Le Monde | Sept. 18, 2020 | Also via AFP in Journal de Montreal (QC), Barrons (US),  Hindustan Times (IN), Milenio (MX), Ouest-France (most-read francophone newspaper globally), France 24, Sciences et […]

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Agence France-Presse, Journal de Montreal, Le Monde, Milenio, Ouest-France, Sciences et Avenir magazine

TORSTAR INVESTIGATION: B.C.’s invisible children — Métis families torn apart

December 20, 2019by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A three-part series | March 2018 Our kids die in the child welfare system.’ The Métis Nation warns it’s losing kids at an alarming rate Part I of series | […]

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The Tyee

MINDSET AWARD FINALIST: ‘Stigma’ Is Killing First Responders

November 23, 2019by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Shortlisted finalist and honourable mention, Mindset Award for reporting on workplace mental health | Published in The Tyee | May 20, 2016   On April 20, 2015, Jason Driscoll of […]

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The Tyee

TORONTO STAR COVER EXCLUSIVE: Wilson-Raybould breaks silence

March 31, 2019by David P. Ball

A defiant Jody Wilson-Raybould has no regrets about her actions as attorney general

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The Toronto Star

WEBSTER AWARD FINALIST 2019: B.C.-Indigenous pipeline clash

January 10, 2019by David P. Ball Leave a comment

An armed tactical police raid and clash at an Indigenous anti-pipeline barricade revealed public, and even government, confusion about the distinction between the hereditary leaders and First Nations’ elected chiefs and councils. It’s a key nuance that requires better understanding, experts argue.

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The Toronto Star

POLITICS EXCLUSIVE: B.C. let its bridge rep review own invoices

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Critics call for scrutiny after revelations a senior accounting firm partner headed up a review of 2009 expenses he’d overseen in a previous role.

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Metro News

TORONTO STAR: This remote reserve has been 17 years without safe drinking water. Many don’t even have tap water

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Xeni Gwet’in First Nation has been under boil-water orders since 2001, despite more than $3M Ottawa spent. Residents explain it shows the gap between feds’ words and actions.

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The Toronto Star

National Post Exclusive: MDMA Trauma Therapy Breakthrough

December 27, 2016by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Exclusive investigation: Exactly a century after ecstasy was first patented, Health Canada has approved the drug’s import for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors’ therapy.

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National Post

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: Mexican woman’s death in CBSA jail with corporate guards

January 27, 2016by David P. Ball Leave a comment

At 24 Hours Vancouver, I broke the story about the hanging death of Mexican undocumented worker Lucia Vega Jimenez in CBSA custody.

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24 Hours, Brockville Recorder, Calgary Sun, Canoe.ca, Edmonton Sun, London Free Press, Ottawa Sun, Sault Star, St Catharines Standard, Sun News Network, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun

Low-Rent Mansion Living? In Vancouver? Really?

November 9, 2015by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Yes, really. Groups of frustrated renters are snapping up urban acreages, and spend less on housing than the rest of us.

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Huffington Post Canada, The Tyee

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About David P. Ball


I'm an award-winning reporter, editor, podcaster & photographer in Vancouver.

Currently freelancing, I am on the editing team at IndigiNews, and was previously a staff reporter with CBC, the Toronto Star, The Tyee, and B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse.

My 25 years of experience include award-recognized investigative reporting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, and editing.

BYLINES:
Al Jazeera. Globe & Mail. Le Monde. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

For six years I've hosted Cited Media's Addiction Practice podcast, have experience in broadcast TV & radio at CBC, and previously produced & hosted the daily Pulse news show for CFRO 100.5fm.

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REPORTING PUBLISHED IN 150+ publications internationally, reaching billions:

• CBC News
• Al Jazeera
• Globe & Mail
• Agence France-Presse
• Toronto Star
• The Guardian
• The Tyee
• VICE
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• Georgia Straight
• Greystone Books Points of Interest
• Canada's National Observer Extract

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PHOTOGRAPHY

• Globe & Mail
• New York Post
• Bild am Sonntag (DE)
• National Post
• Toronto Star
• Georgia Straight
• VICE
• The Province
• Jakarta Post

IMAGES LICENSED for:

• Canadian Museum of History exhibit
• Canadian Museum of Human Rights exhibit
• Museum of Anthropology exhibit
• International School of Geneva exhibit
• Canadian Centre for Architecture exhibit
• University of Toronto Press cover, Responding to Human Trafficking (J Kaye)
• University of Toronto Press photo in Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women (A Dean)
• John Wiley & Sons photo in Abnormal Psychology 5th Canadian Ed. (ed. G Davison)
• Chenelière Éducation photo in textbook


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