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Category Archives: The Tyee

The Tyee is an “independent daily online magazine reaching every corner of B.C. and beyond,” with 340,000 unique monthly readers. Two-time winner of the coveted Edward R. Murrow Award (2009, 2011), the Tyee was also awarded the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Excellence in Journalism Award (2009), the Webby Award “Official Honoree” (Best Political Blog and Best News), and three Canadian Online Publishing Awards (2009).

Who Gets in on NEB Pipeline Hearing? It’s ‘Kafkaesque’ Says Planner

April 7, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Among the 468 people rejected outright from participating in the National Energy Board’s Kinder Morgan pipeline hearings next year, one professional planner is calling the process “Kafkaesque” — and now questions its legitimacy altogether.

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The Tyee

‘No Rationale Given,’ Say Rejected Kinder Morgan Intervenors

April 4, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Public hearings for TransMountain’s oilsands pipeline expansion begin next January.

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The Tyee

Clean-tech ‘Bulls’ Battle Climate ‘Bears’

March 22, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Green businesses are cashing in, but can they reverse our warming crisis?

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The Tyee

Out-of-the-box housing solution: Seven-storey recycled tower the next phase of a project too good to contain

January 30, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Five months after launching its prototype, Atira aims for a seven-storey recycled tower.

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Huffington Post Canada, Megaphone magazine, The Tyee

Neil Young: Blood of First Nations People Is on Canada’s Hands

January 14, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Neil Young issued his strongest words yet against his country’s energy boom.

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Indian Country Today Media Network, The Tyee

Harper: On Energy Projects, Feds Follow ‘Best’ Science

January 6, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

PM extols value of evidence during BC visit, but questions about dismantled research libraries linger.

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The Tyee

SERIES—False Creek South: An Experiment in Community

January 3, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Tyee Solutions Society explored one of the country’s most audacious, if now long-forgotten, experiments in social and urban engineering.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Second Life for False Creek South?

January 3, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A deal that made Vancouver’s urban housing experiment possible now clouds its future. Last in a series.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

A Hippie-era Urban Experiment Hits 40

January 2, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Eccentric False Creek South nailed one goal: creating real community in Vancouver’s core. Part 3 of a series.

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The Tyee

Stars Aligned for False Creek South

January 1, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Decades ago, three levels of gov’t agreed to build something a little crazy. Funny thing: it mostly worked. Part 2 of a series.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

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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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