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Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/web-tripoli-angryman.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2020-01-07T07:57:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2006/09/01/rabble-lebanon-photo-essay/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cropped-beirut-seige-kids.jpgcropped-beirut-seige-kids.jpgChildren in Beirut's Sanaya Park, where they have come to sleep after their area was bombed. Photo by David P. Ball2020-01-07T01:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2015/11/09/low-rent-mansion-living-in-vancouver-really/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mansion-entrance.jpgMansion-EntranceFrom left, Erik Paulsson, Phoenix Muranetz and Jeet-Kei Leung in the South Vancouver mansion they share with several other friends on a nearly one-acre lot worth more than $5 million, which rents for less than most tenants pay per month due to collective living. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mansion-leung-muranetz-paulsson.jpgMansion-Leung-Muranetz-PaulssonFrom left, Jeet-Kei Leung, Phoenix Muranetz and Erik Paulsson in the South Vancouver mansion they share with several other friends. Photo by David P. Ball2019-11-23T21:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2019/01/01/b-c-s-former-port-mann-rep-later-oversaw-kpmg-review-of-bridges-invoicing-process/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/03_28_van_portmannbridge_jennifergauthier.jpgPort Mann bridgePort Mann bridge, seen from Coquitlam.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/03-28-van-portmannbridgejennifergauthierweb-size-xxlarge-promo.jpg03-28-van-portmannbridgejennifergauthierweb-jpg-size-xxlarge-promoThe Port Mann bridge between Surrey and Coquitlam cost taxpayers $3.3 billion, significantly more than its original $2.4-billion “fixed-price” contract. 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A neighbour's house is selling for roughly $1.6 million. 'I'm a working adult happily living like a college student,' she jokes. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/madhouse-exterior.jpgMADhouse-exteriorFrom the outside, Vancouver's 'MADhouse' ('multi-adult dwelling') is artsy. But with eight people comfortably crammed in its 2,880 square-feet of 'nooks-and-crannies,' its owner insists, 'It's never too artsy if it works.' Photo by David P. Ball2016-03-29T18:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/05/01/litigation-harassment-prolonging-domestic-abuse-advocates/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kasari-govender.jpgKasari-GovenderKasari Govender, executive director of women's legal advocacy group West Coast LEAF, wants to see legal aid funding restored for women fleeing abuse. Photo by David P. Ball2016-03-29T18:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2005/10/01/struggle-for-justice-leads-to-journey-of-faith/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/10/raven-side.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ravenallan.jpgravenallanRaven Thundersky (right) with husband Allan (Photo: David P Ball)2015-12-27T04:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/11/29/cities-thrown-to-wolves-by-province-burnaby-mayor/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/chevron-refinery.jpgChevron RefineryChevron's refinery sits beside Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain terminal on in Burnaby, on the shores of Burrard Inlet. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/km-rcmp-line.jpgKM RCMP-lineOn Thursday, a judge threw out civil contempt charges against more than 100 protesters arrested by Burnaby RCMP. Corrigan estimates his city is paying $700,000 a week for the extra policing. 'The irony of this situation is not lost on me,' Corrigan says. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/derek-corrigan-slingshot.jpgDerek Corrigan slingshotIn his Burnaby City Hall office, Mayor Derek Corrigan shows off a slingshot gifted to him by a constituent, a symbol of his Kinder Morgan stance. Photo by David P. Ball2015-02-09T05:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/09/30/deceased-deportees-accent-led-to-border-services-arrest/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/skytrain.jpgSkyTrainLucía Vega Jiménez was first detained during a Vancouver SkyTrain station fare check last December. Photo by David P. Ball2015-02-09T05:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/10/02/prison-nurse-flagged-mexican-deportees-scars-mental-health/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tyee-logo.pngtyee logo2015-02-09T05:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/09/29/as-inquest-into-border-services-death-opens-questions-about-private-security/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tyee-logo.pngtyee-logo2015-02-08T20:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/10/07/private-security-outnumber-border-services-in-big-cities/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rocco-trigueros.jpgRocco TriguerosRocco Trigueros, with the group Mexicans Living in Vancouver, protests outside the B.C. Coroners Service inquest into the suicide of a Mexican woman in custody last December. Inside, court heard of private guards’ high turnover and lack of training. Photo by David P. Ball2015-02-08T20:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/07/10/transit-police-report-riders-to-immigration-nearly-every-day/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/so40.jpgSO40https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mario-giardini.jpgMario GiardiniVPD Insp. Mario Giardinihttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/geoff-meggs-forum.jpgGeoff Meggs forumVancouver City Coun. Geoff Meggs addresses a packed room of participants in a Vision Vancouver-sponsored forum on June 2, 'Immigration and Vancouver: How we can build a more inclusive city.' Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/laura-best.jpgLaura BestLaura Best, an immigration and refugee lawyer with Embarkation Law Group, examines documents she helped draft that successfully encouraged Toronto police to adopt a 'don't ask' policy toward undocumented migrants. In cases without warrants, she'd like Transit Police to do the same. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/skytrain-b.jpgSkyTrain bThe Tyee has learned that 328 people are reported to Canada Border Services Agency from the TransLink system every year, according to a Transit Police spokeswoman. Photo by David P. 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Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/christy-clark-lng-2.jpgChristy Clark LNG 2At this week's LNG in BC conference, Premier Christy Clark hyped the use of a fuel that a US methane expert calls a 'bridge to nowhere.' Photo by David P. Ball2014-06-27T20:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/06/26/can-portland-hotel-societys-new-boss-restore-faith/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ted-bruce.jpgTed Bruce"If the community says, 'Portland is no longer what it was,' then I think we've failed," says Portland Hotel Society's new head honcho, Ted Bruce. Photo by David P. Ball 2014-06-27T19:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/06/20/citizenship-reforms-bring-back-banishment-refugee-lawyer/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/vancouver_24hrs.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-06-23T18:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/01/activism-is-in-the-blood-says-tar-sands-warrior/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/caj-logo-finalist-below4.jpgcaj-logo-finalist-below42014-06-22T23:45:23+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/06/17/first-nations-on-gateway-when-we-say-no-we-mean-it/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/enbridge-burrard5.jpgEnbridge-Burrard5Anti-Enbridge protest organized by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs on June 8. Photo by David P. Ball2014-06-22T23:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/06/18/its-prompted-debate-enbridge-ceo/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/noenbridge2-crowd-below.jpgNoEnbridge2-crowd belowThe $7-billion pipeline project would pump 200-million barrels of diluted bitumen a year from Alberta to B.C.'s coast, to be exported to Asia in oil tankers. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/noenbridge2-jacqueline.jpgNoEnbridge2-JacquelineJacqueline Lee-Tam was one of hundreds to attend the first post-approval protest against Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Photo: David P. Ball2014-06-22T23:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/04/22/barefoot-man-given-fellow-riders-shoes/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/vancouver_24hrs11.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-04-22T14:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/17/outrage-at-ubc-renewed-as-racist-chant-alleged/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/david-clippings-banner-2.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22014-04-22T05:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/27/mexican-woman-dies-in-canada-border-services-custody/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/torontosunlogo.jpegTorontoSunLogo2014-04-22T05:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/03/18/pickton-makes-vancouver-court-appearance-for-lawsuit/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/michele-pineault-jenny-kwan.jpgMichele Pineault-Jenny KwanMichele Pineault, left, speaks to New Democrat MLA Jenny Kwan about her daughter Stephanie whose DNA was found on the Pickton farm in this 2012 file photo. Photo by David P. Ball2014-04-22T05:36:28+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/09/families-of-four-pickton-victims-file-sweeping-lawsuit/2014-04-22T05:25:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/03/23/wrongful-death-law-questioned-after-pickton-fund/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/vancouver_24hrs9.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-04-22T05:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/03/18/pickton-case-fund-announced-for-kids-of-missing-women/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/vancouver_24hrs10.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-04-22T05:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/03/20/redford-exit-unlikely-to-impact-pipelines/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/premiersgroup.jpgPremiersGroupCanada's premiers at a 2012 health meeting in Victoria. Photo by David P. 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Misgivings about housing women in 'crates' evaporated amid 'amazement at how beautiful these looked on the outside and on the inside,' she says. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/containers-susan-edwards.jpgContainers-Susan EdwardsFrom steel box to home: former CBC Radio host Susan Edwards was the first to move into the completed shipping container project. Now she's seen as a mentor to younger women in the complex. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/containers-building.jpgContainers-BuildingFive months after doors opened, tenants from a variety of backgrounds fill Atira Women's Resource Society's 12 shipping-container dwellings at 502 Alexander Street. Photo by David P. Ball2014-04-07T20:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/03/22/clean-tech-bulls-battle-climate-bears/2014-04-07T20:37:48+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/04/04/no-rationale-given-say-rejected-kinder-morgan-intervenors/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/jrp-panel.jpgJRP-panelMembers of the National Energy Board's Joint Review Panel, which conditionally approved the Enbridge pipeline proposal, listen to one of thousands of intervenors speak in Vancouver on Jan. 14, 2013. Photo by David P. Ball2014-04-07T20:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/04/07/who-gets-in-on-neb-pipeline-hearing-its-kafkaesque-says-planner/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/km-display.jpgKM-displayA Kinder Morgan 2012 public info session on its proposal to expand its TransMountain pipeline carrying Alberta bitumen and other toxic chemicals to Vancouver harbour. Photo by David P. Ball2014-04-07T20:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/08/23/getting-into-bed-with-the-police-risky-for-queer-community-activists-say/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/olympics-police-banner.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gary-kinsman.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/copwatching-alexus-young.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACANADA'S POLICE & INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: An international conference addresses law enforcement accountability, addressing the notorious 'starlight tours' and other misconduct. Published in Windspeaker newspaper (circulation: 145,000), August 2011.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/copwatching-kinsman.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAGary Kinsman, co-author of The Canadian War on Queers and a professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury, compared G20 mass arrests with the 1981 "Operation Soap" bathhouse raids. Photo by David P Ball2014-03-04T03:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/27/immigration-expert-wants-cbsa-to-scrap-private-guard-contracts/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vancouver_24hrs.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-03-04T03:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/03/04/juno-nominated-a-tribe-called-red-on-redskins-the-road-and-angel-haze/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/atcr-ian-campeau-dan-general-bear-thomas.jpgATCR-Ian Campeau-Dan General-Bear ThomasA Tribe Called Red, from left: DJ NDN, DJ Shub, and Bear Witness. Photo by David P. Ball2014-03-04T02:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/25/inquest-called-into-mexican-womans-death/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vancouver_24hrs2.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-03-04T02:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/27/dtes-transformation-set-at-1-billion/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vancouver_24hrs2.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-03-04T02:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/27/courts-wrong-place-for-rainforest-battle-crown-says/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vancouver_24hrs1.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-03-04T02:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/26/milestone-hit-with-400th-b-c-heart-transplant/2014-03-04T02:34:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/26/b-c-appeal-court-puts-brakes-on-pro-teacher-ruling/2014-03-04T02:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/25/b-c-teachers-to-vote-on-strike-action/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/peter-cameron.jpgPeter Cameron2014-03-04T02:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/10/little-objectivity-in-bc-liberal-produced-news-videos-featuring-ex-tv-anchor-pamela-martin/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vancouver_24hrs1.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-03-04T02:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/05/metro-vancouver-pilot-project-gets-boost-to-help-youth-transition-out-of-care/2014-03-04T02:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/05/stanley-cup-rioters-lost-their-minds-beating-victim-testifies/2014-03-04T02:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/20/the-system-is-made-to-be-corrupt-mexican-journalist-in-b-c-fights-her-deportation/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/karla-family2.jpgkarla-family2Karla Berenice García Ramírez – an award-winning journalist who fled to B.C. from Mexico four years ago after her whistle-blowing got her death threats - with her family. Photo by David P. Ball2014-02-07T01:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/04/american-guns-canadian-deaths-2/2014-02-07T01:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/02/five-days-of-holiday-gun-violence-in-surrey-leaves-death-and-soul-searching-in-its-wake/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/shootings-kens-20.jpgshootings - kens-20Flowers and candles mark the Christmas Day shooting of Alok Gupta at a Surrey grocery store. Photo by David P. Ball. 2014-02-07T01:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/28/deported-migrant-workers-seek-apology-over-dehumanizing-filmed-raids/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/zool-suleman-2.jpgZool Suleman 2Detainees' lawyer Zool Suleman (right) is flanked by Amnesty International regional coordinator Don Wright as he demanded an apology over a filmed border raid this month. In front of him: a 20,000 signature petition against the television show. Photo by David P. Ball2014-02-07T01:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/06/inquiry-demanded-into-canada-border-services-death/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/karla.jpgkarlaMexican refugee Karla Lottini and other advocates deliver a 7,500-signature petition to CBSA's Vancouver offices Wednesday. Photo by David P. Ball2014-02-07T01:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/02/03/mulcair-backs-outside-objective-review-of-in-custody-death/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vancouver_24hrs.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-02-03T06:20:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/28/priest-alleges-mexican-victims-family-signed-confidentiality-agreement/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vancouver_24hrs.pngvancouver_24hrs2014-01-29T03:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/20/woman-asks-mcdonalds-for-apology/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/david-clippings-banner-21.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22014-01-29T02:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/10/18/rcmp-crackdown-on-elsipogtog-anti-fracking-blockade-spurs-over-50-protests-in-support/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/windspeaker-logo.jpgwindspeaker logohttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-clippings-banner-21.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22014-01-21T19:33:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/19/photos-potential-dix-successors-already-emerging/2014-01-16T23:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/19/adrian-dix-resigns-as-leader-of-b-c-ndp-telling-supporters-its-time-to-reach-higher/2014-01-16T23:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/06/photo-climate-protesters-disrupt-harpers-vancouver-board-of-trade-event/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/harper-disruption3.jpgHarper-Disruption3Sean Devlin and Shireen Soofi protesting Canada's climate inaction behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Photo by David P. Ball2014-01-16T22:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/06/harper-on-energy-projects-feds-follow-best-science/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/harper-burnaby-side.jpgHarper-burnaby-sideHarper's staff allowed only photographers to his visit at the Burnaby Village Museum today. Reporters were denied an opportunity to ask questions at a Vancouver Board of Trade event earlier in the day. Photo: David P. Ball2014-01-16T21:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/14/neil-young-blood-of-first-nations-people-is-on-canadas-hands/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ictmn-banner.jpgICTMN-banner2014-01-16T21:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/24/chief-theresa-spence-resolute-in-hunger-strike-as-her-body-weakens/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/spence-rally-drums.jpgSpence-rally-drumsA Dakota group drums in honour of Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike, as 600 people attending an Idle No More rally in Vancouver, B.C. pray for her health. Photo by David P. Ball2014-01-06T05:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/25/photo-welcome-to-prison-nation/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/canadajailsrefugees.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANo One Is Illegal Vancouver dropped a "Canada Jails Refugees" banner during morning rush hour in opposition to the government's anti-refugee Bill C-4. Photo by David P Ball2014-01-06T04:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/12/20/judge-again-orders-abbotsford-homeless-camp-eviction/2014-01-03T22:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/03/second-life-for-false-creek-south/2014-01-03T22:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/01/stars-aligned-for-false-creek-south/2014-01-03T22:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/03/series-false-creek-south-an-experiment-in-community/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fsc-condos-web.jpgFSC-condos-webSoaring towers across False Creek suggest the temptation facing city hall to call an end to a low-rise vision of urban community. Photo: David P. Ball2014-01-03T22:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2014/01/02/a-hippie-era-urban-experiment-hits-40/2014-01-03T22:04:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/12/31/false-creeks-urban-experiment-seeks-a-second-act/2014-01-03T21:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/21/legal-challenge-seeking-george-w-bushs-arrest-during-b-c-visit-fails/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pa204168.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALawyers Against the War spokeswoman Gail Davidson at an anti-Bush rally in Surrey, B.C. Photo by David P. Ball2013-12-20T20:21:49+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/12/18/harpers-b-c-energy-envoy-urges-more-aboriginal-consultation/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/art-sterritt.jpgArt SterrittCoastal First Nations executive director Art Sterritt speaks at a Defend Our Coast rally in 2012. Photo by David P. 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Photo by David P. Ball2013-12-17T01:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/11/frosh-events-abandoned-over-rape-chants/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/david-clippings-banner-2110.jpgdavid-clippings-banner-212013-12-17T01:08:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/05/coastal-first-nations-vow-good-fight-to-stop-grizzly-hunt/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/david-clippings-banner-212.jpgdavid-clippings-banner-212013-12-17T01:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/16/anishinaabe-men-blocked-from-renouncing-status-under-apartheid-indian-act/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/indian-status.jpgindian statusRichard Peters shows is well-worn Indian Status card in front of an Anishinabe mural in Toronto, Ontario. Photo by David P. 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Photo by David P. Ball2013-10-29T21:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/27/ex-inmates-launch-babies-behind-bars-lawsuit/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/david-clippings2.jpgDavid-Clippings2013-10-29T21:33:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/18/pirate-joes-fires-back-at-u-s-chains-lawsuit/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/david-clippings-banner-2.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22013-10-29T21:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/22/native-youth-leader-resigns-over-unusual-police-dna-demand/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/herb-varley-unya-5.jpgHerb Varley UNYA 5Former Urban Native Youth Association board member Herb Varley says he was forced to resign from the agency after police made a required criminal record check contingent on a DNA test, which he refused. Photo by David P. 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Photo by David P. Ball2013-10-29T21:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/10/23/top-24-under-24-supernatural-actress-hopes-to-inspire-girls/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mary-galloway2.jpgMary Galloway2Actress Mary Galloway (of our Top 24 Under 24 series) outside a Vancouver casting studio after an audition. Being a role-model for First Nations girls motivates her persistence. Photo by David P. Ball2013-10-29T21:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/10/23/top-24-under-24-vancouvers-young-indiana-jones-has-global-ambitions/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-clippings-banner-27.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22013-10-29T21:15:56+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/10/24/top-24-under-24-local-engineer-aims-to-robo-sail-across-atlantic/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-clippings-banner-26.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22013-10-29T21:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/10/28/top-24-under-24-soccer-champ-shoots-for-medical-studies/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-clippings-banner-25.jpgDavid-clippings banner-2https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-clippings-1x3d.jpgDavid-clippings 1x3d2013-10-29T21:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/10/28/top-24-under-24-angelica-poversky-the-poet/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-clippings-banner-24.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22013-10-29T21:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/10/07/neo-nazis-are-attacking-anti-racist-activists-in-calgary/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/david-clippings-banner-22.jpgDavid-clippings banner-22013-10-29T21:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/23/xposed-gay-curling-championships/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/xtra-curling-altus-jacobsen-naegelin.jpgxtra-curling-Altus Jacobsen NaegelinPhoto by David P. 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Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/xtra-curling-16.jpgxtra-curling-16https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/xtra-curling-6.jpgxtra-curling-62013-09-27T18:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/06/west-end-town-hall-opposes-comox-tower/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/west-end-michael-hartford.jpgwest end-michael hartford"The neighbourhood should decide the future of the West End, not individual development projects," says urban planner Michael Hartford. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T18:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/28/photo-city-council-approves-1401-comox-tower/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/george-affleck3.jpggeorge affleck3NPA Councillor George Affleck voted against rezoning 1401 Comox St to allow development of a 22-storey tower. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T18:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/23/photos-new-west-celebrates-third-annual-pride/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/newwest-pride-parade.jpgnewwest-pride-paradeNew Westminster Pride parade. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/newwest-pride-founder.jpgnewwest-pride-founderRoyal City Pride Society founder Vance McFadyen (right), with his husband, Curt Higham, says his vision for New West Pride has been realized. "It's holding true to the philosophy of being a family-friendly event." Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T18:06:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/24/activists-protest-inclusion-of-israeli-backed-films-in-queer-film-festival/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/quaia-amal-rana.jpgquaia-amal rana'Palestinian queers themselves have said that the first thing we need to tackle is the occupation. They agree that homophobia and transphobia exist everywhere: in Palestine, in Israel, and everywhere else,' QuAIA's Amal Rana says. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T18:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/05/photo-vancouver-pride-society-posts-76000-deficit/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/vps-tim-richards.jpgVPS-Tim Richards2013-09-27T18:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/27/abbotsfords-first-pride-parade-draws-500-people/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fvpride-cherese-reemaul-nathon-jimmy.jpgFVpride-Cherese Reemaul-Nathon Jimmy"We did not anticipate this big of a turnout!" said co-organizer Cherese Reemaul (with guest speaker Nathon Jimmy). Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fvpride-mayor.jpgFVpride-mayor"All members of our community need to feel safe and secure . . . they need to feel they are given the opportunity to express themselves and to grow," Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman told the crowd. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fvpride-youth-leading.jpgFVpride-youth leadingMembers of the Fraser Valley Youth Society planned and led the march through Abbotsford. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T18:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/07/08/surrey-celebrates-pride-with-diversity-community-fair-vibe/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/surreypride-mai-okugawa-mo-kazerooni.jpgSurreyPride-Mai Okugawa-Mo Kazerooni“Sometimes Surrey gets a bad rap,” says Mo Kazerooni (right). Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/surreypride-jen-marchbank.jpgSurreyPride-Jen Marchbank“Big cities like Toronto and Vancouver do big marches; it doesn't fit our city,” says Jen Marchbank, Surrey Pride Society president. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T18:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/27/reconciliation-bigger-than-residential-schools-grand-chief-ed-john/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/recon-paddlers-4.jpgRecon Paddlers 4Reconciliation Week flotilla at Vancouver's False Creek. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T18:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/01/spate-of-police-killings-injuries-re-ignite-calls-for-reform/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/david-clippings-banner-211.jpgdavid-clippings-banner-212013-09-27T17:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/21/surrey-school-district-passes-anti-homophobia-regulation/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dobie.jpgDobieTrustee Charlene Dobie said the regulation is "very comprehensive," showing "the commitment of the working group and the district to the well-being of our LGBTQ students, staff and families." Photo by David P Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/larson.jpgLarson"I'm very proud of work that we've done and proud of the district," school board vice-chair Laurie Larsen said. Photo by David P Ball2013-09-27T17:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/09/22/497/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/raziel-gayjob-4d.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-09-27T17:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/20/photograph-assignment-for-xtra-west-weekly-column/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/raziel-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADivalicious Raziel dropped in on HH (His Hunkness) DJ Adam Dreaddy as he manned his booth of sweet beats at The Helm’s Fag Fridays. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T17:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/31/photo-sociologist-gary-kinsman-in-xtra/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gary-kinsman.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAGary Kinsman. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/copwatching-kinsman.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIf we are serious about dealing with the heterosexism and transphobia that young queer people face in the school system, it requires doing far more than having GSAs, says Gary Kinsman. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-27T17:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/25/trust-of-care-migrant-women-rally-around-undocumented-moms-to-be/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/araceli-orozco-byron-cruz-2.jpgAraceli Orozco-Byron Cruz-2"We want to see a policy of zero barriers for migrants," says nurse Byron Cruz (right), with support worker Araceli Orozco (left) while preparing baby supplies for migrant women. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-25T05:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/22/marijuana-legalization-could-benefit-b-c-economy/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/david-clippings-banner-2111.jpgdavid-clippings-banner-212013-09-13T21:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/22/lengthy-hospital-stay-leads-to-nephew-bandit-arrest/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fincham.jpgfinchamVancouver Police Department spokesman Sgt. Randy Fincham announced that fraud suspect Richard Earl Rupert, dubbed the "Nephew Bandit," remains in custody after five years eluding authorities. Photo by David P. 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Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-13T20:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/01/indigenous-child-seizures-haunt-communities/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/katrina-harry.jpgKatrina HarryKatrina Harry. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-13T20:30:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/01/vowing-to-keep-fighting-idle-no-more-blockader-fined-16000/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/david-clippings-banner-21.jpgdavid-clippings-banner-212013-09-13T20:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/01/tahltan-blockaders-call-on-their-allies/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/anitta-mcphee.jpgAnitta McPheeTahltan Council President Annita McPhee. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-13T20:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/05/reconciliation-week-envisions-new-way-forward/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/shelleyjoseph600px.jpgShelleyJoseph600pxShelley Joseph, community engagement lead for Reconciliation Canada, took part in the Women's Memorial March in February. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-13T20:06:52+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/09/cutting-through-bc-government-boilerplate/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/christy-clark-media.jpgChristy Clark mediaPremier Christy Clark with reporters at her first post-election press conference. Some journalists think it's getting harder to get politicians to answer tough questions. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-13T20:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/09/bc-labour-leaders-praise-premier-with-launch-of-lng-jobs-training-committee/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sinclair-clark-sigurdson540px.jpgSinclair-Clark-Sigurdson540px'People don't care about politics; they care about jobs,' said Premier Christy Clark when asked about labour's support for the NDP last election. Clark, along with BC Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair (left) and Tom Sigurdson (right), today announced an LNG jobs training committee. Photo by David P. Ball2013-09-13T19:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/09/12/a-string-of-sex-workers-have-died-mysteriously-in-one-b-c-neighbourhood/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/viceapt.jpgviceapt2013-09-13T19:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/portfolio/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/shootings-kens-201.jpgshootings - kens-20DEADLY CHRISTMAS SHOOTINGS: Five people shot over the holidays. 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Ball2013-09-05T22:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2010/10/04/velcrow-rippers-occupy-love-looks-for-love-among-the-ruins/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/velcrow-ripper-2x4b.jpgVelcrow Ripper-2x4bhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/velcrow-ripper-2x4.jpgVelcrow Ripper-2x4https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/velcrow-ripper-2.jpgVelcrow Ripper-22013-09-05T22:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/14/advocates-take-harper-to-court-over-pattern-of-muzzling-energy-critics/2013-08-21T04:29:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/07/29/imagine-vancouvers-exhibition-powered-by-mini-doughnuts/2013-08-21T04:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/19/misinformation-behind-growing-number-of-vancouver-neighbourhood-rebellions-city/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marpole-signs.jpgMarpole-SignsMarpole residents are the latest irate neighbourhood, as outrage over four community plans boils over. Photo by David P. Ball2013-08-21T04:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/18/marpole-residents-decry-development-at-breakneck-speed/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marpole-rally2.jpgMarpole-Rally2Several hundred Marpole residents attended an event at a local community centre on Sunday, with organizers saying 1,500 households have requested protest signs. Photo by David P. Ball2013-08-21T04:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/08/19/returning-students-face-housing-hurdles/2013-08-21T04:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/07/08/feast-of-fields-a-toast-to-bcs-farm-to-table-bonds/2013-07-12T19:27:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/07/11/police-tweet-bad-drivers-excuses/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/david-clippings-1x3d.jpgDavid-clippings 1x3d2013-07-12T19:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/07/11/dtes-picketers-businesses-trade-bullying-barbs/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scott-clark-2.jpgScott Clark 2Scott Clark, Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement Society executive director, has joined Downtown Eastside businesses in criticizing anti-gentrification picket lines outside upscale restaurants. Photo by David P. Ball2013-07-12T19:08:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/02/04/talking-stick-fest-aboriginal-artists-at-a-critical-moment/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/david-clippings-1x3d.jpgDavid-clippings 1x3dhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/david-clippings-1x3c1.jpgDavid Clippings 1x3 Brighthttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/david-clippings-1x3c.jpgDavid-clippings 1x3chttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/david-clippings-1x3b.jpgDavid Clippings 1x3https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/david-clippings-banner-3.jpgClippings Banner Smhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/david-clippings-banner.jpg2013-06-28T20:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/30/pecha-kucha-a-simmering-saucepan-of-food-art-and-ideas/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/david-clippings-1x3d.jpgDavid-clippings 1x3dhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/david-clippings-1x3c.jpgDavid-clippings 1x3c2013-06-28T20:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/26/beat-nation-live-electrifies-the-stage/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cris-derkson.jpgcris derksonBeat Nation Live member Cris Derksen. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/kinnie-starr2.jpgkinnie starr2Juno-winning artist Kinnie Starr, one of Beat Nation Live's musicians, in her recording studio. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/beat-nation-corey-larissa-4.jpgbeat nation corey larissa 4Larissa Healey and Corey Bulpitt show off their graffiti mural in the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-28T20:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/22/alexus-young-showcases-healing-from-starlight-tour-abuses-at-imaginative/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/alexus-young-2.jpgAlexus YoungAlexus Young. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-28T20:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/07/31/festival-a-feast-high-in-fibre/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/07/david-clippings-1x3c.jpgDavid-clippings 1x3c2013-06-28T20:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/24/noche-de-rabanos-digging-to-the-root-of-oaxacas-christmas-radish-festival/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/radishes6.jpgradishes6Radish carvings were joined by dried flower and corn husk art at Oaxaca's Night of the Radishes. Photos by David P. Ball.2013-06-28T19:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/19/mexican-whistleblower-karla-lottini-fights-corruption-death-threats-and-deportation/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/karla-family.jpgkarla-familyKarla Berenice García Ramírez, with her partner César Casso and children Ámbar and Mícte. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-06-28T19:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/19/was-jack-layton-a-feminist/2013-06-28T19:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/27/barefoot-hits-the-film-fest-circuit/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/danis-goulet.jpgdanis gouletBarefoot filmmaker Danis Goulet in Toronto. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-28T19:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/29/memorial-plaques-in-vancouver-unveiled-to-honour-missing-and-murdered-women/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/chief-jim-chu.jpgChief Jim ChuVancouver Police Chief Jim Chu reiterated his department's apology for the missing women investigations. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lori-ann-ellis.jpgLori-Ann EllisLori-Ann Ellis, whose sister-in-law Cara's DNA was found on Robert Pickton's farm, looks at the first of 62 memorial plaques throughout Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-28T19:40:43+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/25/enbridge-faces-rising-opposition-to-northern-gateway-pipeline-with-protests-arrests/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/inm-enbridge.jpgINM-enbridgeIndigenous protesters drummed and sang outside the Enbridge Northern Gateway hearings, which faced more than 1,000 protesters when it began hearings in Vancouver, British Columbia, on January 14, 2013. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-28T19:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/25/vancouver-rent-assembly-explores-deeper-questions-around-tenant-rights-gentrification/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/david-clippings1.jpgDavid-Clippings2013-06-28T19:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/24/memo-to-media-watchdog-the-environment/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/christy-clark-worried.jpgChristy Clark worriedPremier Christy Clark. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-27T19:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/24/remembering-bonnie-fournier-longtime-street-nurse-remembered-as-integrity-in-action/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bonnie-fournier-2.jpgBonnie Fournier 2Street nurse Bonnie Fournier in 2012, just before finally being allowed to testify at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bonnie-fournier-vigil-shrine-2.jpgBonnie Fournier vigil shrine 250 people gathering around CRAB Park's missing women's memorial stone to remember Bonnie Fournier. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-27T19:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/20/study-details-canadas-perfect-storm-housing-problem/2013-06-25T01:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/01/parliaments-violence-against-indigenous-women-committee-raising-concerns/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/michele-audette.jpgmichele audetteMichèle Audette, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-24T20:08:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/01/saanich-people-launch-campaign-to-restore-traditional-landmark-names/2013-06-24T20:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/01/woman-cleared-of-charges-but-analysts-decry-legal-humiliations/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/patricia-kelly.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAKwitsel Tatel (Patricia Kelly) of Stó:lo nation. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-24T19:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/27/a-peoples-geography-of-bc/2013-06-24T19:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/30/housing-justice-project-puts-affordable-lodging-and-legal-advocacy-into-action/2013-06-24T19:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/03/joy-of-feeding-nourish-your-body-and-soul/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/joyoffeeding-5.jpgJoyofFeeding 5Organizers and most of the 16 chefs who will be cooking on June 30 at the UBC Farm fundraiser 'Joy of Feeding.' Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-24T19:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/04/no-public-hearings-possible-on-coal-terminal-expansion-says-port-authority/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pmv-president-closer.jpgPMV-president-closer2013-06-24T19:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/05/feds-have-no-choice-but-to-listen-to-municipal-pressure-on-affordable-housing/2013-06-24T19:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/03/senate-scandal-a-major-crisis-but-liberals-trudeau-and-dion-cautious-on-reform/2013-06-24T19:39:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/12/advocates-call-for-social-impact-assessments-of-new-downtown-eastside-developments/2013-06-24T19:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/24/remembering-street-nurse-bonnie-fournier/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bonnie-fournier-3.jpgBonnie Fournier 3Bonnie Fournier. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-24T19:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/29/private-security-guards-clashing-with-sex-workers/2013-06-24T19:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/07/occupy-vancouver-drug-den-or-harm-reduction-haven/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chris-shaw2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOccupy Vancouver camp medic Chris Shaw tried in vain to revive Ashlie Gough. Photo: David P. Ball. 2013-06-12T23:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/16/no-to-these-pipelines-kinder-morgan-pipeline-under-fire/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rueben-george-2.jpgRueben George 2Sundance Chief Rueben George, Tsleil-Wautuuth Nation. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-12T22:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/24/christmas-in-vancouvers-brothels-and-sex-work-strolls/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jennifer-allen1.jpgJennifer-Allen2013-06-12T22:20:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/05/26/beat-nation-brings-skateboard-and-hip-hop-culture-to-the-vancouver-art-gallery/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/art-gallery-jungen.jpgart gallery-jungenBrian Jungen, 'Prototypes for New Understanding'. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/art-gallery-reece.jpgart gallery-reeceSkeena Reece's 'Raven on the Colonial Fleet'. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/art-gallery-bulpitt-healey.jpgart gallery-bulpitt + healeyMural of Wasco, a traditional Haida Nation sea wolf figure, painted by Corey Bulpitt (Akos) and Larissa Healey (Gurl 23) at the Beat Nation show at Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-12T21:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/26/kinnie-starr-to-independently-release-new-album-kiss-it/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kinnie-starr-5.jpgkinnie starr 5Kinnie Starr in her Toronto studio. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-12T21:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/01/beat-power-aboriginal-djs-highlight-struggle-with-powwow-step/2013-06-12T21:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2006/08/28/palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-community-economic-development/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/web-walid-horiz.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/web-shop-partners-smile.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/yolla-nazha-8x10.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/web-ghouhson-wave.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/web-abutarik-son.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/web-mother-daughterlook2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/web-farmers.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/josephine-maria-8x10.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-06-12T21:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2006/10/07/liberation-is-near-lebanon-besieged/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/student-world.jpgstudent world2013-06-12T21:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/06/07/new-gas-trade-and-tech-ministries-in-clarks-cabinet/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cabinet-christy-applause.jpgCabinet Christy applausePremier Clark announces her cabinet to a large crowd at Port Metro Vancouver, June 7, 2013. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cabinet.jpgCabinetClark and her new cabinet greet the crowd at Port Metro Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ball2013-06-11T00:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2006/05/01/what-in-the-world-is-this-wanderlust/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/web-davidersoz.jpgweb-davidersozWriter/traveller David Ball (left) with Vehbi and Sultam Ersoz, friends who run an organic farm in southern Turkey (photo: David P Ball)2013-05-29T19:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/1999/12/01/on-the-ground-at-the-anti-wto-protests-in-seattle/2013-05-29T06:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2001/10/04/students-defend-controversial-ubc-professor/2013-05-29T05:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/03/14/two-spirited-warrior-speaks/2013-05-29T05:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/06/16/vancouver-police-chief-media-commentators-blame-anarchists-for-stanley-cup-riot/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/canucks-dumpster.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/canucks-car-window.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/canucks-firefighter.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/canucks-burning-silhouettes.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-05-29T04:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/20/legislative-reforms-needed-to-protect-heritage/2013-05-29T04:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2005/04/01/hymn-writers-on-the-road/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/04/dball-harding.jpgdball-hardingUnited Church songwriter and music leader Bruce Harding at a gathering modern hymn composing luminaries. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/06/26/crowe-rich-performance-at-second-home-salt-spring/2013-05-29T03:38:13+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/22/a-grinchs-survival-guide-for-holiday-haters/2013-05-29T03:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/01/aspiring-directors-get-taste-of-crash-course-in-cinema/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fimi-film-panelists.jpgFIMI-film-panelistsPanelists at a workshop on fundraising for Aboriginal filmmaking in Vancouver (from left) filmmakers Ian MacKenzie and Pete McCormack, Canadian Foundation for Creative Development director Sean Kirkham, and filmmaker Guy Shalem. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fimi-film-manuels.jpgFIMI-film-manuelsFilmmaker Claudia Manuel, 23, and her mother Doreen, Program Coordinator for the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking program at Capilano University, attend a workshop on fundraising for filmmaking. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/04/unbreakable-wall-extends-to-kinder-morgan-pipeline-interview-with-rueben-george/2013-05-29T03:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/07/civil-liberties-privacy-groups-cry-foul-as-pm-hails-historic-border-deal/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/border-deal-passport2.jpgborder-deal-passport2Photo illustration by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T03:31:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/12/harpers-north-vancouver-visit-met-by-anti-pipeline-protest-arrest/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pipeline-demo2.jpgpipeline demo2Demonstrators protested against Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline today. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/16/premiers-united-in-opposition-to-conservatives-unilateral-health-care-decision/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/premiers.jpgpremiersPremiers meet in Victoria. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T03:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/18/on-the-outside-looking-in-indigenous-peoples-excluded-from-premiers-health-talks/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/victoria-health-aboriginal.jpgvictoria-health-aboriginalUnited Native Nations of B.C. president Lillian George -- from the Wet'suwet'en First Nation in northern B.C. -- and Jerry Peltier, former Grand Chief of Kanesatake Mohawk Nation2013-05-29T03:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/24/chinese-canadian-war-veterans-honoured-in-new-photo-exhibit/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chinese-canadian-war-veterans2.jpgchinese-canadian-war-veterans2Gim Wong photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chinese-canadian-war-veterans.jpgchinese-canadian-war-veteransChinese Canadians who fought in Canada's armed forces attended a packed exhibit launch. Photos by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T03:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/30/divide-and-conquer-indigenous-peoples-the-budget-and-a-chat-with-romeo-saganash/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/saganash.jpgsaganashMember of Parliament, and former NDP leadership contender, Romeo Saganash. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/04/16/us-political-strategy-firm-used-widely-by-tory-mps-but-not-always-cited-in-elections-canada-reports/2013-05-29T03:29:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/06/earth-on-brink-of-irreversible-collapse-of-global-ecosystem-new-sfu-study-warns/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/arne-mooers.jpgarne mooersDr. Arne Mooers, a Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologist, is part of a ground-breaking 'state change' study published in Nature journal. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/23/self-determination-key-plank-in-gabriels-campaign/2013-05-29T03:27:34+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/23/palmater-dubbed-a-wild-card-in-race-for-national-chief/2013-05-29T03:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/26/civil-liberties-concerns-raised-after-vancouver-protest-arrests/2013-05-29T03:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/28/tensions-rise-over-dismal-salmon-forecast/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fisheries-tracy-wimbush.jpgfisheries-Tracy WimbushTracy Wimbush, with Nicola Tribal Association fisheries department, was a guest witness for the ceremony to honour the salmon and pray for their return. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/salmon.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASalmon, long in a population decline that is under investigation by the Cohen Commission, circle in a river near a B.C. hatchery. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/salmon-dead.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMany are concerned about a dire forecast for salmon again this summer. Here, a dead salmon lies on the river bottom near a B.C. hatchery. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fisheries-sam-kelly.jpgfisheries-sam kellySam Kelly, a commercial and traditional fisher in Sumas First Nation, helps cook fish for a June 22 salmon ceremony. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/05/leadership-quest-several-candidates-are-up-for-next-chiefdom-of-the-assembly-of-first-nations/2013-05-29T03:26:11+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/14/new-regional-indigenous-leaders-vow-to-ratchet-up-self-determination-fight/2013-05-29T03:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/17/native-exclusion-from-hunting-and-fishing-panel-a-hard-pill-to-swallow-first-nations/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/shoon-keewatin.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAShoon Keewatin, a fisherman and founder of the Trappers' Centre in Grassy Narrows First Nation, near Kenora, Ontario. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/26/time-for-gender-balance-in-native-leadership-say-indigenous-women/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pam-palmater-5.jpgPam Palmater 5Pam Palmater came in second in the race for Assembly of First Nations National Chief, with 141 chiefs' votes as opposed to incumbent Shawn A-in-chut Atleo's 341. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/31/educational-apartheid-remains-despite-new-school-at-attawapiskat/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/charlie-angus.jpgCharlie AngusTimmins-James Bay New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/17/the-gloves-are-off-residential-school-day-students-launch-lawsuit/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shawn-atleo-4.jpgshawn atleo 4Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo said he hopes to see 'education turned from a tool of oppression to a tool of liberation for our people.' Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/residential-school-hug.jpgresidential school hugFollowing the class action lawsuit's filing in federal court Wednesday, residential school survivors and tribal, provincial and national leaders hugged one another and vowed to stand together. Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/residential-school-hug-2.jpgresidential school hug 2https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/canadian-holocaust.jpgcanadian holocaustA residential school survivor celebrated the historic class action lawsuit to seek redress for abuses. Photo by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T03:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/18/residential-school-day-scholars-launch-canada-wide-lawsuit-against-abuse-genocide/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shane-gottfriedson.jpgShane GottfriedsonChief Shane Gottfriedson, leader of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, announces his band's lawsuit over day scholars. Photo by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T03:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/01/rejection-of-fish-farm-lawsuit-judicial-violence-kafn-elder/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bob-chamberlin-2.jpgbob chamberlin 2Chief Bob Chamberlin, of Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nation (KAFN), is taking a class action lawsuit against fish farms to the Supreme Court of Canada. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/11/idle-no-more-rallies-sprout-across-canada-invigorating-grassroots/2013-05-29T03:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/31/idle-no-more-support-ojibwe-woman-embarks-on-1400-mile-journey-to-d-c/2013-05-29T03:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/04/idle-no-more-ceremony-planned-for-us-canada-border/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/inm-39.jpgINM-39Idle No More participants in Vancouver, B.C. rally outside downtown's Canada Place, as local organizers prepare for another event at the U.S. border on January 5.2013-05-29T03:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/12/idle-no-more-flexes-its-muscles-in-day-of-action-we-could-shut-down-the-country-if-we-really-wanted-to/2013-05-29T03:23:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/23/dismantling-two-centuries-of-privilege-and-power-glen-coulthard-on-idlenomore/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/inm-35.jpgINM-35Jerrilyn Webster (aka JB the Firstlady) MCs at a Vancouver Idle No More event. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/glen-coulthard3-web.jpgGlen-Coulthard3-webGlen Coulthard. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:23:21+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/02/08/aboriginal-housing-crisis-in-canada-threatens-to-explode/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/inm-1.jpgINM-1Idle No More's explosion coincided with Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike. Her reserve brought dismal First Nations housing conditions to the world stage. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/02/11/idle-no-more-enters-a-new-phase-seeks-next-steps/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/inm-29.jpgVancouver Idle No MoreA flash mob in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/14/allegations-of-police-abuse-of-native-women-have-rocked-canada/2013-05-29T03:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/25/journey-of-the-nishiyuu-swells-to-hundreds-after-1600-km-trek/2013-05-29T03:22:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/elder-raymond-robinson-hero-to-some-well-intentioned-grandstander-to-others/2013-05-29T03:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2005/10/01/conference-reflects-on-the-value-of-food/2013-05-29T03:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/09/28/police-rough-up-anti-cheney-protesters/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/man-pushed-web.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wanter-poster-web1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wanter-poster-web.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-05-29T03:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/26/b-c-intervened-to-halt-bush-torture-case/2013-05-29T03:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/08/attawapiskat-housing-crisis-heats-up-from-parliament-hill-to-twitter/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/housing-crisis-reserve.jpghousing-crisis-reservePhoto illustration by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T03:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/11/government-pipeline-rhetoric-reminiscent-of-cold-war-mccarthyism-prof/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/copwatching-kinsman.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAProf. Gary Kinsman. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T03:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/01/power-of-youth-unleashed/2013-05-29T03:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/14/mary-brave-bird-author-of-lakota-woman-walks-on/2013-05-29T03:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/15/anthology-extract-the-pipeline-wars/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/extract-cover.pngextract-coverExtract: The Pipeline Wars (Vol. 1: Enbridge). 20122013-05-29T03:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/01/schussler-fiorenzas-kyriarchy-pits-courage-and-creativity-against-empire/2013-05-29T03:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/25/musqueam-battle-to-protect-burial-grounds-from-condo-developers-in-b-c/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/musqueam-cecilia-point-mary-point-charlotte-brooks-tom-haldseese.jpgmusqueam-cecilia point-mary point-charlotte brooks-Tom HaldseeseBlockade founders Cecilia and Mary Point. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/musqueam-painting.jpgmusqueam-paintingMusqueam blockaders hang a donated work of art on the construction fence, which has been covered with flags of First Nations across Canada offering support. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/1998/06/01/whats-so-special-about-the-youth-centre/2013-05-29T03:13:07+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2004/09/17/the-other-christians-on-campus/2013-05-29T03:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2008/09/16/unsanitary-allegiance/2013-05-29T03:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2010/09/16/cooking-up-a-storm-tremors-of-power-at-the-g20/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/davidgreen.jpgdavidgreenPhoto: David P Ball2013-05-29T03:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/22/occupy-vancouver-protesters-target-financial-institutions-with-run-on-the-banks/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/david-suzuki.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADavid Suzuki speaks at Occupy Vancouver. Photo: David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6271402668_ce4bd1223c.jpg6271402668_ce4bd1223cPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6270819975_71486315aa.jpg6270819975_71486315aaPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6270854897_6f4b3e68b2.jpg6270854897_6f4b3e68b2Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6270945611_63047562eb.jpg6270945611_63047562ebPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6270815457_b0f06d7e97.jpg6270815457_b0f06d7e97David Suzuki. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/28/occupy-vancouver-will-remain-despite-police-crackdown-in-u-s/2013-05-29T03:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/31/snowboarding-and-skiing-on-the-north-shore-a-thrilling-vancouver-nightlife-experience/2013-05-29T03:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/04/armada-of-ocean-going-canoes-paddles-against-kinder-morgan/2013-05-29T03:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/17/occupy-wall-streets-rebel-spirit-where-next/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/occupy-love-oct15.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANearly a month after Occupy Wall Street began, Vancouver took up the cause, with thousands attending the establishment of Occupy Vancouver at the art gallery. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/occupy-crowd-suzuki.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWhile the numbers never again reached the massive crowd attending Occupy Vancouver's Day One, the art gallery lawns were crammed with thousands on Oct. 22, 2011, to hear David Suzuki voice his support. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T03:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2001/11/29/buy-nothing-day-looks-at-deeper-issues/2013-05-29T03:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2005/10/16/garbage-spirituality/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/web-cautionside.jpgweb-cautionsidePhoto: David P Ball2013-05-29T03:08:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/06/what-are-occupy-vancouvers-demands/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/revolution-oct15.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASince roughly 6,000 people joined the October 15 protest -- pictured here -- which birthed Occupy Vancouver, many are still asking what the movement is about. Photos by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T03:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/06/gap-between-canadas-rich-and-poor-widening-dramatically/2013-05-29T03:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/05/15/memory-engineering-pioneer-elizabeth-loftus-charts-course-for-inception-style-mind-control/2013-05-29T03:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2001/06/24/organic-farm-tour-on-salt-spring-helps-forge-political-united-front/2013-05-29T02:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/06/24/rising-prices-create-housing-crunch/2013-05-29T02:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/01/31/classroom-warriors-victorias-high-school-activists/2013-05-29T02:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/04/11/churches-and-first-nations-unite-against-the-referendum/2013-05-29T02:51:09+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/04/11/students-join-first-nations-in-urging-referendum-boycott/2013-05-29T02:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2002/10/24/build-housing-now-say-downtown-squatters/2013-05-29T02:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/10/ndp-hopefuls-vow-to-defeat-stephen-harper-but-how/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/paul-dewar.jpgpaul-dewarPhoto by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T02:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/22/joe-olivers-speech-coloured-by-racism-first-nations-grand-chief/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/joe-oliver-1.jpgjoe oliver 1Natural resources minister Joe Oliver accused of racist bias after suggesting that First Nations communities were "socially dysfunctional". File photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T02:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/04/09/tories-may-have-broken-2011-election-rules-with-us-republican-campaigners-in-ontario/2013-05-29T02:43:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/05/09/vancouvers-arts-and-culture-bleeding-out-in-steady-migration-warn-city-creatives/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/red-gate-sale.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAClosing sale at the since-evicted Red Gate arts collective. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/red-gate-table.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAn artists' table sits unused on the final night at Red Gate gallery. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bob-rennie.jpgbob rennieBob Rennie, development marketer and arts collector. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/arts-kate.jpgarts-kateKate Armstrong, director of Western Front gallery. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/red-gate-painter2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAVancouver arts and culture bleeding out of Vancouver. An artist at the now-closed Red Gate collective paints during its final event. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T02:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/18/vision-vancouver-critic-sean-antrim-appointed-cope-executive-director/2013-05-29T02:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/28/is-vancouvers-road-to-green-paved-with-plastic/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/asphalt3.jpgasphalt3Vancouver's chief engineer of the new paving process: Work efforts 'balanced by very large savings on the greenhouse gas side.' Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/asphalt4.jpgasphalt4Vancouver is the first known city to try a new technique that mixes discarded plastic wax into asphalt streets. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T02:02:07+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/28/ambassador-chris-stevens-mourned-across-indian-country-as-peacemaker-diplomat/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ed-john-2.jpged john 2Grand Chief Ed John, head of the B.C. First Nations Summit. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T02:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/09/kinder-morgan-pitches-oil-sands-pipeline-expansion-to-skeptics-on-both-sides-of-border/2013-05-29T02:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/01/violence-against-women-act-moves-ahead-in-u-s/2013-05-29T02:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/28/cobell-settlement-funds-flow-to-indian-country/2013-05-29T02:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/23/grassy-narrows-marchers-offer-government-mercury-tainted-fish/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/judy-da-silva2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAJudy Da Silva (left), with husband Bepgogoti Kaiapo, in Grassy Narrows First Nation. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/27/unchanged-treaty-annuity-is-weight-of-injustice-on-anishinabek/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dean-sayers-angus-toulouse.jpgdean sayers-Angus ToulouseChief Dean Sayers and Councillor Angus Toulouse outside the Ontario Legislature. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:58:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/16/when-we-fight-we-win-health-coalition-pushes-for-change/2013-05-29T01:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/11/muskrat-falls-inuit-arrested-battling-churchill-river-hydroelectric-project-in-labrador/2013-05-29T01:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/dam-protest-escalates-with-arrests-hunger-strike/2013-05-29T01:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/10/vanelxn-do-developers-control-city-hall/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/developer-banner-h-web.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/18/vanelxn-occupy-city-hall-decolonize-vancouver/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lauren-2-web.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALauren Gill, with Occupy Vancouver, has stayed at the camp since its formation on Oct 15, and says demonstrators have no intention of leaving. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T01:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/02/special-interest-groups-shouldnt-drive-policy-parentsa/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/xtra-burnaby-harman-pandhercharter-lau.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"Human rights are not a buffet ? you can't pick and choose some forms of human rights but turn your nose up at others," says Harman Pandher, running for re-election to the Burnaby School Board. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/03/vanelxn-overcoming-the-lefts-ambivalent-relationship-with-power/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/andrea-reimer-3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAndrea Reimer. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/04/activism-bred-in-the-bone-ellen-woodsworth-copes-with-the-election-campaign/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ellen-2-web.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAEllen Woodsworth in the Downtown Eastside, where she organized for decades. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/08/mayoral-homelessness-debate-a-sham-dtes-residents/2013-05-29T01:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/11/passive-negligence-of-the-arts-no-longer-an-option-says-vision-vancouver/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gregor-arts.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMayor Gregor Robertson, a musician himself, welcomed artists' to an event at Gastown's Canvas Lounge. Photo by David P. Ball. 2013-05-29T01:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/14/antons-filipino-children-blunder-lacks-common-sense-says-cope-candidate/2013-05-29T01:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/14/copes-r-j-aquino-a-genuine-advocate-for-vancouver-says-mla/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rj-aquino.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/16/vanelxn-systemic-dysfunction-and-addiction-to-campaign-financing/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nsv2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANicole Benson, left, with Randy Helten -- candidates for NSV. Photo by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T01:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/19/voters-reject-parents-voice-photo/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bca-4.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"Our voters got engaged. Our youth in particular wanted to make sure that the policy was kept and built on and not destroyed," says Burnaby school board vice-chair Baljinder Narang. Photo by David P. Ball https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bca-51.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"Our voters got engaged. Our youth in particular wanted to make sure that the policy was kept and built on and not destroyed," says Burnaby school board vice-chair Baljinder Narang. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bca-5.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"Our voters got engaged. Our youth in particular wanted to make sure that the policy was kept and built on and not destroyed," says Burnaby school board vice-chair Baljinder Narang. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/19/npa-kept-downtown-eastside-residents-from-voting-cope-alleges/2013-05-29T01:54:24+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/19/political-hip-hop-parlays-on-the-election-battle/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dubgee.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADubgee -- aka Harley James Rose -- performs at a campaign event at the Media Club this week. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T01:54:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/19/vanelxn-confronting-visions-creative-city-evictions-gentrification-developers/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/red-gate.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACaption: Artists at Red Gate held an eviction art sale after the city closed their artist-run space -- saying the landlord would not cooperate with upgrades. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T01:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/20/766/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gregor2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMayor-elect Gregor Robertson. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/09/cope-is-there-hope-for-the-extra-parliamentary-left/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ellen2.jpgellen2Ellen Woodsworth. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:53:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/07/copes-ellen-woodsworth-braces-for-political-winter-next-steps/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ellen-woodsworth.jpgellen-woodsworthEllen Woodsworth, in her east Vancouver home, is surrounded by cards of thanks and support from across the city following the loss of her City Council seat November 19. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T01:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/21/1233/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/elxn-cope-mayor2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMayor Gregor Robertson addresses a COPE fundraiser during the election campaign. Photo by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T01:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/22/is-the-future-green-adriane-carr-thinks-so/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/adriane-carr-zoom.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAdriane Carr in her campaign office. Photo by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T01:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/31/national-native-womens-summit-announced-to-tackle-inequality-and-violence/2013-05-29T01:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/08/manitoba-metis-win-historic-land-claims-case-against-canada/2013-05-29T01:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/06/17/unions-rally-to-support-postal-workers-as-back-to-work-law-nears/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cupw-locked.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-05-29T01:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/07/20/policing-the-borders-means-policing-canadian-journalism/2013-05-29T01:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/02/canada-fiddles-while-planet-burns-says-councillor-david-cadman-at-durban-climate-talks/2013-05-29T01:50:49+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/08/federal-ndp-leadership-race-explainer/2013-05-29T01:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/11/peggy-nash-nets-ndps-top-endorsement-as-laytons-finance-critic/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/peggy-nash-pub3.jpgpeggy-nash-pub3Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/peggy-nash-pub2.jpgpeggy-nash-pub2Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/peggy-nash-pub.jpgpeggy-nash-pubPhoto by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/peggy-nash-flex.jpgpeggy-nash-flexCANADA'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER? This feature on NDP leadership hopeful Peggy Nash was the first in-depth media profile of the would-be successor to Jack Layton.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/peggy-nash-buildings.jpgpeggy-nash-buildingsPhoto by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T01:50:14+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/17/the-future-of-canadas-health-care-at-stake-maude-barlow-warns-of-privatization-and-high-cost-drugs/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/maude-edit.jpgmaude-editMaude Barlow photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T01:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/20/a-call-for-a-universal-drug-plan-for-canada/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/drugs.jpgdrugsPhoto by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:49:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/01/28/liberal-leader-bob-rae-calls-harper-government-dictatorial/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bob-rae-liberal-party2.jpgbob-rae-liberal-partyLiberal party leader Bob Rae criticized the Conservative government for its policies and leadership style in Vancouver today. Photos by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T01:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/15/election-cooperation-needed-for-ndp-and-canadians-nathan-cullen/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nathan-cullen.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen speaks to a supporter at a Vancouver fundraiser Tuesday. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/22/canadas-poor-seniors-targeted-by-tory-oap-cutbacks-carp-says/2013-05-29T01:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/23/tories-robo-call-fraud-leads-to-cries-of-election-stealing-from-ndp-liberals/2013-05-29T01:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/25/conservatives-suppress-democracy-robogate-dangerous-words-and-a-scarier-worldview/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/olympics-police2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERARiot police are an increasingly present symbol of repression of dissent. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/29/robocall-scandal-by-the-numbers-up-to-82-ridings-allege-election-fraud/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/parliament-flag.jpgparliament flagParliament Hill will be the site of a heated debate during Question Period today over alleged electoral fraud. Photo by David P. Ball 2013-05-29T01:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/14/canada-eu-free-trade-agreement-called-corporate-trojan-horse/2013-05-29T01:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/15/canada-eu-free-trade-water-privatization-not-happening-authorities-insist/2013-05-29T01:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/16/lifelong-canadians-face-discrimination-by-their-own-government-still/2013-05-29T01:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/04/27/canada-eu-free-trade-cooking-up-a-deal-without-much-input-let-us-see-a-draft-say-city-leaders/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0094.jpgIMG_0094Vision Vancouver City Councillor Tim Stevenson, at his inauguration Dec. 2011. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:48:23+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/01/budget-bill-will-have-direct-impact-on-our-rights-says-atleo/2013-05-29T01:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/05/harper-v-canada-2011-election-scandal-brings-scrutiny-to-pms-controversial-past/2013-05-29T01:48:13+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/14/protestors-seek-13-conservative-heroes/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/c38-luke-mayba-felix-mayba.jpgc38-Luke Mayba-Felix MaybaTwo-year old Felix Mayba clangs a pot outside Member of Parliament Wai Young's Vancouver-South riding office, carried by his father, Luke Mayba. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/c38-anne-marie-st-laurent.jpgc38-Anne-Marie St LaurentAnne-Marie St. Laurent outside Member of Parliament Wai Young's Vancouver-South riding office: "What this bill stands for is not democratic." Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/c38-lynne-mcnaughton.jpgc38-Lynne McNaughtonThe Rev. Lynne McNaughton, rector of St. Clement's Anglican Church and resident of Vancouver-South riding. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/15/grand-chief-stewart-phillip-on-bill-c-38-its-time-to-take-this-to-the-streets/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/stewart-phillip.jpgstewart phillipGrand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, addresses a protest against Taseko's New Prosperity Mine. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:48:03+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/19/conservatives-refugee-health-cuts-rile-doctors/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/refugee-dr-bob-martin.jpgrefugee-dr bob martinDr. Bob Martin, a physician working with refugees for 12 years, spoke against cuts. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/refugee-health-workers.jpgrefugee-health workersRoughly 250 Vancouver doctors, nurses and other health workers rallied outside Citizenship and Immigration Canada offices on Monday. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/refugee-tara-pedras.jpgrefugee-tara pedrasTara Pedras, a refugee from Iran, spoke out against cuts to the IFHP, due on Canada Day. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/refugee-dr-martina-scholtens.jpgrefugee-dr martina scholtensDr. Martina Scholtens told crowd of 250 cuts to Interim Federal Health Program will result in suffering and death. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/27/immigration-minister-jason-kenney-besieged-by-critics-during-bc-visit/2013-05-29T01:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/02/photo-jason-kenney-tells-war-veteran-daughter-soldiers-were-heroes-but-not-canadian-citizens/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenney-jackie.jpgkenney-jackieCitizenship Minister Jason Kenney told Jackie Scott, the daughter of a Canadian war veteran, that her father – and others serving the country – technically weren't Canadian at the time they were fighting for their country. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/03/slight-reversal-in-federal-refugee-health-cuts-too-little-too-late-say-doctors/2013-05-29T01:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/06/who-wins-with-bcs-new-election-ridings/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jinny-sims.jpgjinny simsNewton-North Delta MP Jinny Sims and others might see fortunes change with proposed new electoral boundaries. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/07/can-you-be-nice-in-todays-cutthroat-house-of-commons/2013-05-29T01:46:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/16/war-on-terror-threat-to-democracy-in-canada-american-civil-liberties-union/2013-05-29T01:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/08/a-crisis-in-migrant-health/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/refugee-tara-pedras.jpgrefugee-tara pedrasAt a rally to save refugee health care, Bridges Health Clinic translator Tara Pedras asks: "How can we have a healthy society when we treat them like this?" Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/refugee-dr-bob-martin.jpgrefugee-dr bob martinDr. Bob Martin, a physician at Bridge Health Clinic, addresses a rally outside Citizenship and Immigration Canada offices against cuts to refugee coverage. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/byron-cruz.jpgbyron cruzByron Cruz, a nurse and veteran migrant health activist, speaks out against cuts of refugee health coverage. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/10/canada-unique-for-lack-of-xenophobic-sentiment-in-public-discourse-kenney/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jason-kenney-2.jpgjason-kenney 2Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney speaking in Burnaby yesterday. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:46:28+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/26/controversial-conservative-senator-patrick-brazeau-calls-for-national-inquiry-on-missing-women-writes-support-song/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/brazeau4.jpgBrazeau4enator Patrick Brazeau listens to Lorelei Williams, founder of missing women families' dance troupe Butterflies in Spirit, about her personal experiences of violence and racism. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:46:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/31/creative-resistance-continues-battle-with-dangerous-policies/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/windspeaker-feb-2013-coversm.jpgWindspeaker CoverCover photo of Windspeaker newspaper by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:46:08+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/31/the-straw-that-broke-the-camels-back-sprawling-omnibus-bills-spark-lawsuit/2013-05-29T01:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/01/canadian-parliament-unanimously-approves-launch-of-missing-and-murdered-women-committee/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/womens-memorial-march-drum-raised.jpgwomens memorial march-drum raisedThe motion to launch a committee to examine violence against aboriginal women came as hundreds rallied across Canada for missing and murdered women on February 14. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/01/education-consultations-marred-by-bloody-saskatoon-skirmish/2013-05-29T01:45:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/20/we-can-never-get-electoral-reform-unless-we-defeat-stephen-harper-joyce-murray/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/joyce-murray.jpgJoyce MurrayLiberal leadership candidate Joyce Murray. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/27/a-gun-to-our-heads-pressure-to-sign-new-funding-agreement-more-widespread-than-first-thought/2013-05-29T01:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/06/first-nations-claim-coercion-as-harper-makes-aid-contingent-on-legislation-support/2013-05-29T01:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/18/financial-transparency-legislation-renews-controversy-over-first-nation-chiefs-salaries/2013-05-29T01:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/25/weve-just-stripped-away-essential-safeguards-civil-libertarians-decry-new-anti-terror-law/2013-05-29T01:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/19/adrian-dix-on-the-way-ahead-for-b-c-s-ndp/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/adrian-dix-wide.jpgadrian-dix-wideAdrian Dix. Photo by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T01:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/14/cope-378s-david-black-readies-for-battle-with-province-over-labour-negotiations/2013-05-29T01:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/17/sara-macintyre-brings-harper-style-media-repression-tactics-to-premier-christy-clarks-office/2013-05-29T01:44:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/05/22/mistrust-frustration-deepen-as-police-spying-on-pipeline-critics-comes-to-light/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rcmp-hq.jpgrcmp-hqThe RCMP 'E' Division's Aboriginal Policing Services headquarters monitored Aboriginal critics of oil sands pipelines in B.C. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/01/b-c-plan-to-regulate-on-reserve-raises-jurisdiction-concerns/2013-05-29T01:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/23/first-nations-call-for-greater-representation-on-fisheries-boards/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/salmon-dead.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA dead salmon near a fish hatchery in B.C. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/salmon-close.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASalmon near a B.C. hatchery. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/21/tsilhqotin-pledge-supreme-court-challenge-after-landmark-title-ruling/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/roger-william.jpgRoger WilliamXeni Gwet’in Councillor Roger William, the lead plaintiff in the landmark case. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ed-john.jpgEd JohnGrand Chief Ed John, head of the First Nations Summit, responds to the B.C. ruling. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/30/dave-barretts-rich-legacy-to-british-columbians/2013-05-29T01:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/07/kinder-morgan-launches-bc-consultations-on-controversial-pipeline-expansion/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/km-display.jpgKM-displayA small but steady crowd attended Kinder Morgan's information session on Saturday in North Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/km-davies.jpgKM-daviesMichael Davies, Kinder Morgan's engineering director, speaks with the public at the company's North Vancouver open house on Saturday. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/21/withhold-judgment-until-missing-womens-commission-report-is-issued-oppal-tells-critics/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kasari-govender.jpgKasari GovenderKasari Govender (right), executive director of West Coast LEAF, speaks at a press conference for the release of the "Blueprint for an Inquiry" report Nov. 19, with Darcie Bennett of Pivot Legal Society (left). Photo by David P. Ball.2013-05-29T01:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/22/divided-loyalties-hamper-wild-fisheries-protection-justice-cohen/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/justice-cohen.jpgjustice-cohenJustice John Cohen. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ernie-crey.jpgErnie CreyErnie Crey. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/02/missing-women-inquiry-independence-questioned-by-legal-advocates/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mwci-legal2.jpgMWCI-legal2West Coast LEAF executive director Kasari Govender (center) launches a report on failings of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, alongside co-authors Darcie Bennett (left), campaigns director for Pivot Legal Society, and Lindsay Lyster (right), BC Civil Liberties Association president. Photo: David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/13/photo-treaty-troubles-the-yale-eye-end-of-17-year-marathon/2013-05-29T01:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/18/missing-women-inquiry-rules-that-racism-and-bias-caused-critical-police-failures/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mwci-wally-oppal-12.jpgMWCI-wally oppal-12Wally Oppal, head of the British Columbia Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, released his critical report on the missing women inquiry on December 17, 2012. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/18/colossal-failure-by-police-on-missing-women-oppal/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mwci-lorelei-williams-web.jpgMWCI-lorelei williams-webLorelei Williams, centre, weeps as Commissioner Wally Oppal releases his report. Her cousin Tanya Holyk was one of serial killer Robert Pickton's victims, and her aunt is still missing. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mwci-wally-oppal2-web.jpgMWCI-wally oppal2-webOppal described police failures as 'colossal' in his report on the Pickton investigation. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mwci-release-demo2.jpgMWCI-release-demo2Hundreds of women flooded into Commissioner Wally Oppal's speech following the release of the missing women inquiry report, drumming, singing and heckling. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:42:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/02/05/enbridges-pipeline-spills-pr-headaches-and-corporate-history/2013-05-29T01:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/02/14/human-rights-watch-details-alleged-abuse-rape-of-aboriginal-women-by-rcmp-officers-in-british-columbia/2013-05-29T01:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/02/21/upscaling-of-dtes-eroding-low-income-housing-report/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jean-swanson.jpgJean SwansonJean Swanson, with the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP), explains a colour-coded map illustrating rent increases in the Downtown Eastside. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:42:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/05/bc-conservatives-promise-to-abolish-carbon-tax-avoid-labour-strife/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/john-cummins-4.jpgJohn Cummins 4Conservative leader John Cummins at the party's budget reveal in Vancouver today. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:42:11+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/07/south-of-border-hot-debate-involves-bc-coal-port-plans/2013-05-29T01:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/07/mining-worries-raised-amid-celebration-of-sacred-headwaters-deal/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/anitta-mcphee.jpgAnitta McPheeAnnita McPhee, president of the Tahltan Central Council, at her nation's signing of the Save the Fraser declaration on Dec. 13 in Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/13/symposium-shares-down-to-earth-fixes-to-high-cost-housing/2013-05-29T01:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/20/whats-your-green-jobs-plan-coalition-asks-parties/2013-05-29T01:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/25/vancouver-foreign-investment-panel-tackles-safety-deposit-condos-for-wealthy/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tsur-somorville.jpgTsur SomorvilleTsur Somerville, at UBC Sauder School of Business, says the foreign condo ownership debate is tinged with racism; instead, we should simply look at vacant units. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/03/social-housing-group-left-wanting-more-from-both-libs-ndp-on-urgent-crisis/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/social-housing-coalition.jpgSocial Housing CoalitionSocial Housing Coalition activists (from left) Ivan Drury, Herb Varley and Dave Diewert speak with BCFED president Jim Sinclair outside last night's NDP fundraiser in Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ball2013-05-29T01:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/vancouver-island-band-abandons-key-consultation-process/2013-05-29T01:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/04/26/treated-like-terrorists-said-former-chief-following-raid/2013-05-29T01:41:17+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/05/01/burning-questions-over-coal-port-plan/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jeff-scott-fsd.jpgJeff Scott FSDJeff Scott, president and CEO of Fraser Surrey Docks, took The Tyee on an exclusive tour of the proposed coal terminal. 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Ball2013-03-27T08:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/01/building-alternatives-to-the-colonial-relationship/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/glen-coulthard4-web.jpgGlen-Coulthard4-webUBC First Nations Studies professor Glen Coulthard of Yellowknives Dene First Nation. Photo by David P. Ball2013-03-01T22:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/01/rcmp-slammed-with-report-on-rapes-violence-in-b-c/2013-03-01T21:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/03/01/oil-industry-interests-written-all-over-canada-china-pact/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ben-west-web.jpgBen West-webBen West, Tar Sands Campaigners with the group Forest Ethics Advocacy. Photo by David P. 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Ball2013-02-18T19:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/02/18/photo-action-needed-on-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women/2013-02-18T18:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/22/grassy-narrows-re-lights-sacred-fire-for-10-year-blockade-anniversary/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bertha-web.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABertha Keesick, mother of blockade organizers Judy da Silva and Roberta Keesick, stands on the road at Slant Lake. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/grassy-women-web.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe logging road blockade near Grassy Narrows First Nation marked its tenth anniversary in December. Photo by David P. 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Ball2013-01-23T06:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/16/cross-canada-indigenous-blockades-highlight-idle-no-more-tactics-tensions/2013-01-23T06:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/22/fracking-flow-under-fire-from-wetsuweten-anti-pipeline-blockade/2013-01-22T07:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/22/gwaii-haanas-legacy-pole-honours-preservation-protest-to-save-haida-gwaii-rainforest/2013-01-22T07:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/01/cover-ups-and-controversy/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mwci-presscon4.jpgmwci presscon4Former sex worker Cee Jai Julian escaped from PIckton's farm. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/raul-gatica-close.jpgraul gatica-close2013-01-05T04:57:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2013/01/02/stories-of-2012/2013-01-02T05:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/05/11/organization-of-american-states-joins-international-scrutiny-of-canadas-missing-aboriginal-women/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/oas-sharon-mcivor.jpgoas-sharon mcivorSharon McIvor, member of the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA), addressed the Inter-American Human Rights Commission on March 28. Photo by David P. 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Ball.2012-12-14T20:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/08/poets-rally-their-verse-to-keep-langley-forest-from-development/2012-12-14T20:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/13/after-teen-death-calls-for-national-inquiry-into-missing-and-murdered-women/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fns-glen-wilson-matilda-fowler2.jpgFNS-Glen Wilson-Matilda Fowler2CJ Morningstar Fowler's mother, Matilda (centre) addresses reporters yesterday, with the 16-year old's father Glen Wilson (left) and BC Assembly of First Nations regional chief Jody Wilson-Raybould. Photo by David P. 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Ball2012-12-04T18:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/12/04/grassy-narrows-anti-logging-blockade-marks-ten-year-anniversary/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/grassy-narrows-blockade-wide.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMembers of the anti-logging blockade at Grassy Narrows First Nation quietly marked its 10th anniversary on December 2, commemorating a decade of fighting to keep logging corporations and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources off their traditional territories. Photo: David P. Ball2012-12-04T18:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/23/spiritual-leaders-vow-to-defend-mother-earth-from-oil-sands-and-pipelines-with-spiritual-declaration/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/charles-scribe-rueben-george.jpgCharles Scribe-Rueben GeorgeSundance Chiefs Charles Scribe (left) and Rueben George, of Cree and Tsleil Waututh nations respectively, hold the anti-oil sands declaration. In the background, a tanker passes through the Burrard Inlet near an oil refinery. Photo by David P. Ball2012-11-24T18:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/22/reserve-leader-ponders-natures-wrath-in-wake-of-sandy/2012-11-23T01:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/11/01/poem-genderclassrace/2012-11-19T20:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/30/ontario-flood-evacuation-accelerates-with-threat-of-hurricane-sandy/2012-11-01T17:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/26/electronic-powwow-is-music-made-for-dancing/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/atcr-dan-general-bear-thomas-ian-campeau.jpgATCR-Dan General-Bear Thomas-Ian CampeauA Tribe Called Red in member DJ Shub's home studio near Ottawa. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/atcr-ian-campeau-bear-thomas-dan-general.jpgATCR-Ian Campeau-Bear Thomas-Dan GeneralMembers of A Tribe Called Red on DJ Shub (Dan General)'s porch near Ottawa: from left, Ian Campeau, Bear Thomas, Dan General2012-10-27T22:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/26/musqueam-celebrates-huge-win-to-protect-ancient-burial-site/2012-10-27T22:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/24/pipeline-and-tanker-proposals-face-historic-three-days-of-protest-across-b-c/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/doc-chiefs3.jpgDOC-chiefs3Protesters were 4,000 strong outside of the provincial legislature on Oct. 22. Photo by David P. Ball2012-10-27T22:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/25/three-days-of-protests-led-by-aboriginals-in-b-c-underscore-and-unite-pipeline-opposition/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/doc-leg-steps.jpgDefend Our Coast - Leg stepsHundreds of Aboriginals filled the steps of the B.C. Legislature, joined by 4,000 protesters. Photo by David P. Ball2012-10-27T20:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/24/russell-means-begins-his-final-journey-as-family-and-supporters-gather-for-first-of-four-memorials/2012-10-27T20:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/22/aboriginals-at-forefront-of-major-anti-oil-sands-protest-in-victoria-b-c/2012-10-22T22:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/15/photo-secret-committee-meetings-harm-canadian-democracy-say-critics/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ndp-cullen.jpgNathan CullenNDP MP Nathan Cullen, a member of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, called the killing of Liberal MP Marc Garneau's motion to study the limits of omnibus bills in the committee a "mockery of Parliament." Photo by David P. Ball2012-10-19T01:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/14/the-battle-of-queenston-heights-was-the-shining-hour-for-natives-in-the-war-of-1812/2012-10-14T18:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/02/musqueam-declare-victory-in-fight-to-protect-ancient-village-burial-site/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/musqueam-fire-drumming.jpgmusqueam-fire drummingMusqueam nation drummers sing by a sacred fire that has remained lit at a blockade for much of 2012. Photo by David P. Ball2012-10-10T01:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/05/athabasca-chipewyan-launch-treaty-8-challenge-to-shell-canada-over-oil-sands/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/eriel-deranger.jpgeriel derangerAthabasca Chipewyan First Nation spokesperson Eriel Deranger speaks out against the oilsands at a recent event in Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ball2012-10-10T01:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/10/07/campaign-to-rename-nepean-redskins-grows-in-canada/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ian-campeau-3.jpgian campeau 3A Tribe Called Red's Ian Campeau is campaigning for a name change for the Nepean Redskins, an Ontario youth football team. Photo by David P. Ball2012-10-10T01:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/28/tankers-kinder-morgan-pipeline-opposed-with-armada-of-boats/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/z_embree-8106.jpgz_embree-8106Paddlers from Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations journey between their territories in opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. Photo by Zack Embreehttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/z_embree-8026.jpgz_embree-8026Paddlers from Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations journey between their territories in opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. Photo by Zack Embree2012-09-28T20:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/28/new-nwac-president-brings-survival-experience-to-the-table/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/michele-audette-5.jpgmichele audette 5Michele Audette, new president of the Native Women Association of Canada. Photo by David P. Ball2012-09-28T20:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/27/our-voices-are-marginalized-indigenous-women-speak-out-against-the-tar-sands/2012-09-27T19:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/01/photo-casseroles-protest-arrests/2012-09-27T19:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/27/keep-drug-law-conversation-alive-say-advocates/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/susan-boyd.jpgsusan boydCaption: Susan Boyd, professor of drug policy at UVic, speaks at Oppenheimer Park, Vancouver. Photo David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ann-livingstone.jpgann livingstoneAnn Livingstone speaks at The War Stops Here in Oppenheimer Park, Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ball.2012-09-27T18:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2006/05/01/photo-asbestos-reservations-raven-thunderskys-fight-for-an-outright-ban/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/raven-vigil.jpgraven-vigilAnti-asbestos activist Raven ThunderSky outside her church in Winnipeg. Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/raven-side.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAnti-asbestos activist Raven ThunderSky outside her church in Winnipeg. Photo by David P. Ball2012-09-27T18:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/22/slashed-aboriginal-organization-funding-sparks-canada-wide-outcry/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/shawn-atleo-3.jpgshawn atleo 3National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, head of the Assembly of First Nations, warned the cuts could "create very serious negative impacts for First Nation families." Photo by David P. Ball2012-09-26T19:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/23/first-nation-flood-evacuees-back-home-but-must-boil-water/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/flooding.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFirst Nations across Canada's prairies face annual flooding, such as on this southern Manitoba river, with hundreds forced to evacuate their homes year after year. Photo by David P. Ball2012-09-26T19:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/09/26/can-eco-become-the-first-protected-internet-park/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/eco-tld-4.jpgeco tld 4Jacob Malthouse and Trevor Bowden in the Vancouver officers of Big Room, one of the firms vying for control over the proposed .eco top-level domain. Photo by David P. Ball2012-09-26T19:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/22/dakota-battle-for-return-of-500000-of-cigarettes-seized-in-manitoba-smoke-shop-raids/2012-08-22T18:35:55+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/18/pop-rocks-turns-robson-square-into-sea-of-otherworldly-blobs/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pop-rocks-trio.jpgpop rocks trioMany lounged, chatted or napped on Robson Square's new temporary exhibits -- soft plastic blobs with umbrellas for shade. Here, Mansonville Plastics' Jack Liu and Hussam Kaddoura, enjoy the installation with the Kaddoura's wife, Duaa Riyal. Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pop-rocks-designers.jpgpop rocks designersPop Rocks designers (from left) Joe Dahmen, Amber Frid-Jimenez and Matthew Soules sitting on their creations on Robson Street's 800 block. Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pop-rocks-jumper.jpgpop rocks jumperPop Rocks isn't just for kids. Here, a man uses one of the foam-filled bags as a trampoline. Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pop-rocks-kids.jpgpop rocks kidsBefore Pop Rocks could even have its official launch Wednesday, the caution tape was torn down and the recycled plastic blobs overrun with playing children. Photo by David P. Ball.2012-08-19T17:54:14+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/19/lawyers-press-for-bush-arrest-as-occupy-activists-set-to-converge-in-surrey/2012-08-16T19:40:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/20/former-guantanamo-prisoner-supports-bush-arrest/2012-08-16T19:39:58+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2003/03/20/this-is-our-struggle-says-west-papuan-activist/2012-08-16T19:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/03/in-vancouver-memorial-for-killed-anti-mining-protesters/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/raul-gatica.jpgraul gaticaRaúl Gatica, with the Agricultural Workers Alliance and Oaxaca solidarity organization CIPO, looks at a Burrard memorial to slain mining activists. Photo by David P. Ball2012-08-09T23:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/08/01/undermining-our-voices-indigenous-communities-oppose-resource-extraction-industry/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mja-banner.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOrganizers display an anti-mining banner during a 2011 protest against Goldcorp. Photo by David P. Ball2012-08-03T21:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/30/photo-bc-not-for-sale-to-enbridge-northern-gateway-say-aboriginal-and-former-government-leaders/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/stewart-phillip1.jpgstewart phillipChief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs: 'A little bill with huge implications.' Photo: David P. 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Ball2012-07-22T18:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/07/21/nations-sign-save-the-fraser-declaration/2012-07-22T14:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/28/vancouver-casseroles-arrests-rise-to-12-as-police-brutality-alleged-last-night/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/casseroles-arrested-sasha-wiley-peter-haywood.jpgcasseroles-arrested-Sasha Wiley-Peter HaywoodSasha Wiley-Shaw and Peter Haywood display their charge sheets after their release. Photo by David P. Ball2012-07-17T18:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/23/police-arrest-five-at-casserole-quebec-solidarity-demonstrations-in-vancouver/2012-07-17T18:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/09/08/conference-confronts-police-%e2%80%98culture-of-oppression%e2%80%99/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p10-alexusyoung.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWinnipeg-based filmmaker Alexus Young was abandoned by police outside Saskatoon in the late 1990s. 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Photo by David P. Ball2012-06-16T21:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/16/missing-women-inquiry-hearings-end-amid-cover-up-charges-from-victims-families/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mwci-wally-oppal.jpgmwci-wally oppalCommissioner Wally Oppal, heading the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, told reporters he has enough information to make recommendations for improving policing. Photo by David P. Ball2012-06-16T03:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/04/23/city-hall-protest-against-dtes-condos-rich-get-rich-the-poor-get-pushed-around/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pantages-shot.jpgpantages shotJack, a Downtown Eastside resident, walks in front of the future Sequel 138 condo site. Photo by David P. Ball2012-06-12T21:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/02/15/womens-memorial-march-watch-out-world-were-coming-and-were-still-full-of-love/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/memorial-march21.jpgmemorial-march2Thousands attended the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women. Photo by David P. Ball2012-06-12T21:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/06/08/missing-women-inquiry-ends-in-outrage-we-need-more-answers-what-really-happened/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mwci-michele-pineault.jpgmwci-michele pineaultMichele Pineault, whose daughter Stephanie Lane's DNA was found on Robert Pickton's farm, at a missing women inquiry closure ceremony. Photo by David P. Ball2012-06-12T21:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/05/17/self-care-and-social-change/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/david-self4.jpgdavid-self4Self-portrait. David P. 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Ball2012-04-22T00:34:26+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/04/20/pickton-inquiry-erin-brockovich-of-downtown-eastside-refuses-to-stay-silent-on-missing-women/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bonnie-fournier.jpgbonnie fournierBonnie Fournier is making a last-ditch appeal to testify at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Photo by David P. Ball2012-04-22T00:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/13/photo-dark-cloud-hangs-over-missing-womens-inquiry/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/robyn-gervais-mwci.jpgrobyn-gervais-mwciRobyn Gervais, the independent lawyer appointed to represent Aboriginal interests at the inquiry into the Robert Pickton police investigation of murdered and missing women, backed out of the hearing last month. Photo by David P. Ball2012-04-21T23:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/06/fukushima-anniversary-b-c-looks-south-to-closest-nuclear-plant/2012-03-19T23:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/06/missing-women-inquiry-lawyer-resigns-saying-police-given-priority-over-aboriginal-voices/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/robyn-gervais-mwci1.jpgrobyn-gervais-mwciRobyn Gervais, lawyer representing Aboriginal interests, resigned from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Photo by David P. Ball 2012-03-19T23:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2012/03/08/canadian-womens-foundation-fights-poverty-violence-against-women-and-sexual-slavery/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/candian-women-foundation.jpgcandian-women-foundationBeverley Wybrow, president and CEO of the Canadian Women's Foundation, hopes to empower women to overcome barriers. Photo by David P. 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Ball.2012-01-05T10:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/08/lunar-eclipse-to-turn-moon-eerily-orange-red-or-dark-bloody-brown-overnight/2012-01-05T10:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/10/17/families-of-missing-women-take-to-the-streets-joined-by-occupyvancouver/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/missing-women-1-600x400.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIndigenous women lay down blankets in memory of the nearly 600 women missing or murdered in Canada. Photo by David P. Ball 2012-01-05T09:50:34+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/06/fighting-violence-against-women-in-vancouvers-sex-trade/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jennifer-allen.jpgJennifer-AllenJennifer Allan, founder of Jen's Kitchen, experienced violence in the survival sex industry first-hand - and today she advocates for those in the trade. Photo by David P. Ball 2012-01-05T09:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/28/a-year-that-set-hearts-on-fire-from-arabspring-to-occupy-and-beyond/2012-01-05T09:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/27/occupy-the-new-year-reflections-on-covering-a-global-movement-2/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/revolution-oct15.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADemonstrators rally on the first day of Occupy Vancouver, October 15. Photo by David P. 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Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/landcand-burgess1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/landcand-burgess.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lastcand-winners2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALast Candidate Standing winner Lauren Gill (centre) with two finalists, Chris Shaw (left) and Aaron Spires -- all are vying for city council positions. Photos by David P. Ball 2012-01-05T09:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2006/07/19/a-farewell-to-beirut-under-siege/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/dball-seesawclose.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThousands of people were displaced by the Israeli invasion - these refugee children slept in a park in my neighbourhood. Photo by David P. Ball2012-01-05T09:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/08/skirmish-with-fire-department-leads-ex-occupy-organizers-to-reach-out-to-city/2012-01-05T09:20:20+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/13/ashlie-gough-death-unrelated-to-occupy-vancouver-says-family/2012-01-05T09:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/08/occupy-vancouver-prepared-for-potential-police-violence-medics/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/first-aid-tent.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ball2012-01-05T09:18:41+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2008/01/24/with-everything-at-stake-a-year-after-lebanon/2012-01-05T09:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/07/07/lebanon-rising/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lebanon-oula1.jpglebanon oulaOula Hajjar, a member of Montreal’s Tadamon collective. Hajjar was in Lebanon for the duration of the 2006 war. Photo: David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lebanon-montreal.jpglebanon montrealThousands march against Israel’s invasion of Lebanon on August 6, 2006 in Montreal. Photo: David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lebanon-oula.jpglebanon oulahttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lebanon-demo.jpglebanon demoA woman demonstrates in Montreal in solidarity with Lebanon during the July 2006 Israeli invasion [Photo: David P Ball]2012-01-05T09:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/09/they-had-weapons-pointed-at-our-heads-recalls-secret-gaza-flotilla-activist/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/karen-devito.jpgkaren-devitoKaren De Vito photo by David P. Ball.2012-01-05T09:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/08/01/copwatch-conference-seeking-alternatives-to-the-police/2012-01-05T09:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/13/occupy-vancouver-affordable-housing-march-decries-rising-prices-condominium-developers/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/live-simply.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"Live simply so that others may simply live." Photo by David P. Ball 2012-01-05T09:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/16/occupy-vancouver-geography-of-a-modern-agora/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/toilets-far2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/infrastructure-tent.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/healing-tent.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tea-house.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. 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Photo by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/vigil.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ball2012-01-05T08:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/06/occupy-vancouver-reflects-on-day-after-death-of-23-year-old-photo-essay/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-firefighters.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-supporters.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-reading-notice.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-notice2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-notice.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-construction.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-prayer.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-drumming.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-cityworker.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ballhttps://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ov-shrine2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ball2012-01-05T08:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/08/photo-mayoral-homelessness-debate/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/debate-candidates.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMayor Gregor Robertson and Councillor Suzanne Anton speak to the congregation at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church. Photo by David P. Ball 2012-01-05T08:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/11/09/ashlie-gough-didnt-want-to-die/2012-01-05T08:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.com/2011/12/12/mining-companies-face-heated-opposition-to-b-c-projects/https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mining3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhoto by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mining.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASeveral hundred people attended a protest against mining and pipelines November 6 in Vancouver. Photo by David P. Ball.https://davidpball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mining2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Ta'Kaiya Blaney, 10, of Sleiamun Nation, addressed an anti-mining crowd of several hundred. Photo by David P. Ball.2012-01-05T08:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://davidpball.comdaily1.02026-03-18T01:05:57+00:00