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Tag Archives: BC Politics

Missing women inquiry ends in outrage: ‘We need more answers, what really happened?’

June 8, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Michele Pineault’s daughter was killed on Robert Pickton’s farm, one of Canada’s 600 missing and murdered Native women. She spoke with the Left Coast Post at a closure ceremony on Wednesday.

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rabble.ca

B.C. plan to regulate on reserve raises jurisdiction concerns

June 1, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The British Columbia government stands to regulate on-reserve business development for the first time under new legislation.

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Raven's Eye newspaper, Windspeaker newspaper

Mistrust, Frustration Deepen as Police Spying on Pipeline Critics Comes to Light

May 22, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Aboriginal leaders are outraged after secret documents revealed that police have been keeping tabs on critics of Enbridge Corp.’s Northern Gateway pipeline.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

Vancouver’s arts and culture bleeding out in “steady migration”, warn city creatives

May 9, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Underneath the vibrant, diverse surface of a thriving arts and culture scene, Vancouver faces a loss of its brightest painters, dancers, designers, makers and performers to greener pastures. VO investigates how rising real estate prices are crunching our city’s artists.

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Vancouver Observer

Inquiry’s failure succeeds in pulling together groups

May 1, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A coalition of interested groups have rejected pleas to rejoin BC’s missing women inquiry, saying they will instead focus on a United Nations investigation and proposed royal commission.

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Windspeaker newspaper

Joe Oliver’s Speech Coloured By “Racism”: First Nations Grand Chief

March 22, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Natural Resources Minister’s comments go beyond paternalism and border on racist, First Nations Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said.

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Huffington Post Canada, Vancouver Observer

Sara MacIntyre brings Harper-style media-repression tactics to Premier Christy Clark’s office

March 17, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Sara MacIntyre, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former press secretary, made a splash in her first week on the job as British Columbia Premier Christy Clark’s media handler. And handle the press, she did.

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Vancouver Observer

Toronto Star photograph: Lawyer quits Missing Women Inquiry

March 7, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Lawyer Robyn Gervais resigns from Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.

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The Toronto Star

Missing women inquiry lawyer resigns, saying police given priority over Aboriginal voices

March 6, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The Pickton inquiry faced a new setback today, as the lawyer for Aboriginal interests quit – the latest in a string of boycotts and criticisms which some say has cost the commission its legitimacy.

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Vancouver Observer

National Geographic explorer Wade Davis on Enbridge, First Nations and mining

February 26, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Speaking out on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and mining near his home, the author of Sacred Headwaters spoke with VO on nature, industry and First Nations.

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Vancouver Observer

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About David P. Ball


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

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

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

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

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

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REPORTING PUBLISHED IN 150+ publications internationally, reaching billions:

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IMAGES LICENSED for:

• Canadian Museum of History exhibit
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• International School of Geneva exhibit
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• University of Toronto Press photo in Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women (A Dean)
• John Wiley & Sons photo in Abnormal Psychology 5th Canadian Ed. (ed. G Davison)
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