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Tag Archives: Canada Border Services Agency

Mexican woman dies in Canada Border Services custody

January 27, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The B.C. Coroners service has confirmed the death of a Mexican national who was being held by Canada Border Services Agency on Dec. 28

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24 Hours, Belleville Intelligencer, Brockville Recorder, Calgary Sun, Canoe.ca, Edmonton Examiner, Edmonton Sun, London Free Press, Sault Star, St Catharines Standard, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun

Deported migrant workers seek apology over ‘dehumanizing’ filmed raids

March 28, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

What Diana Thompson and her eight-year-old daughter hoped could at least be a tearful goodbye turned to sobs of frustration as her husband was evicted from Canada late last night.

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The Tyee

‘The system is made to be corrupt’: Mexican journalist in B.C. fights her deportation

January 20, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A B.C. journalist faced death threats in Mexico after blowing the whistle on corruption. Will Canada now deport her? The Left Coast Post investigates.

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rabble.ca

American guns, Canadian deaths

January 4, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

With four in the Lower Mainland dead and another wounded since Christmas Eve, VO investigates the source of the guns.

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Vancouver Observer

Five days of holiday gun violence in Surrey leaves death and soul searching in its wake

January 2, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Holiday shootings renew concerns about crime rates, stereotypes, gangs and drug laws in Surrey, B.C.

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Vancouver Observer

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About David P. Ball

I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISTS' DUTY TO INFORM, IMPACT & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

I am a reporter with CBC News, Canada's public broadcaster, in Vancouver.

I have experience in podcasting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, investigative & digital news.

BYLINES:

CBC. Toronto Star. Agence France-Presse. Globe & Mail. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

Previously B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse, the world's oldest news service, I also worked in the Toronto Star's B.C. bureau for four years, have hosted podcasts for CFRO 100.5fm and Cited Media, and did investigative and enterprise journalism at TheTyee.ca.

My work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Guardian, National Post, South China Morning Post, VICE, Le Monde, and the Times of India — and won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Jack Webster Foundation, and Canadian Journalism Foundation.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

Search my reporting:

Published in over 100 publications, reaching more than 1.5 billion readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• Agence France-Presse
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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