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Tag Archives: Downtown Eastside

Can Portland Hotel Society’s New Boss Restore Faith?

June 26, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

‘There won’t be any more Disneyland trips,’ says new head of beleaguered nonprofit.

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The Tyee

DTES transformation set at $1 billion

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

Vancouver released its proposal for the troubled Downtown Eastside neighbourhood Thursday at a price tag of more than $1 billion.

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24 Hours

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

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

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

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Huffington Post Canada, Megaphone magazine, The Tyee

Missing Women charity head says controversy unfair judgment

October 30, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The director of a Downtown Eastside non-profit is challenging allegations he owes money to people who did work for the missing women’s advocacy group.

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24 Hours

Native youth leader resigns over ‘unusual’ police DNA demand

August 22, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Vancouver Police Department’s alleged refusal to issue a criminal record check for a prominent youth leader – because he wouldn’t submit a DNA sample – has forced him to abandon an organization he’s volunteered at for 13 years.

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24 Hours

DTES picketers, businesses trade bullying barbs

July 11, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The anti-gentrification war in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is heating up after a group of nonprofits and businesses labelled protesters as “bullies.”

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24 Hours

Remembering Bonnie Fournier: Longtime street nurse remembered as ‘integrity in action’

June 24, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Street nurse Bonnie Fournier is remembered as the “mom of the Downtown Eastside.”

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Megaphone magazine

Study Details Canada’s ‘Perfect Storm’ Housing Problem

June 20, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Eroding incomes and plunging rental stock leave 380,600 households in ‘severe’ need.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Advocates call for ‘social impact’ assessments of new Downtown Eastside developments

June 12, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The city should require low-income “social impact assessments” of all new businesses and condominiums in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Families of Four Pickton Victims File Sweeping Lawsuit

May 9, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Named: RCMP, VPD, City of Vancouver, justice minister, crown prosecutors. Pickton siblings accused of ‘abetting’ murders.

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The Tyee

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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

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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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