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Tag Archives: Health Care

National Post Exclusive: MDMA Trauma Therapy Breakthrough

December 27, 2016by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Exclusive investigation: Exactly a century after ecstasy was first patented, Health Canada has approved the drug’s import for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors’ therapy.

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National Post

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

EXCLUSIVE: Vancouver Backs Undocumented Migrant ‘Sanctuary’

May 29, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Policy would let municipal agencies refuse to give info about ‘illegals’ to immigration authorities.

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The Tyee

Fraser Health to ‘respect’ religious views on vaccines

March 31, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A measles outbreak has reached roughly 320 diagnosed cases this week, Fraser Health reported Monday, making it the worst of its kind in B.C. history.

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24 Hours

Milestone hit with 400th B.C. heart transplant

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

Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. For one Port Coquitlam man, he had a chance to hold his heart in his hands.

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24 Hours

Burnaby General Hospital’s ER flooded after cop cars smashed

December 8, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Burnaby RCMP have filed theft and mischief charges against a man they say destroyed six of their cruisers using two stolen vehicles and then flooded Burnaby General Hospital’s emergency ward room early Sunday morning.

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24 Hours, Sun News Network

Top 24 Under 24: Children’s hospice volunteer embodies community spirit

October 21, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Salina Dharamsi epitomizes the volunteer spirit in her quest to help children. For eight years, the 22-year-old has been a friend to kids at Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, taught nutrition in the Downtown Eastside and tutored youth with learning disabilities.

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24 Hours

Trust of Care: Migrant women rally around undocumented moms-to-be

September 25, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Amidst hardening rhetoric against “illegal immigrants,” a network of health workers, many refugees themselves, have begun quietly filling gaps faced by non-status women in B.C.

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This Magazine

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

‘When we fight, we win’: Health coalition pushes for change

January 16, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Ontario is leading the way towards an American-style private health care system, says the Ontario Health Coalition. But communities are mobilizing to protect medicare.

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This Magazine

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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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