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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'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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• Al Jazeera
• Globe & Mail
• Agence France-Presse
• Toronto Star
• The Guardian
• The Tyee
• VICE
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• National Post
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• Daily Mail UK
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• Georgia Straight
• Greystone Books Points of Interest
• Canada's National Observer Extract

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PHOTOGRAPHY

• Globe & Mail
• New York Post
• Bild am Sonntag (DE)
• National Post
• Toronto Star
• Georgia Straight
• VICE
• The Province
• Jakarta Post

IMAGES LICENSED for:

• Canadian Museum of History exhibit
• Canadian Museum of Human Rights exhibit
• Museum of Anthropology exhibit
• International School of Geneva exhibit
• Canadian Centre for Architecture exhibit
• University of Toronto Press cover, Responding to Human Trafficking (J Kaye)
• 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)
• Chenelière Éducation photo in textbook


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