David P Ball

Award-Winning Multimedia Reporter & Photojournalist

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • home
  • Contact
  • Video
  • awards
  • Photography
    • Weddings & Celebrations
    • Image Licensing
  • portfolio
    • Untapped: A Nation’s fight for water
  • Radio/Podcasts

Tag Archives: Law

Organization of American States Joins International Scrutiny of Canada’s Missing Aboriginal Women

May 11, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is scrutinizing the disappearance of more than 600 aboriginal women in Canada, only months after the United Nations announced its own investigation.

Read Article →
Indian Country Today Media Network

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.

Read Article →
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.

Read Article →
Vancouver Observer

Tensions at Missing Women’s inquiry boil over

December 15, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

B.C.’s Missing Women’s Inquiry saw a pointed argument between the lawyer for families of Robert Pickton’s murder victims.

Read Article →
Vancouver Observer

Controversial Prosperity mine blocked by B.C. Supreme Court judge

December 2, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

After First Nations blockades, a controversial copper and gold mine faces a new hurdle: a judge.

Read Article →
Vancouver Observer

Legal challenge seeking George W. Bush’s arrest during B.C. visit fails

October 21, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

George W. Bush’s visit to Surrey, B.C., on Thursday was met with a protest and an unsuccessful courtroom bid to have him detained for torture during his presidency

Read Article →
rabble.ca, Truthout

Former Guantanamo prisoner supports Bush arrest

October 20, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

After spending five years as an extra-judicial prisoner of George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror,’ Murat Kurnaz is disappointed that Canada did not arrest the former U.S. president during his visit to Surrey

Read Article →
Vancouver Observer

Lawyers press for Bush arrest, as #Occupy activists set to converge in Surrey

October 19, 2011by David P. Ball

A 70-page legal indictment — accompanied by a staggering 4,000-page dossier — has been filed in B.C. court to have former George W. Bush arrested during his visit to Surrey tomorrow

Read Article →
Vancouver Observer

Families of missing women take to the streets, joined by #OccupyVancouver

October 17, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As a troubled inquiry into missing women entered its second week, family members of the disappeared took over a busy downtown intersection in opposition

Read Article →
Vancouver Observer

Police rough up anti-Cheney protesters

September 28, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney spoke in Vancouver on Monday night, several hundred people demanded his arrest on charges of war crimes and torture, blocking both entrances to the upscale Vancouver Club by linking arms, as others staged a sit-in lasting several hours.

Read Article →
rabble.ca

Post navigation

← Previous 1 … 6 7

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.

Search my reporting:

REPORTING PUBLISHED IN 150+ publications internationally, reaching billions:

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

View all publications >

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


Israel-Lebanon war



Stanley Cup riots



Grassy Narrows First Nation



News/Documentary



Portraits



Landscape/Environment

More photos

Topics

Affordable Housing Arts & Culture BC Politics Business & Economy Canada Border Services Agency Canadian Politics City Civil Liberties Climate Change Coal Comment Corruption Crime Development Downtown Eastside Drugs Education Elections Electoral Reform Energy Environment Faith Film Finances Fisheries Food Forestry Fracking Gender Gendered violence Health Health Care History Housing Human Rights Idle No More Immigration Indigenous International Journalism Labour Latin America Law LGBTQ Literature Maritime Mental Health Middle East Mining Missing Women Municipal Politics Music National Security Oil Industry Ontario Politics Pipelines Police Politics Poverty Profiles Public Safety Racism Refugees Sex work Social Movements Terrorism Trade Transportation United States Urban Planning US Politics Vancouver Politics War War on Terror Youth
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • David P Ball
    • Join 64 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • David P Ball
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar