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Tag Archives: Pipelines

Union support, affidavits boost lawsuit’s efforts to halt Canada-China investment deal

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

Unions, citizen groups, and environmentalists have joined a growing chorus alarmed about a secretive investment deal with China, voicing their support yesterday for a First Nation’s lawsuit seeking to halt the agreement.

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The Tyee

Unpaid fines, leaks and spills at volumes beyond worst case scenarios for Enbridge Inc.

February 18, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A withering report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board was notEnbridge’s only oil spill challenge in the summer of 2012.

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Vancouver Observer

Enbridge’s pipeline spills, PR headaches and corporate history

February 5, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

You’ve heard the names. You’ve seen the headlines. But what, exactly, is Enbridge – the key player behind Canada’s most controversial industrial proposal?

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Vancouver Observer

Métis group joins Save the Fraser Declaration against pipeline

January 31, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Could the battle against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline have a parallel in the NorthWest Rebellion, the 1885 uprising of Métis and First Nations which led to Canada’s infamous hanging of Louis Riel and others?

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Windspeaker newspaper

No to these pipelines! Kinder Morgan pipeline under fire

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

Labour, First Nations and environmentalists warn that too much is at stake with the TransMountain project.

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This Magazine

Happy New Year: Stories of 2012

January 2, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Here’s a look back over some of my key stories of the last year.

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Briarpatch magazine, Canadian Dimension, Georgia Straight, Huffington Post Canada, Indian Country Today Media Network, National Post, rabble.ca, The Toronto Star, This Magazine, Vancouver Observer

Book: Extract – The Pipeline Wars (Vol. I: Enbridge)

December 15, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Chapter on Enbridge’s Kalamazoo River oil spill disaster.

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Extract, Vancouver Observer

U.S. and Canada-Wide Protests Target Pacific Trails’ Proposed Fracking Pipeline

November 27, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Activists in Canada, the U.S. and all the way to Trinidad and Tobago are staging protests on November 27 in support of a blockade against a natural gas pipeline and fracking project in northern British Columbia.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

‘We’re stopping them … There’s no way around us’: Wet’suwet’en evict Pacific Trails Pipeline

November 26, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

One week after hereditary leaders of the Wet’suwet’en nation, in northern B.C., evicted Apache company-hired surveyors from their traditional territories, allies across Canada and the U.S. are holding protests in solidarity with the pipeline blockade.

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rabble.ca

Spiritual Leaders Vow to Defend Mother Earth from Oil Sands and Pipelines With Spiritual Declaration

November 23, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Indigenous spiritual leaders from across the continent have launched a declaration to protect Mother Earth from the impacts of development in Canada’s oil sands mega-project.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

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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.

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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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• University of Toronto Press photo in Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women (A Dean)
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