Occupy Vancouver will remain despite police crackdown in U.S.
Undaunted by rain or reports of police violence at other Occupy sites, Vancouver protesters vow to stay the course
Tag Archives: Politics
In more than a decade of journalism, political and social issues have been a central focus of my work.
From award-recognized coverage of missing and murdered aboriginal women, to reporting from the election campaign trenches at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, my work has been published in the National Post, Toronto Star, The Tyee, Briarpatch, THIS Magazine, and Vancouver Observer.
Below are some samples from my politics portfolio.
Occupy Vancouver protesters target financial institutions with ‘run on the banks’
Demonstrators — buoyed by David Suzuki’s support for the Occupy movement — march against Canadian financial institutions, culminating in a boisterous take-over of a bank
#VanElxn: Occupy City Hall, decolonize Vancouver
In week two of The Left Coast Post’s election coverage, we interview the only City Council candidate camping at #OccupyVancouver
#VanElxn: Do developers control city hall?
In the first of The Left Coast Post’s eight-part series on the November 19 Vancouver civic elections, we meet journalist Tristan Markle
Policing the borders means policing Canadian journalism?
Professional reporter evicted from an important, far-reaching speech by Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney
Unions rally to support postal workers, as back-to-work law nears
Thousands of unionists rallied outside Canada Post’s offices in Winnipeg and Ottawa on Thursday in support of locked-out postal workers
Cooking up a storm: Tremors of Power at the G20
Eyewitness report column from the G20 protests and the largest mass arrests in Canadian history
The Psalters: Unsanitary Allegiance
In a Christian music scene dominated by catchy tunes, poppy fluff imitating hit radio, and a cookie-cutter message of personal salvation, the Psalters are something else completely – a ragged band of misfits seeking ways out of what they call “Empire,” comparing today’s economic and political realities with Rome
Lebanon war photo essay: ‘Tell about the children who dream dreams’
David Ball was in Lebanon when the bombs began to fall this summer. He was safely evacuated, but his life will never be the same, he writes.
Asbestos: Raven ThunderSky’s Struggle for Justice
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg woman says the deaths of her whole family could have been averted had the government and mining companies come clean to the public about the dangers of asbestos
David P Ball 