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Top 24 Under 24: Need for speed fuels teen racer

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

Since graduating from high school earlier this year, Scott Hargrove’s life has been consumed by car racing.

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24 Hours

Top 24 Under 24: Vancouver playwright pursues childhood dream

October 29, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As co-artistic producer at Vancouver’s self-described “uber-indie” Delinquent Theatre, Christine Quintana isn’t waiting for fame before mentoring aspiring playwrights younger than herself.

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24 Hours

Top 24 Under 24: Soccer champ shoots for medical studies

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

Kinesiology student Paul Clerc has managed to keep his grades up in hopes of entering medical school while traveling the world playing soccer.

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24 Hours

Top 24 Under 24: Angelica Poversky, The Poet

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

As Top 24 Under 24’s youngest nominee, Angelica Poversky embodies the youthful enthusiasm and curiosity which most older nominees cite as a key ingredient.

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24 Hours

Top 24 Under 24: Local engineer aims to robo-sail across Atlantic

October 24, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Whether trying to sail a robotic boat across the Atlantic or serving in the Norwegian Coast Guard, Kristoffer Vik Hansen has a passion for the high seas.

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24 Hours

Top 24 Under 24: ‘Supernatural’ actress hopes to inspire girls

October 23, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Recently turned 23, New Image College of Fine Arts graduate Mary Galloway has played lead actress in two feature films, as well as a coveted part in the hit U.S. series Supernatural.

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24 Hours

Top 24 Under 24: Vancouver’s young Indiana Jones has global ambitions

October 23, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

At the tender age of 20, Vancouver archeology student Matthew Go has already discovered a 1,200-year-old priestess tomb, excavated roughly 30 skeletons, and hopes to one day help bring closure for victims of international mass killings.

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24 Hours

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

Bob Rae speaks about his new role in Ring of Fire talks

August 1, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

On June 19, long-time Member of Parliament, one-time Liberal Party chief, and former NDP provincial premier Bob Rae revealed he would be stepping down in order to negotiate on behalf of nine First Nations over the region’s resource development.

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Windspeaker newspaper

Sara MacIntyre brings Harper-style media-repression tactics to Premier Christy Clark’s office

March 17, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Sara MacIntyre, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former press secretary, made a splash in her first week on the job as British Columbia Premier Christy Clark’s media handler. And handle the press, she did.

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Vancouver Observer

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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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