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Tag Archives: Sports

Stanley Cup rioters ‘lost their minds,’ beating victim testifies

February 5, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A man called by many a Good Samaritan testified Wednesday that people “just lost their minds” during the 2011 Stanley Cup riot.

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24 Hours

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: 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

NHL player faces illegal grizzly hunting accusation

September 17, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service is investigating allegations that NHL player Clayton Stoner hunted a grizzly bear illegally.

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24 Hours, Sun News Network

Campaign to Rename Nepean Redskins Grows in Canada

October 7, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Controversy over racist sports team names is growing in Canada, sparked by furor that erupted over a Facebook bid to rename the Nepean Redskins, an Ontario youth football team.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

Snowboarding and skiing on the North Shore a thrilling Vancouver nightlife experience

January 31, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

West Vancouver’s Cypress mountain shimmers on the horizon nightly, offering one thing Whistler doesn’t: late hours and excellent night skiing and boarding.

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Vancouver Observer

Vancouver Police Chief, media commentators blame ‘anarchists’ for Stanley Cup riot

June 16, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

VANCOUVER – An eyewitness account of the 2011 Stanley Cup riot and its aftermath

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The Media Co-op

Athletes bring home medals

August 7, 2002by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Salt Spring’s young athletes and a veteran soccer coach came away from the B.C. Summer Games last weekend with two gold medals and four bronzes

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Gulf Islands Driftwood newspaper

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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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