Reporter, Editor, Photojournalist, Podcaster ¶ Formerly CBC, TorStar, Tyee ¶ Bylines AFP, Globe, National Post ¶ Bluesky/Threads: @davidpball (see bio link)

David P. Ball’s Journalist Portfolio

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Status: Inside Vancouver's Sanctuary Movement

Status: Inside Vancouver's Sanctuary Movement

The Tyee — For Metro Vancouver's undocumented immigrants, fear of discovery lurks in emergency rooms, schools, the local bus. A multimedia series.

Veterans Deploy 'Boots on the Ground' to Help Homeless Comrades

Veterans Deploy 'Boots on the Ground' to Help Homeless Comrades

Huffington Post — 'We would never leave them in the field, ever. You're not going to leave them on the street.'

These Nuclear Physicists Think David Suzuki Is Exaggerating about Fukushima

 These Nuclear Physicists Think David Suzuki Is Exaggerating about Fukushima

VICE — Just when many of us were already asking “WTF is going on in Fukushima?” along comes venerated Canadian scientist David Suzuki with the most ominous warning yet. But some of the world's top physicists are raising their eyebrows.

'It opens your heart': Canada approves use of ecstasy in study into post-traumatic stress disorder

'It opens your heart': Canada approves use of ecstasy in study into post-traumatic stress disorder

National Post — Exactly a century after ecstasy was first patented, Health Canada has approved the drug's import for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors' therapy. A Post exclusive.

Cross-border Coal War?

Cross-border Coal War?

The Tyee — As North American producers massively ramp up plans to export coal to Asia, B.C. figures large in their plans -- and in opposition efforts of citizens worried about climate change. A Canadian Association of Journalists and Jack Webster award-winning series.

A Foot in the Door: Canadians on the Housing Brink

A Foot in the Door: Canadians on the Housing Brink

Tyee Solutions Society — Affordable housing used to be an accepted right in Canada. For many, it's falling ever further out of reach -- a silent national crisis. In this election-year series, the Tyee Solutions Society looks at what's failed, and how it can be fixed.

Will Canada Unblock this People's 'Road to Freedom'?

Will Canada Unblock this People's 'Road to Freedom'?

The Tyee — The First Nation of Shoal Lake 40 are surrounded by water they can't drink but Winnipeg can. But they have a dream.

False Creek South: An Experiment in Community

False Creek South: An Experiment in Community

Tyee Solutions Society — Sky-high rents and housing prices are among Vancouver's most pressing and persistent challenges. But decades ago, three levels of government agreed to build something a little crazy. Funny thing: it mostly worked.