David P Ball
@davidpball.bsky.social
Freelance reporter, podcaster, photog & editor ¶ Co-founder: Debrief Communications ¶ Formerly CBC, TorStar, AFP, Tyee ¶ CAJ+Webster awards ¶ Bylines: Globe & Mail, Le Monde, Guardian, National Post etc ¶ Tips: david@davidpball.net
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David P Ball
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My first @indiginews.bsky.social newsletter
Wrote about Indigenous folks from here who traveled to #COP30 UN climate talks in Brazil—such as Indigenous Climate Action (indigenousclimateaction.com) & a former B.C. Wildfire fighter-turned-Secwepemc firekeeper
Read it here: mailchi.mp/indiginews/e...
Wrote about Indigenous folks from here who traveled to #COP30 UN climate talks in Brazil—such as Indigenous Climate Action (indigenousclimateaction.com) & a former B.C. Wildfire fighter-turned-Secwepemc firekeeper
Read it here: mailchi.mp/indiginews/e...
I gathered 12 of our most inspiring/impactful stories from 2025 at @indiginews.bsky.social
Will you help support this incredible, hard-hitting newsroom led & run by Indigenous women?
There’s one day left in our $20,000 Firekeepers campaign, and we’re 75% there! It’s not too late…but ends tomorrow!
Will you help support this incredible, hard-hitting newsroom led & run by Indigenous women?
There’s one day left in our $20,000 Firekeepers campaign, and we’re 75% there! It’s not too late…but ends tomorrow!
The Academy Awards. Reporting at the UN. Healing horses. Three generations of salmon-protectors. Multiple awards. IndigiNews reflects on our biggest stories of the year.
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Looking back at 2025: A year of powerful Indigenous storytelling
The Academy Awards. Reporting at the UN. Healing horses. Three generations of salmon-protectors. Multiple awards. IndigiNews reflects on our biggest stories of the year
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December 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I gathered 12 of our most inspiring/impactful stories from 2025 at @indiginews.bsky.social
Will you help support this incredible, hard-hitting newsroom led & run by Indigenous women?
There’s one day left in our $20,000 Firekeepers campaign, and we’re 75% there! It’s not too late…but ends tomorrow!
Will you help support this incredible, hard-hitting newsroom led & run by Indigenous women?
There’s one day left in our $20,000 Firekeepers campaign, and we’re 75% there! It’s not too late…but ends tomorrow!
“We hoped and believed such a thing could never happen here. It can”
So sickened to wake up to antisemitic horror on the 1st day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights
“Ahmed el Ahmed…fruit shop owner, tackled [a gunman] from behind, pulling the gun” away
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So sickened to wake up to antisemitic horror on the 1st day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights
“Ahmed el Ahmed…fruit shop owner, tackled [a gunman] from behind, pulling the gun” away
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘This is not the Australia I know’: How brave victims saved those around them
As a pair of gunmen unleashed hell at Bondi Beach, brave Sydneysiders defended their loved ones and passing strangers.
www.smh.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“We hoped and believed such a thing could never happen here. It can”
So sickened to wake up to antisemitic horror on the 1st day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights
“Ahmed el Ahmed…fruit shop owner, tackled [a gunman] from behind, pulling the gun” away
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
So sickened to wake up to antisemitic horror on the 1st day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights
“Ahmed el Ahmed…fruit shop owner, tackled [a gunman] from behind, pulling the gun” away
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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SCOOP: Simon Fraser University insists that its new medical school, the first to open in Western Canada in 55 years, is so new and different that its collective agreement with the SFU Faculty Association doesn't apply.
Read more @pressprogress.ca
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SFU Wants Only Non-Union Faculty at New Medical School
Simon Fraser contends that the med school is so new and different that its existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply
pressprogress.ca
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
SCOOP: Simon Fraser University insists that its new medical school, the first to open in Western Canada in 55 years, is so new and different that its collective agreement with the SFU Faculty Association doesn't apply.
Read more @pressprogress.ca
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Read more @pressprogress.ca
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B.C. emergency management:
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
B.C. emergency management:
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
• Access between Lower Mainland and Interior closed
• Nooksack River topped its banks around 2pm, water going across border to Sumas prairie
• Rainfall in Fraser Valley now easing up
• Nooksack flows expected to peak ~10pm, hold til 4-6am, then decline
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BREAKING: Officials in Sumas, Wash., immediately south of Abbotsford will be sounding their flood siren that warns residents to evacuate. This is a sign of likely flooding in Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
BREAKING: Officials in Sumas, Wash., immediately south of Abbotsford will be sounding their flood siren that warns residents to evacuate. This is a sign of likely flooding in Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford.
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Today on #GivingTuesday, we call on our Firekeepers to help us reach the goal of raising $20,000 by 11:59pm PST, December 31, 2025.
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Will you help us tend to the fire?
IndigiNews is launching a fundraising campaign to support our storytelling into 2026
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December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today on #GivingTuesday, we call on our Firekeepers to help us reach the goal of raising $20,000 by 11:59pm PST, December 31, 2025.
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I've been so honoured to help the editing team at @indiginews.bsky.social since 2024
Today on #GivingTuesday, we call on our community of Firekeepers to help us reach the goal of raising $20,000.
THANK YOU for supporting Indigenous-owned and -run media!
Today on #GivingTuesday, we call on our community of Firekeepers to help us reach the goal of raising $20,000.
THANK YOU for supporting Indigenous-owned and -run media!
Will you help us tend to the fire?
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December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've been so honoured to help the editing team at @indiginews.bsky.social since 2024
Today on #GivingTuesday, we call on our community of Firekeepers to help us reach the goal of raising $20,000.
THANK YOU for supporting Indigenous-owned and -run media!
Today on #GivingTuesday, we call on our community of Firekeepers to help us reach the goal of raising $20,000.
THANK YOU for supporting Indigenous-owned and -run media!
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
My first @indiginews.bsky.social newsletter
Wrote about Indigenous folks from here who traveled to #COP30 UN climate talks in Brazil—such as Indigenous Climate Action (indigenousclimateaction.com) & a former B.C. Wildfire fighter-turned-Secwepemc firekeeper
Read it here: mailchi.mp/indiginews/e...
Wrote about Indigenous folks from here who traveled to #COP30 UN climate talks in Brazil—such as Indigenous Climate Action (indigenousclimateaction.com) & a former B.C. Wildfire fighter-turned-Secwepemc firekeeper
Read it here: mailchi.mp/indiginews/e...
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My first @indiginews.bsky.social newsletter
Wrote about Indigenous folks from here who traveled to #COP30 UN climate talks in Brazil—such as Indigenous Climate Action (indigenousclimateaction.com) & a former B.C. Wildfire fighter-turned-Secwepemc firekeeper
Read it here: mailchi.mp/indiginews/e...
Wrote about Indigenous folks from here who traveled to #COP30 UN climate talks in Brazil—such as Indigenous Climate Action (indigenousclimateaction.com) & a former B.C. Wildfire fighter-turned-Secwepemc firekeeper
Read it here: mailchi.mp/indiginews/e...
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I used to be a weekly listener to this show and I'm not sure why I stopped because every time I roadtrip I listen and it is still producing amazing stuff. This episode found a relatively benign yet overall far more devastating way to tell the story of how ICE is impacting families
In every house, behind every closed door, a private drama is unfolding. In the Rivera house, the drama comes in the form of a question: should they stay or should they go?
Under One Roof
What’s great about living in a family is that everyone sees everything differently. Also, that’s what’s awful about living in a family. We go behind closed doors with two families. Visit…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I used to be a weekly listener to this show and I'm not sure why I stopped because every time I roadtrip I listen and it is still producing amazing stuff. This episode found a relatively benign yet overall far more devastating way to tell the story of how ICE is impacting families
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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
May 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
“indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect“
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect“
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Incredible digging by CBC’s Visual Investigations team. Uncovering todays white supremacist movement in Canada
And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
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And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Incredible digging by CBC’s Visual Investigations team. Uncovering todays white supremacist movement in Canada
And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More "great" policing, even when victims are the Environment Minister they're dismissed - provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid against Keon Woronuk, Derek Riddell and Joel Odorski
Now she's suing
Now she's suing
A Lethbridge police officer searched Shannon Phillips on database after overhearing the 'tail end' of a conversation
Provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lethbridge officer searched ex-Alberta MLA on database after overhearing 'tail end' of conversation: report | CBC News
After "completely unsatisfying" investigation outcome and no criminal charges, Shannon Phillips plans to continue with lawsuit against her city's police.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
More "great" policing, even when victims are the Environment Minister they're dismissed - provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid against Keon Woronuk, Derek Riddell and Joel Odorski
Now she's suing
Now she's suing
Great policing work. Seems like it doesn't matter what country it is, if the victims are viewed as disposable or irrelevant by officers, they don't investigate. Familiar?
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A 20-minute date with a Tinder predator 'destroyed' my life for years
Nadia said the abuse started after she ended their date early because of "red flags".
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great policing work. Seems like it doesn't matter what country it is, if the victims are viewed as disposable or irrelevant by officers, they don't investigate. Familiar?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as the Interior Health Authority denied massive data breach for a decade.
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as B.C. health agency denied massive data breach for a decade | CBC News
For a decade, a B.C. government agency denied a data breach that affected 28,000 health-care workers, creating a situation that one privacy expert says opened the door for fraud artists to continue cr...
www.cbc.ca
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as the Interior Health Authority denied massive data breach for a decade.
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
If you’re appalled by the killing of 60,000+ Palestinians, “your fury will be entirely directed at the Israeli government and have nothing to do with Jews: the line between the two will be sharp & clear in your own mind.” But for some “the line is not so clear”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland
This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you’re appalled by the killing of 60,000+ Palestinians, “your fury will be entirely directed at the Israeli government and have nothing to do with Jews: the line between the two will be sharp & clear in your own mind.” But for some “the line is not so clear”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“We all get on,” says a local resident. "Hatred is just not welcome here."
The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
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The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect shot dead by police
Video from the scene, verified by the BBC, shows a man with items strapped around his waist. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“We all get on,” says a local resident. "Hatred is just not welcome here."
The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
Angela Marie MacDougall, with Battered Women's Support Services (@endingviolence.bsky.social), accuses police of escalating the situation by barking commands & their tactical stance, and calls relying on Google Translate to speak to Renteria Valencia "appalling”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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IIO clears police of wrongdoing in fatal shooting of Surrey mom, calls actions 'reasonable' | CBC News
The findings are drawing criticism from an advocacy group for domestic violence victims. It faults the police response and says systemic conditions contributed to the fatal shooting.
www.cbc.ca
September 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Angela Marie MacDougall, with Battered Women's Support Services (@endingviolence.bsky.social), accuses police of escalating the situation by barking commands & their tactical stance, and calls relying on Google Translate to speak to Renteria Valencia "appalling”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1/ Who owns ProPublica?
In today’s media landscape, there are so many questions about who’s pulling the strings in a newsroom — is it wealthy owners, advertisers, politicians?
Not here. 🧵
In today’s media landscape, there are so many questions about who’s pulling the strings in a newsroom — is it wealthy owners, advertisers, politicians?
Not here. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
1/ Who owns ProPublica?
In today’s media landscape, there are so many questions about who’s pulling the strings in a newsroom — is it wealthy owners, advertisers, politicians?
Not here. 🧵
In today’s media landscape, there are so many questions about who’s pulling the strings in a newsroom — is it wealthy owners, advertisers, politicians?
Not here. 🧵
watching Robert Redford interviews on Indigenous allyship & corporate power with @democracynow.org
“Stories that were worth telling were stories about what’s the truth beneath the truth that you’re given, or you think you know”
www.democracynow.org/2012/1/24/ro...
“Stories that were worth telling were stories about what’s the truth beneath the truth that you’re given, or you think you know”
www.democracynow.org/2012/1/24/ro...
Robert Redford on How Truth Telling, Challenging Power Fuels His Passion for Independent Film
Robert Redford is well known as an actor, a director, a producer and an activist. Since 1980, through the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute, Robert Redford has helped independent voice...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
watching Robert Redford interviews on Indigenous allyship & corporate power with @democracynow.org
“Stories that were worth telling were stories about what’s the truth beneath the truth that you’re given, or you think you know”
www.democracynow.org/2012/1/24/ro...
“Stories that were worth telling were stories about what’s the truth beneath the truth that you’re given, or you think you know”
www.democracynow.org/2012/1/24/ro...
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the website that lists Rachel first as someone allegedly celebrating Kirk's murder screenshots a tweet where she explicitly condemns violence & says she hopes he survives. for that she's receiving death & rape threats
SCOOP
“I have folks claiming my information is all over 4chan telling me in the same breath that they hope I get ‘raped and killed’" @rachelgilmore.bsky.social tells me, after her information was posted to a site called Charlie's Murderers
www.wired.com/story/right-...
“I have folks claiming my information is all over 4chan telling me in the same breath that they hope I get ‘raped and killed’" @rachelgilmore.bsky.social tells me, after her information was posted to a site called Charlie's Murderers
www.wired.com/story/right-...
Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death
Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.
www.wired.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
the website that lists Rachel first as someone allegedly celebrating Kirk's murder screenshots a tweet where she explicitly condemns violence & says she hopes he survives. for that she's receiving death & rape threats
There’s a special place in hell for Ticketmaster & their insatiable demand for password resets that must be (a) never used before in my life, & (b) far more secure than any I need for government tax logins and banking
At this point I have no clue how I will remember this & won‘t store codes online
At this point I have no clue how I will remember this & won‘t store codes online
September 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There’s a special place in hell for Ticketmaster & their insatiable demand for password resets that must be (a) never used before in my life, & (b) far more secure than any I need for government tax logins and banking
At this point I have no clue how I will remember this & won‘t store codes online
At this point I have no clue how I will remember this & won‘t store codes online
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September 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM