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Arshy Mann

@arshy.bsky.social
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Journalist, displaced Vancouverite. Co-founder of The Hatchet, a podcast & newsletter dedicating to exposing power and money in Canada. Subscribe at hatchetmedia.substack.com.

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 02/09/2026
Toronto Mayoral Candidate Who Does Not Want Support From People Who “Sow Division,” Attended an Event with Individuals who have Shared Islamophobic Beliefs Brad Bradford recently disavowed a supporter with Islamophobic beliefs. pressprogress.ca/toronto-mayo...
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Toronto Mayoral Candidate Who Does Not Want Support From People Who “Sow Division,” Attended an Event with Individuals who have Shared Islamophobic Beliefs
Brad Bradford recently disavowed a supporter with Islamophobic beliefs.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 03/09/2026
Exclusive: Former BC Conservative Staffer Alleges Questionable Conduct, Racial Discrimination From Former Party Chief of Staff Apollo Chung claims doctored recordings contributed to a narrative about his departure pressprogress.ca/exclusive-fo...
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Exclusive: Former BC Conservative Staffer Alleges Questionable Conduct, Racial Discrimination From Former Party Chief of Staff
Apollo Chung claims doctored recordings contributed to a narrative about his departure
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Last year, the Longueuil police shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy. Today, the Montreal police have announced numerous charges….against his friends. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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11 youths charged after SPVM investigates moments prior to police killing Longueuil teen | CBC News
On Tuesday, Montreal police announced that 11 suspects are facing criminal charges following an investigation into the moments leading to the killing of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi. The suspects were be...
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Inside Canada’s Billionaire Sexual Assault Trial
The prosecution against Frank Stronach has been a disaster for the Crown. But does it say anything about how the justice system handles sexual crimes by powerful people?
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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This week's The Hatchet with @arshy.bsky.social and @breachmedia.ca with @desmondcole.bsky.social and El Jones podcasts are excellent paired listenings about the unacceptable lack of police oversight and accountability in Canada. #AbolitionNow podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Police violence got worse—but media stopped paying attention
Podcast Episode · The Breach Show · June 4 · 45m
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Dr. Collin Chepeka 🇵🇸 @collinchepeka.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Some of the best audio journalism is being done by @arshy.bsky.social and The Hatchet and they deserve your money substack.com/@arshymann/n...
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The Killing of Nooran Rezayi | A Few Bad Apples
In the first edition of our new, ongoing series into police misconduct, we cover the daylight killing of an unarmed child by a Quebec police force
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Protocols for Publishers @protocolsforpublishers.com · 27/05/2026
Bluesky are in #Toronto for #ttw2026 #TorontoTechWeek doing some events with @gandersocial.ca and also a Pub night with @arshy.bsky.social of The Hatchet #journalism Added to the PfP✨ Luma too for our community. If you are in the area tonight and tomorrow check them out! luma.com/protocolsfor...
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Protocols for Publishers · Events Calendar
View and subscribe to events from Protocols for Publishers on Luma. Bringing together publishers and developers for a sustainable agentic web
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column on Danielle Smith cribbing from the Orbán playbook as she is turning Alberta into a similar illiberal democracy, complete with attacking queer and trans people #canqueer #cdnpoli
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Democracy is under attack in Alberta. Queer and trans people are in the crossfire | Xtra Magazine
Attacking queer rights is a part of the province’s larger democratic backslide
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thank god. Permanent daylight savings is one of the most universally popular policies and yet everyone refused to move on it. Now the rest of the country needs to follow suit!
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
You should also read @arshy.bsky.social long & deep research into the many more decades incidents of police intimidation & bullying. Including our new High Commissioner to the UK & former Liberal cabinet minister.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
this is true for every city and town in canada. and including the RCMP. seems like a problem
At first glance, all of these controversies might seem to have little do with one another. But what unites all of these, as well as the most recent corruption scandal, is that they all share the same root cause — impunity. The cops simply aren’t accountable to anyone outside of themselves. Like other municipal police forces across the country, the TPS isn’t merely a public service provided by the city to its residents. It has morphed into a power centre of its own, the most influential and untouchable political entity in the city. This allows the police to ensure that the systems that are set up to hold them to account are defanged, allowing both individual officers and the force as a whole to do as they wish.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Ja. Das stimmt. Genau.
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Stitched @stitched.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Toronto Police Has Been a Rogue Agency for Too Long. Rein Them In. hatchetmedia.substack.com?utm_source=n...
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The Hatchet | Arshy Mann | Substack
The Hatchet is a publication focused on exposing power and money in Canada. Created by Arshy Mann and Jordan Cornish. Click to read The Hatchet, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
We’ve also got a written version that people can read on our Substack. open.substack.com/pub/hatchetm...
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The Toronto Police Has Been a Rogue Agency for Too Long. Rein Them In.
The latest corruption scandal is only the latest example of how the Toronto Police have become a broken institution accountable to no one.
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Excellent episode of The Hatchet with @arshy.bsky.social. The recent police scandal is not “a few bad apples,” the Toronto Police have been operating like organized crime for generations. They act with impunity, refuse reform, and target and punish their critics: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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The Toronto Police Has Been a Rogue Agency for Too Long. Rein Them In.
Podcast Episode · The Hatchet · 2026-02-14 · 29m
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
A Canadian Christmas Carol
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Jesse Woodward @woodward.chly.ca · 03/12/2025
SADDLE UP COWBOYS!
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Jesse Woodward @woodward.chly.ca · 03/12/2025
Whole lot of Conservative MLA's apparently not on side with this, and apparently it's not quite clear what "professionally incapacitated" here means. Their bylaws reference "incapacitation:, but in legal terms, that's generally a specific thing. I'm sure this is going to get even more spicy.
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Brian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I am not a lawyer, but it sure seems like the BC Conservatives are trying to get rid of Rustad by using a clause in their constitution meant for a situation where the leader is, you know, in a coma or something
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The BC Conservative Party just announced they have removed John Rustad as their party leader. Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
No surprise, but Carney's Liberals are down *fifteen points* in Metro Vancouver in just the last month. Alongside Quebec, the Lower Mainland is what led Carney to victory in the last election. angusreid.org/carney-smith...
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Pipeline Politics: Post MOU announcement, Carney’s approval unchanged in B.C., picks up in Alberta - Angus Reid Institute
Liberals lose ground on vote intention in B.C., however, with Green Party and CPC picking up defectors December 1, 2025 – New public opinion polling data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute – the...
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A few weeks ago, we put out an episode with @jmcelroy.bsky.social where we talked a lot about how the Rest of Canada tends to ignore or misunderstand BC. And the last few weeks of federal politics seem like a perfect encapsulation of that. hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/visions-of...
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Visions of Vancouver (w/ Justin McElroy)
Reflections on a misunderstood city with Vancouver's most beloved journalist
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
It’s amazing how much BC is being pushed to the fringes right now. The Carney gov’t has been negotiating with Alberta & Sask on pipelines, without BC. All while Saskatchewan’s potash monopolist chooses the US over BC. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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Saskatchewan firm's plan to export through Washington state instead of B.C. has David Eby fuming
Vaughn Palmer: Nutrien Ltd. says Longview, Washington, makes more sense than B.C. ports for a host of cost reasons
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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 11/11/2025
Really excited about The North State this week. Now that the dust has settled on Budget 2025, I felt now was the time to really dive into it. I had three great journalists on a panel, @karynpugliese.bsky.social, @arshy.bsky.social and @ianagp.bsky.social, to discuss the budget and coverage. #cdnpoli
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Panel: Sifting Through the Sludge of Budget 2025 (The North State Podcast)
Hilarious journalists vivisect Liberal proposed spending
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Pabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Not only was it great to be on @youcaughtscott.com's show - but this dude ↪️ @arshy.bsky.social ↩️ and I used to work at ... 🤔...a podcasting company.. 😎 together. Reunited and it feels so goood🎵🎶 + I learned a cowload from @iangp.bsky.social about the #military also. #cdnpoli #indigenous #climate
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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
BLOODY HELL
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
And please listen to our episode with Stewart Bell from @globalnews.ca about how the Indian government has been blackmailing everyday Canadians. open.substack.com/pub/hatchetm...
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How the Indian Government Extorts Canadians Into Becoming Spies
An inside look at how a foreign power blackmails Canadian citizens into denouncing their political beliefs and spying on their behalf.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
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Intercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s assassination | Globalnews.ca
British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This budget is further confirmation that Mark Carney is Stephen Harper’s political heir.
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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 04/11/2025
This week on The North State, I’ve got budgets on the mind. Not the federal budget, but how the hell independent journalists get paid. I sat down with @arshy.bsky.social of The Hatchet and then @nicolefroio.bsky.social of @theflytrapmedia.com to get the ins and outs of paying for news. #cdnnews
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The Pay Wall of it All (The North State Podcast)
We're (not) in the money
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Allison Smith @allisonsmith52.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
"Despite his prior sexual assault conviction, previous breach of bail conditions and Century’s link to the latest sexual assault charges, Holland was granted bail in August and continues to work at the nightclub."
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 03/11/2025
NEW: I went on The Hatchet to speak to @arshy.bsky.social about Danielle Smith’s culture war. open.substack.com/pub/hatchetm...
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Wild, Wild (Rose) Country
A check-in on Danielle Smith's Alberta, and why outsiders (including me) continue to be confounded by Canada's wildest province.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Sign the petition in the thread. NIMBY groups are gathering again to defeat retail in neighbourhoods. Just saw a letter from “no more noise” objecting. It’s a city. Stop sterilizing it. Biz/cafes/even bars in neighbourhoods work in humane cities around the world.
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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Great piece from Dale. In my opinion, we're going to jail enormous numbers of innocent people because the feds and the provinces refuse to fix the delays in the justice system.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Really loved this conversation, please give it a listen!
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Absolute banger of an episode of The Hatchet. @arshy.bsky.social interviews @nolore.bsky.social about the (mostly designed) decline of Canada. If you’re mad as hell, this is likely why: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)
Podcast Episode · The Hatchet · 2025-10-08 · 1h 6m
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This is such a ridiculous and irresponsible accusation to hurl at a news organization that’s dedicated resources to specifically covering the rise in political violence in the US, even before the Minnesota shootings. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s
In contrast to the 1970s, much of today's political violence is aimed at people, not property. And most deadly attacks tracked by Reuters come from the right--such as a Trump fan who shot a neighbor.
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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
I felt like it struck just the right tone: unflinching without being shrill, and grounded in facts without shying away from the feelings that the awful things discussed of course raise in people. I recommend it to any Canadian, from those who follow hockey avidly to those who have always avoided it.
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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This podcast docuseries about the dark side of Canadian hockey is something I learned a lot from when it aired in 2023. It didn’t stop me from enjoying the game, but it helped me to contextualize the game within these awful cultural trappings that aren’t discussed nearly enough.
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COMMONS: Hockey
From violence and racism on the ice, to corruption, cover-ups, and abuse off of it. Bringing you stories from inside the cult of hockey.
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Perry King @kngprry.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
With the hockey players’ trial for sexual assault coming to a head today, I’m sharing this great conversation from @arshy.bsky.social and the Hatchet podcast. I think you should listen to it. hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/hockeys-re...
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Hockey's Recurring Nightmare
The Hockey Canada trial is just the latest iteration of the hockey world's inability to deal with the cycles of abuse at the heart of the sport
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Amber Labelle @amberllab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is a must read article from Andrea Werhun. The culture of sexual abuse in hockey must stop. This weeks' episode of The Hatchet features @arshy.bsky.social interviewing Andrea about this piece and the case. Believe women, and believe survivors. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/7cc3109...
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Porn isn’t to blame for sexual assault
Discussions of a ‘porn-star persona’ in the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial have brought the issue of the influence and accessibility of porn in our culture to the fore again
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Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Happy to provide sharp political insights like this on request. (Thanks to @arshy.bsky.social for indulging my take here) wealthsimple-tldr-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/wak...
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
On Canada-US relations, Carney’s tactics are exactly the opposite of what he campaigned on. No retaliation on increased steel/aluminum tariffs. Capitulation to the false fentanyl narrative with his border bill. Now killing the DST the night before it was going into force.
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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 13/06/2025
Oh right also ICYMI Modi had a government agent monitoring Singh and it was very likely there was an assassination plot against him
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This is coming a day after we learned the Indian government was likely planning to assassinate the head of a major political party in Canada. Grotesque and pathetic move by the Carney government.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
India is stating that they didn't target any Pakistani military targets, so maybe we can avoid a billion deaths and global famine. But can't be emphasized enough that this is the only thing that matters right now. Deescalating this conflict is an existential question.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is the only thing that matters right now. If India is attacking within Pakistan itself (and not just Pakistani-controlled Kashmir) this is completely unprecedented conflict between two nuclear powers.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
If you’re in Toronto, come join us at the Hatchet’s election watch party! We’ll be at the Dock Ellis (near Dundas & Ossington) from 7pm onwards. Everyone is welcome!
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Are you in Toronto and looking for somewhere to watch the election results roll in this Monday? Come drop by the Dock Ellis near Dundas/Osssington for The Hatchet's election night watch party!
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THE HATCHET'S ELECTION WATCH PARTY: RSVP
They’re calling it the most important election of our lifetime so we might as well watch it. Come and hang with The Hatchet team for an election night watch party this Monday at the Dock Ellis in Toro...
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