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Arshy Mann is a Canadian journalist who previously presented the Commons podcast for Canadaland. [1] [2]
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Arshy Mann is a Canadian journalist who previously presented the Commons podcast for Canadaland. [1] [2]
In 2013, Mann was the national bureau chief and unofficial historian for the Canadian University Press. [3] He has written for Macleans, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Law Times, MoneySense, The Ubyssey, and Canadian Lawyer InHouse. [4] [5]
While working as an intern at The Toronto Star, in 2013 Mann helped identify the house where Rob Ford was photographed smoking crack cocaine. [6]
In 2017, Mann reported on the disappearances of gay men from Toronto's gay enclave. [7] Mann was critical of Toronto police's approach to the case and their focus on dating apps. [8]
While working at Daily Xtra Mann researched and reported on incel culture and has warned of the increasing extremism and anti-feminism in the culture. [9] [10] [11] Mann has warned of online communities of incels are radicalizing each other and drawn comparisons with how terrorists organize. [12] [13] While at Daily Xtra, Mann criticized the Canadian government for its treatment of LGBTQ refugees from Iran. [14]
As of 2019, he worked for Canadaland producing podcasts. [15]
This is a timeline of notable events in the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Canada. For a broad overview of LGBT history in Canada see LGBT history in Canada.
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Between 2010 and 2017, a total of eight men disappeared from the neighbourhood of Church and Wellesley, the LGBTQ village of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The investigation into the disappearances, taken up by two successive police task forces, eventually led to Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old self-employed Toronto landscaper, whom they then arrested on January 18, 2018. On January 29, 2019, McArthur pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder in Ontario Superior Court and was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for twenty-five years. McArthur is the most prolific known serial killer to have been active in Toronto, and the oldest known serial killer in Canada.
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