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Proof: Quebec separatists vow independence vote after provincial election win

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T06:11:53Z","headline":"Quebec separatists vow independence vote after provincial election win","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"france24","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261005-separatists-win-quebec-election-with-pledge-to-vote-on-leaving-canada","v":1}

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SHA-256

769bba39ccf2fef0f352abf9b9067a15393ff79438cb67b06c7ab67593f935cc

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970142, mined 2026-10-06 06:20 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 06:13 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-769bba39ccf2.json prints 769bba39ccf2fef0f352abf9b9067a15393ff79438cb67b06c7ab67593f935cc. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-769bba39ccf2.json and headline-769bba39ccf2.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-769bba39ccf2.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.