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Proof: How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T23:01:11Z","headline":"How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"globeandmail","url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separatism-canada-united-states-republican/","v":1}

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a6633a62118cd7a353f2d864119b7601b5cf5b6b608ccf713b98dd5504660a67

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969774, mined 2026-10-03 23:13 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-a6633a62118c.json prints a6633a62118cd7a353f2d864119b7601b5cf5b6b608ccf713b98dd5504660a67. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-a6633a62118c.json and headline-a6633a62118c.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-a6633a62118c.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.

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