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Proof: Ottawa to turn defence procurement agency into Crown corporation, sources say

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ab29b03e4225b4516df402838779f437b388bc86cd4ed58d3da75b592b734320

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970086, mined 2026-10-05 21:56 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 21:42 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ab29b03e4225.json prints ab29b03e4225b4516df402838779f437b388bc86cd4ed58d3da75b592b734320. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-ab29b03e4225.json and headline-ab29b03e4225.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-ab29b03e4225.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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