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Proof: Parti Québécois projected to form minority government in Quebec

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T02:32:44Z","headline":"Parti Québécois projected to form minority government in Quebec","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"globeandmail","url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-provincial-quebec-election-winner-parti-quebecois/","v":1}

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3e71db132eb8a77e896c59829873c0925aeb54982c5ed52654741167c763ed66

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970120, mined 2026-10-06 03:03 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 02:38 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 01:32 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3e71db132eb8.json prints 3e71db132eb8a77e896c59829873c0925aeb54982c5ed52654741167c763ed66. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3e71db132eb8.json and headline-3e71db132eb8.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-3e71db132eb8.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, 4 min after it was first seen.