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Proof: Ottawa to bar MAID for patients whose sole condition is mental illness

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T17:12:16Z","headline":"Ottawa to bar MAID for patients whose sole condition is mental illness","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"globeandmail","url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-maid-access-mental-illness-legislation/","v":1}

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6effe53bb9b053e76a76e25674761887934321b3e5ba2e6629507c9f4f00a707

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970373, mined 2026-10-07 17:57 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 17:18 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 16:38 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6effe53bb9b0.json prints 6effe53bb9b053e76a76e25674761887934321b3e5ba2e6629507c9f4f00a707. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-6effe53bb9b0.json and headline-6effe53bb9b0.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-6effe53bb9b0.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, 5 min after it was first seen.