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Proof: Corrections Canada to distribute paper straws for 'safer snorting' in federal prisons

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T16:21:19Z","headline":"Corrections Canada to distribute paper straws for 'safer snorting' in federal prisons","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nationalpost","url":"https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/corrections-canada-to-distribute-items-for-safe-snorting-in-federal-prisons","v":1}

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SHA-256

d83314cb420280c41239d4bec0c5784ab6f24682e4ced235dcaa86219b0d0412

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969024, mined 2026-09-28 16:28 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 16:22 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 16:22 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d83314cb4202.json prints d83314cb420280c41239d4bec0c5784ab6f24682e4ced235dcaa86219b0d0412. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d83314cb4202.json and headline-d83314cb4202.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-d83314cb4202.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.