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Proof: Chris Selley: The PQ wins a reprieve from the humiliation of a losing referendum

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T23:43:03Z","headline":"Chris Selley: The PQ wins a reprieve from the humiliation of a losing referendum","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nationalpost","url":"https://nationalpost.com/opinion/pq-wins-reprieve-from-humiliation-of-losing-referendum","v":1}

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74cdfcbae6771446b9c6af75589bebdac9024829b6f760ade1a7a000a8c1bf5b

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970258, mined 2026-10-07 00:16 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 23:50 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 23:51 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-74cdfcbae677.json prints 74cdfcbae6771446b9c6af75589bebdac9024829b6f760ade1a7a000a8c1bf5b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-74cdfcbae677.json and headline-74cdfcbae677.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-74cdfcbae677.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.