National Post (CA) · the top story · first seen 2026-10-08 15:40 UTC · 11:40 in Toronto

Block after block of death and despair. This is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where all hope is now lost

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Outlet: National Post (CA) (nationalpost)
Position: The top story
First seen: 2026-10-08 15:40 UTC · 11:40 in Toronto
Last seen: 2026-10-08 21:12 UTC · 17:12 in Toronto · 33 polls · on the page for 5 h 32 min · as of now, not part of the record
Story URL: https://nationalpost.com/feature/vancouver-downtown-eastside-british-columbia
SHA-256: ef88f1b69d74be3eedf32359daeedaf2fba6877038f4e74af27359c96fc2b58c

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The other wordings of this story on National Post (CA)'s front page, as this site's poller joined them: by the same link within 72 hours, or by a rewording within 24. As of now; not part of the record.

Block after block of death and despair. This is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where all hope is now lost this headline the top story · 2026-10-08 15:40 UTC → 2026-10-08 21:12 UTC · on the page for 5 h 32 min
Block after block of death and despair. This is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where all hope is now lost slot 5 of the front page · 2026-10-09 13:42 UTC → 2026-10-10 21:51 UTC · on the page for 32 h 8 min
Block after block of death and despair. This is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where all hope is now lost the top story · 2026-10-10 22:02 UTC → 2026-10-11 03:52 UTC · on the page for 5 h 49 min

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Wayback Machine · this pageCaptured 2026-10-08 15:43 UTC — view the capture.
Wayback Machine · the story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 15:44 UTC — view the capture.
OpenTimestamps · BitcoinConfirmed in Bitcoin block 970517, mined 2026-10-08 18:13 UTC. The proof.
This site’s copy of the front pageKept 2026-10-08 15:40 UTC, when the poller read it; SHA-256 f8bdf687bbd1fddffcae5d09cadc859c74dbbadc964855f00a0554b20931b820, listed in manifest #920 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970517. The page itself is not published.

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SHA-256: ef88f1b69d74be3eedf32359daeedaf2fba6877038f4e74af27359c96fc2b58c

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970517, mined 2026-10-08 18:13 UTC.

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The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 15:43 UTC — view the capture.
The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 15:44 UTC — view the capture.

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Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ef88f1b69d74.json prints ef88f1b69d74be3eedf32359daeedaf2fba6877038f4e74af27359c96fc2b58c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
Drop headline-ef88f1b69d74.json and headline-ef88f1b69d74.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-ef88f1b69d74.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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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