{
  "id": 1451426,
  "title": "Uncovered texts reveal alleged gun-for-hire network tied to attempted Project South hit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/uncovered-texts-reveal-alleged-gun-for-hire-network-tied-to-attempted-1451426",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/texts-reveal-alleged-gun-for-hire-project-south-9.7306502"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Court documents filed by Crown prosecutors say the alleged hit on a jail official that triggered the police corruption and organized crime case known as Project South was organized by suspects contracting out the job using aliases on an encrypted messaging platform.",
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        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "Uncovered texts reveal alleged gun-for-hire network tied to attempted Project South hit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/uncovered-texts-reveal-alleged-gun-for-hire-network-tied-to-attempted",
        "published": "2026-08-17T08:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}