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  "id": 16109248,
  "title": "Crown drops sex offender registry charge against former Nova Scotia police chief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/crown-drops-sex-offender-registry-charge-against-former-nova-scotia-16109248",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T20:47:51.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12114098/crown-drops-sex-offender-registry-john-collyer/"
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  "summary": "On March 4, 2020, John Collyer was sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl when he was deputy chief of the Bridgewater Police Service.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Crown drops sex offender registry charge against former Nova Scotia police chief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/crown-drops-sex-offender-registry-charge-against-former-nova-scotia",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:34:52.000Z"
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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."
}