{
  "id": 2375207,
  "title": "National monument marking LGBTQ+ persecution opens this morning in Ottawa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/national-monument-marking-lgbtq-persecution-opens-this-morning-in-2375207",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T08:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/08/21/national-monument-marking-lgbtq-persecution-opens-this-morning-in-ottawa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Victims of state prosecution hope Canada’s new national monument for LGBTQ+ people will be a place to learn, grieve and celebrate. The monument officially opens this morning in Ottawa, just west of Parliament Hill. “We’re telling the stories of what happened to so many of us, and making sure that Canadians know this is a […]",
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  },
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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."
}