{
  "id": 2608117,
  "title": "National 2SLGBTQ+ monument holds special meaning for those purged from civil service for being gay",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/national-2slgbtq-monument-holds-special-meaning-for-those-purged-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/national-2slgbtq-monument-purged-civil-service-gay-9.7315854"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thousands of Canadians were purged from the military, RCMP and civil service between the Cold War-era and the 1990s for their sexuality, including Vancouver's Wayne Davis and the great uncle of Elenore Sturko, an MLA and former Mountie.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "National 2SLGBTQ+ monument holds special meaning for those purged from civil service for being gay",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/national-2slgbtq-monument-holds-special-meaning-for-those-purged-from-2611254",
        "published": "2026-08-22T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}