{
  "id": 7120962,
  "title": "World's tallest totem pole comes down in Alert Bay, B.C., after more than 50 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/worlds-tallest-totem-pole-comes-down-in-alert-bay-b-c-after-more-than-7120962",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tallest-totem-pole-taken-down-9.7341616"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The world’s tallest totem pole was brought down this week in Alert Bay, B.C., a community off the coast of northeast Vancouver Island. For two 'Na̱mǥis chiefs, the pole — recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records — represented much more than its height.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "World's tallest totem pole comes down in Alert Bay, B.C., after more than 50 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/worlds-tallest-totem-pole-comes-down-in-alert-bay-b-c-after-more-than",
        "published": "2026-09-13T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}