{
  "id": 7393234,
  "title": "Music festival apologizes after Flo Rida uses alcohol props at sober event in Thunder Bay, Ont.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/music-festival-apologizes-after-flo-rida-uses-alcohol-props-at-sober",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T20:40:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/flo-rida-performance-9.7343428"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Wake the Giant Music Festival is facing backlash after headliner Flo Rida, an American rapper, used alcohol props on stage at the sober event in Thunder Bay on Saturday. The annual event aims to create a safe, inclusive environment for hundreds of Indigenous youth from remote northern communities who attend school in the northwestern Ontario city.",
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        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "Music festival apologizes after Flo Rida uses alcohol props at sober event in Thunder Bay, Ont.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/music-festival-apologizes-after-flo-rida-uses-alcohol-props-at-sober-7397384",
        "published": "2026-09-14T20:40:16.000Z"
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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."
}