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  "path": "/2026/02/26/news/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-started-false-claim-councillor-handed-out-illegal-drugs",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T13:50:25.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Sim on Tuesday had applauded Coun. Lenny Zhou for \"acknowledging his mistake\" and retracting elements of the claim that Zhou shared on Chinese-language social media, but Sim did not reveal that it was he who originally made the claim in the Feb. 6 briefing.",
  "title": "Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'"
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