Audit Trail · Article #2364384

TCRCE preparing for potential school support staff strike

Source article ↗ · SaltWire Network · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (ex-SaltWire, 2024) (corporate)

published 2026-10-19T12:35:46 · ingested 2026-10-19T09:54:44.812984

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 vv3

triggers: union(-0.40×1)

      computed at 2026-10-19T09:54:44.812984
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.289 confidence: 41% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T10:25:21.151773-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.356

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T10:19:32.284492

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Hundreds of school support workers across the Tri-County region are among the more than 5,000 across the province who will be in a legal strike position on Oct

Rule-based: source_credibility=False, has_stat=True, hedged=False

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-19T09:54:44.823771
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

TCRCE preparing for potential school support staff strike 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T09:54:44.817976
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-19T09:54:44.812984 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: union(-0.40\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13771
}

2026-10-19T10:25:21.151773 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.413,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.356,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.289
}

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