Audit Trail · Article #2366734

Province, public sector unions reach $470 million Bill 148 settlement

Source article ↗ · Halifax Examiner · outlet lean: left · owner: Halifax Examiner Inc (independent)

published 2026-10-19T20:06:27.834788 · ingested 2026-10-19T18:06:27.834788

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: unions(-0.40×3), public sector(-0.10×3)

Trigger phrases: public sector unionssettlement

      computed at 2026-10-19T18:06:27.834788
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.265 confidence: 38% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:05:05.970870-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.367

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-19T20:03:02.269639

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T20:03:02.269639

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T20:03:06.274773
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Province, public sector unions reach $470 million Bill 148 settlement 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T18:06:27.842175
    

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': 1, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (1 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 · 1 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-19T18:06:27.834788 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: unions(-0.40\u00d73), public sector(-0.10\u00d73)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 14337
}

2026-10-19T20:05:05.970870 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.378,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.367,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.265
}

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