Audit Trail · Article #2414042

Halifax newlyweds win wife-carrying race as part of first Scotoberfest celebration

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

published 2026-10-26T12:15:35 · ingested 2026-10-26T09:40:11.171703

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.75 confidence: 80% vv3

The article presents a lighthearted and humorous story about couples participating in a wife-carrying competition at Scotoberfest, which is inspired by the Finnish folktale of husband carrying his wife on his back. The author seems to have no bias towards or against any specific parties involved.

Trigger phrases: It was probably the Estonian techniqueThe plan was just try and get to the first corner

      computed at 2026-10-26T10:19:23.627348
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.249 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-26T10:10:35.427753-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.249

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-26T10:19:23.627348

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-26T10:19:23.627348

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-26T10:19:23.627348

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 · 2026-10-26T10:19:34.930731
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Halifax newlyweds win wife-carrying race as part of first Scotoberfest celebration 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-26T09:40:11.179558
    

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)

2026-10-26T09:40:11.171703 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 13771
}

2026-10-26T10:10:35.427753 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.249,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.249
}

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