Audit Trail · Article #2428678

Nova Scotia school support workers announce Monday for potential start of strike

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

published 2026-10-28T13:46:19 · ingested 2026-10-28T10:10:07.832728

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: union(-0.40×1)

Trigger phrases: school support workerspotential start of strike

      computed at 2026-10-28T10:10:07.832728
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.245 confidence: 35% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-28T10:23:58.748144-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.378

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-28T10:14:36.983628

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified A news release from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents more than 5,500 members across the province, detailed the timeline for a 48-hour strike notice if talks remain stalled

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-28T10:10:07.857514
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Nova Scotia school support workers set November 2 strike deadline as government fails to reach deal 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T09:39:33.174095
    

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)

2026-10-28T10:10:07.832728 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: union(-0.40\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13771
}

2026-10-28T10:23:58.748144 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.378,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.245
}

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