Audit Trail · Article #2430102

Halloween wouldn’t be the same without these five classic Canadian candies

Source article ↗ · National Post · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-28T17:13:59 · ingested 2026-10-28T13:39:54.769385

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.20 vv3

The article does not present any clear bias towards a particular political stance, but it leans slightly positive by highlighting the cultural significance of Canadian candies in Halloween traditions.

Trigger phrases: classic Canadian candiestrick-or-treating as we know it today originated in Canada

      computed at 2026-10-28T14:03:04.024995
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-28T14:05:23.452037-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-28T14:03:04.024995

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T14:03:04.024995

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-28T14:03:04.024995

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Trick-or-treating as we know it today originated in Canada, so it only makes sense that many of the classic candies we’ve sought from our neighbours for over 100 years originated here as well

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-28T13:39:54.785538
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Halloween wouldn’t be the same without these five classic Canadian candies 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T13:39:54.778934
    

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)

2026-10-28T13:39:54.769385 ingested

payload

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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 487
}

2026-10-28T14:05:23.452037 bias_v2_scored

payload

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