Audit Trail · Article #2509823

Cape Breton man pleads guilty to cocaine charge

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

published 2026-11-06T17:33:52 · ingested 2026-11-06T14:00:30.224849

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

triggers: none — NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)

      computed at 2026-11-06T14:00:30.224849
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

ML scoring pending — backlog worker processes ~50 articles per ingest cycle.

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified John Blair Tighe, 40, of New Waterford, was initially charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime after police seized drugs and money on Nov

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-06T14:00:30.332403
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Cape Breton man pleads guilty to fraud, breaking into downtown shop 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-06T14:00:23.668567
    

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 (1 event)

2026-11-06T14:00:30.224849 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
}

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