Audit Trail · Article #2556847

NL living wage jumps to $27.18 as cost of essentials rises

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

published 2026-11-12T11:34:16 · ingested 2026-11-12T06:56:31.708350

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: living wage(-0.45×3), report finds(+0.00×1)

Trigger phrases: living wagecost of essentialspressure on families

      computed at 2026-11-12T06:56:31.708350
    

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: ✓ at 2026-11-12T06:58:55.658906

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (0)

No claims extracted yet.

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

NL living wage jumps to $27.18 as cost of essentials rises 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-12T06:56:31.715422
    

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': 2, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (2 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 · 2 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (1 event)

2026-11-12T06:56:31.708350 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: living wage(-0.45\u00d73), report finds(+0.00\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13771
}

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