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Oct 10, 2026
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2 dead after plane crash, fire near Fergus, Ont.
Original article ↗What we measured
Outlets covering
2
Lean bands spanned
1
Widest spread
Center
Verdict
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Key figures
CANADA 2 dead after plane crash, fire near Fergus, Ont.
First responders were called to the scene near Beatty Line and Wellington Road 17 around 10:15 a.m.
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B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
CENTER
Where the 2 outlets covering this sit
Center
100%
Crime framing
Center majority
2-outlet cluster
Broad pickup
Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3)
-0.20 · CENTER
ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.000 · CENTER
Ensemble
0.000 · CENTER
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Rolling outlet bias
CENTER
avg -0.182
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Excerpt from Global News
CANADA
2 dead after plane crash, fire near Fergus, Ont.
By Rachel Morgan Global News
Posted October 10, 2026 3:22 pm
Updated October 10, 2026 3:31 pm
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A small plane crashed and caught fire in a field outside of Fergus, Ont. on Friday, October 9, 2026 killing two people. OPP
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Two people are dead after a small plane crashed into a field and caught fire near Fergus, Ont., Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said.
First responders were called to the scene near Beatty Line and Wellington Road 17 around 10:15 a.m.…
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