The Coast (Halifax)
👤 Coast Publishing
📍 NS
Oct 15, 2026
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She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as a teen. Now she dreams of becoming a doctor
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Olivia LeBlanc was only 14 when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.
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B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
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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
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avg -0.213
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Excerpt from The Coast (Halifax)
Olivia LeBlanc was only 14 when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. It was during the pandemic. The Upper Tantallon teen was in pain. An appointment at a medical clinic led to a referral to a gastroenterologist at the IWK hospital. She had a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. “I went in and out of remission, […] The post She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as a teen. Now she dreams of becoming a doctor appeared first on The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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