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Halifax Examiner 👤 Halifax Examiner Inc 📍 NS Oct 28, 2026 · 21 min read AI Analyzed View full audit trail → C.R.E.E.D. audited

Democracy requires that we show up

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My guess is about 20 people showed up to the session at the Eastern Shore Community Centre, while another seven showed up for the session in Middle Musquodoboit.
Landry put together a word cloud that included some of the words and phrases included in those messages she’s received in the last 10 days.
Just yesterday 10 cyclists showed up to Halifax City Hall wearing their bike helmets as a sign of silent protest against a report that offered less expensive alternatives to the AAA bike lane network.
Nearing told me 100 people attended the eight sessions.
The highest turnout was at the session held at the Halifax Common Multipurpose Room where 30 people showed up (councillors Virginia Hinch and Laura White attended, too).
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B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
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Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3) 0.20 · CENTER
ML v2 (DistilBERT) 0.313 · RIGHT
Ensemble 0.313 · CENTER RIGHT
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