Audit Trail · Article #2366805

Canada’s 2-year measles outbreak officially over: PHAC

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-10-19T20:46:01.615267 · ingested 2026-10-19T18:46:01.615267

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 vv3

The article provides a straightforward, factual update without overtly positive or negative bias.

Trigger phrases: PHAC saidofficially overmore than two months have passed

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:01:06.571539
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.247 confidence: 35% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:03:49.674455-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.247

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-19T20:01:06.571539

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-19T20:01:06.571539

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T20:01:06.571539

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

mostly_true The measles outbreak started in October 2024 and has continued for about two years, with more than 6,400 cases reported during that time.

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-19T18:46:01.648742
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Measles outbreak over after two years, PHAC says 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T18:06:02.283374
    

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': 1, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (1 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 · 1 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-19T18:46:01.615267 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
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    "signal_detected": false
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2026-10-19T20:03:49.674455 bias_v2_scored

payload

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