Audit Trail · Article #2367088

Yellowknife election: Polls closing soon as voters choose next mayor, councillors

Source article ↗ · CBC English Top Stories · outlet lean: center-left · owner: CBC/Radio-Canada (public)

published 2026-10-19T22:35:47.886774 · ingested 2026-10-19T20:35:47.886774

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

triggers: none — NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:35:47.886774
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.330 confidence: 47% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:55:22.379407-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.330

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-19T21:11:15.988764

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T21:11:15.988764

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Polls will close soon in Yellowknife's upcoming election.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T21:11:26.807584
      

unverified Citizens are voting to choose the next mayor and councillors for the city.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T21:11:26.807584
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Yellowknife election: Polls closing soon as voters choose next mayor, councillors 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T20:35:47.889734
    

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)

2026-10-19T20:35:47.886774 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 1
}

2026-10-19T20:55:22.379407 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "label": "right",
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