Audit Trail · Article #2369955

Alberta voters reject push for separation referendum, early results show

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-10-20T05:03:18.845134 · ingested 2026-10-20T03:03:18.845134

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 95% vv3

The article presents a balanced view with no clear political leaning, reporting factual results without expressing opinion.

Trigger phrases: With results in from a quarter of polling locations76% backed remaining in Canada

      computed at 2026-10-20T03:07:53.169782
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 52% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T03:07:46.380703-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T03:07:53.169782

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-20T03:07:53.169782

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T03:07:53.169782

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Alberta voters overwhelmingly supported staying within Canada.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T03:07:58.775396
      

unverified A majority of Albertans voted in favor of a binding referendum on separation.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T03:07:58.775396
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Alberta referendum voters reject separatism, choose to stay in Canada 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T02:33:16.312051
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-10-20T03:03:18.845134 ingested

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2026-10-20T03:07:46.380703 bias_v2_scored

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