Audit Trail · Article #2377429

Nearly all people who recently died from toxic drugs in Whitehorse were Indigenous: coroner

Source article ↗ · APTN National News · outlet lean: center · owner: APTN (Indigenous-owned) (non_profit)

published 2026-10-20T20:23:34.566649 · ingested 2026-10-20T18:23:34.566649

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: indigenous(-0.25×3)

Trigger phrases: Indigenous peoplerecent months

      computed at 2026-10-20T18:23:34.566649
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.318 confidence: 45% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T18:34:07.531602-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.659

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T18:35:06.237384

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T18:25:07.991566

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: YT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Nearly all people who recently died from toxic drugs in Whitehorse were Indigenous.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T18:35:06.229819
      

unverified At least seven Indigenous people have died in Whitehorse in recent months as a result of these deaths.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T18:35:06.229819
      

unverified The coroner is investigating the cause of death for the deceased individuals.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T18:35:06.229819
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Nearly all people who recently died from toxic drugs in Whitehorse were Indigenous: coroner 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T18:23:34.573127
    

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)

2026-10-20T18:23:34.566649 ingested

payload

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  },
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2026-10-20T18:34:07.531602 bias_v2_scored

payload

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