Audit Trail · Article #2379914

Saskatoon store ordered to close for 90 days after ‘astonishing’ police calls, repeated overdoses - CTV News

Source article ↗ · CTV News · outlet lean: center · owner: Bell Media (corporate)

published 2026-10-20T19:19:31 · ingested 2026-10-21T00:28:49.382479

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.40 confidence: 80% vv3

The article presents a factual news event without overtly biased language but includes strong emotional language like 'astonishing', which could indicate an emotionally charged report.

Trigger phrases: 'astonishing'ordered to close

      computed at 2026-10-21T00:37:30.997518
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.271 confidence: 39% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-21T00:37:16.129747-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.271

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-21T00:37:30.997518

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-21T00:37:30.997518

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-21T00:37:30.997518

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: SK

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Saskatoon store has been ordered to close for 90 days due to 'astonishing' police calls and repeated overdoses.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-21T00:37:37.064943
      

unverified The Saskatoon store received an order to shut down for a period of ninety days following reports of unexpected police interactions and several overdose incidents.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-21T00:37:37.064943
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Saskatoon store ordered to close for 90 days after ‘astonishing’ police calls, repeated overdoses - CTV News 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-21T00:28:49.385970
    

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)

2026-10-21T00:28:49.382479 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 485
}

2026-10-21T00:37:16.129747 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.388,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.271,
  "label": "left",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": -0.271
}

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