Audit Trail · Article #2384030

Alberta's oilsands regions vote in favour to remain in Canada, unofficial results show

Source article ↗ · Edmonton Journal · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-21T16:01:43 · ingested 2026-10-21T12:36:26.745706

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 vv3

The article presents results from a referendum that shows strong support for remaining in Canada, potentially indicating a left-leaning stance as it supports the status quo and unity.

Trigger phrases: significant margin backing Option 1combined unofficial results

      computed at 2026-10-21T13:03:08.770298
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.309 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-21T12:56:01.637318-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

RIGHT score: 0.654

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-21T13:03:08.770298

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-21T13:03:08.770298

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-21T13:03:08.770298

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-21T13:03:30.063658
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Alberta's oilsands regions vote in favour to remain in Canada, unofficial results show 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-21T12:36:26.752815
    

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': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 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 · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-21T12:36:26.745706 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "right",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: oilsands(+0.35\u00d73)",
    "score": 1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13758
}

2026-10-21T12:56:01.637318 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.654,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.309
}

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