Audit Trail · Article #2404015

Calgary's top small businesses honoured

Source article ↗ · Calgary Herald · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-24T19:11:50 · ingested 2026-10-24T15:43:26.584835

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.10 vv3

The article is generally neutral but includes a positive outlook on small businesses, which could be seen as slightly biased towards the business community.

Trigger phrases: showcase the changing nature of Calgary’s small business ecosystemfuel our economy by creating jobs

      computed at 2026-10-24T15:48:43.743485
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 45% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-24T15:46:51.732249-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.500

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-24T15:48:43.743485

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-24T15:48:43.743485

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-24T15:48:43.743485

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified This year’s winners and runners-up highlight the diverse range of sectors in Calgary's small business community.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-24T15:46:45.634853
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Calgary's top small businesses honoured 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-24T15:43:26.592290
    

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)

2026-10-24T15:43:26.584835 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: small business(+0.20\u00d71)",
    "score": 1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13757
}

2026-10-24T15:46:51.732249 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.5,
  "label": "center",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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