Audit Trail · Article #2432180

City paid more than $2M for Bearspaw South feeder main review panel

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

published 2026-10-28T22:22:56 · ingested 2026-10-28T18:28:19.948772

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article focuses on a specific aspect (compensation of the panel chair) and does not provide an overall critical or supportive stance towards any party involved, maintaining neutrality.

Trigger phrases: lion's sharemore than $2M

      computed at 2026-10-28T18:31:32.472730
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.282 confidence: 40% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-28T18:52:17.548888-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.041

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-28T18:31:32.472730

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T18:31:32.472730

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Panel chair Siegfried Kiefer received lion's share of compensation, at just over $1.75 million

Rule-based: source_credibility=False, has_stat=True, hedged=False

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-28T18:28:19.964723
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

City paid more than $2M for Bearspaw South feeder main review panel 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T18:28:19.957761
    

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)

2026-10-28T18:28:19.948772 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 13757
}

2026-10-28T18:52:17.548888 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.041,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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