Audit Trail · Article #2432185

Alberta ethics commissioner suspends investigation into MLAs accepting hockey tickets

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

published 2026-10-28T22:03:17 · ingested 2026-10-28T18:28:20.537875

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The editorial leans slightly towards the NDP, quoting its leader in a positive light and highlighting political implications.

Trigger phrases: strings are tighteningongoing RCMP investigation

      computed at 2026-10-28T18:33:54.516209
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.357 confidence: 51% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-28T18:51:51.451646-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.278

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-28T18:33:54.516209

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T18:33:54.516209

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 Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said McLeod stating he has suspended the investigation signals that some strings are tightening, pointing to the ongoing RCMP investigation.

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-28T18:28:20.553765
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Alberta ethics commissioner suspends investigation into MLAs accepting hockey tickets 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T18:28:20.545622
    

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)

2026-10-28T18:28:20.537875 ingested

payload

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    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
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}

2026-10-28T18:51:51.451646 bias_v2_scored

payload

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