Audit Trail · Article #2447549

Flu season starts early in NWT as vaccine clinics begin

Source article ↗ · Cabin Radio · outlet lean: center · owner: Cabin Radio Ltd (independent)

published 2026-10-30T11:59:00 · ingested 2026-10-30T07:59:50.840945

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article presents factual information without overt bias, but there is a slight focus on the early start of flu season and potential for increased sickness, which could be seen as cautionary.

Trigger phrases: flu season starts earlygradually increasing since

      computed at 2026-10-30T08:09:19.411206
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 48% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-30T08:06:28.414382-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-30T08:09:19.411206

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-30T08:09:19.411206

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-30T08:09:19.411206

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified NWT's flu season started earlier than usual this year.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-30T08:09:19.627112
      

unverified Vaccine clinics are currently beginning in the NWT for flu protection.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-30T08:09:19.627112
      

unverified The vaccine used is matching the current flu strain effectively.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-30T08:09:19.627112
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Flu season starts early in NWT as vaccine clinics begin 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-30T07:59:50.849484
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-10-30T07:59:50.840945 ingested

payload

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2026-10-30T08:06:28.414382 bias_v2_scored

payload

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