Audit Trail · Article #2478513

Federal funding aims to improve timber access for Yukon forestry businesses

Source article ↗ · Yukon News · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Black Press Media (corporate)

published 2026-11-02T21:14:47 · ingested 2026-11-02T16:23:55.320097

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article does not take a clear stance on the funding but rather reports on it, which suggests an objective tone.

Trigger phrases: federal fundingimprove timber access

      computed at 2026-11-02T16:23:55.320097
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 38% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T16:45:23.173555-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T16:45:52.870159

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T16:59:37.298456

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T16:45:52.870159

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: YT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Up to $547,000 in federal money will back local timber planning and bioenergy

The article directly states this amount of funding is available for the specified purposes.

        C.H.E.C.K. · 2026-11-02T16:59:37.298456
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Federal funding aims to improve timber access for Yukon forestry businesses 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T16:23:55.330720
    

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)

2026-11-02T16:23:55.320097 ingested

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2026-11-02T16:45:23.173555 bias_v2_scored

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