Audit Trail · Article #2485201

Corner Brook Royals cancel season, Best Coast Market seeks new venue as civic centre lockout continues

Source article ↗ · SaltWire Network · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (ex-SaltWire, 2024) (corporate)

published 2026-11-03T12:23:15 · ingested 2026-11-03T07:53:43.425614

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 70% vv3

The article presents information without explicit bias but leans towards a local community perspective, which can be slightly informative and supportive of local issues.

Trigger phrases: cancel seasonlockout continues

      computed at 2026-11-03T07:53:43.425614
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.255 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T08:45:19.573854-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.255

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T08:04:15.379575

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T09:09:48.165780

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T08:04:15.379575

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true Corner Brook Royals drop out of senior hockey league for the 2026-2027 season

The claim is directly stated in the article and there are no conflicting details provided.

        V.E.T. · 2026-11-03T09:09:48.165780
      

true Best Coast Market seeks new venue as civic centre lockout continues

The statement is also clearly mentioned in the article without any contradictory information.

        V.E.T. · 2026-11-03T09:09:48.165780
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Corner Brook Royals cancel season, Best Coast Market seeks new venue as civic centre lockout continues 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T07:53:43.435879
    

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)

2026-11-03T07:53:43.425614 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": 13771
}

2026-11-03T08:45:19.573854 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.365,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.255,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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