Audit Trail · Article #2494907

Alberta's Smith backs Ottawa's Russia world juniors ban

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

published 2026-11-04T13:42:09 · ingested 2026-11-04T08:53:39.908436

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.80 vv3

The article supports a stance against Russia, aligning with the Canadian government's position on Ukraine.

Trigger phrases: backs Ottawa's Russia world juniors banThe people of Ukraine have suffered immeasurably from Vladimir Putin’s illegal war

      computed at 2026-11-04T08:53:39.908436
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.328 confidence: 47% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-04T09:28:53.223668-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.328

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-04T09:28:32.472419

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-04T09:46:43.609832

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-04T09:24:44.569902

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true Alberta Premier Danielle Smith backs the Canadian government’s plan to block Russia’s team from participating in the World Junior Hockey Championship.

The article directly quotes Smith supporting this decision.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-04T09:46:43.609832
      

true Prime Minister Mark Carney has banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in Canada during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Carney's statement is cited as supporting this ban.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-04T09:46:43.609832
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Alberta's Smith backs Ottawa's Russia world juniors ban 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-04T08:53:39.916690
    

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)

2026-11-04T08:53:39.908436 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
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2026-11-04T09:28:53.223668 bias_v2_scored

payload

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