Audit Trail · Article #2515408

Opinion: Replacing B.C.’s Indigenous Declaration paves way for Alberta oil and gas

Source article ↗ · Calgary Herald · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-07T12:00:45 · ingested 2026-11-07T07:19:25.337938

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.02 vv3

triggers: union(-0.40×1), oil and gas(+0.40×3), indigenous(-0.25×3)

      computed at 2026-11-07T07:19:25.337938
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.405 confidence: 58% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-07T09:39:36.081576-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.213

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

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 “That’s a declaration of war,” he said, addressing the premier-designate’s promise to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA)

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-07T07:19:25.357559
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Opinion: Replacing B.C.’s Indigenous Declaration paves way for Alberta oil and gas 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-07T07:19:25.349461
    

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)

2026-11-07T07:19:25.337938 ingested

payload

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2026-11-07T09:39:36.081576 bias_v2_scored

payload

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