Audit Trail · Article #2524028

Thousands of B.C. residents without power as 2nd storm moves through

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-11-08T15:25:20 · ingested 2026-11-08T10:46:38.991597

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

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

The article presents factual information without editorializing, but the use of phrases like 'thousands without power' could be seen as slightly alarmist.

Trigger phrases: thousands without powermore wind gusts expected

      computed at 2026-11-08T11:18:47.927183
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 41% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-09T00:05:20.175459-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: -0.100

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T11:19:15.530552

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-08T11:18:47.927183

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-08T11:18:47.927183

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (4)

unverified A number of storms have hit British Columbia this weekend leaving thousands without power after trees were downed by strong winds.

        fact_v1 · 2026-11-08T11:18:52.005931
      

unverified More wind gusts are expected to follow the initial impact from the storms.

        fact_v1 · 2026-11-08T11:18:52.005931
      

unverified A number of storms have hit British Columbia this weekend leaving thousands without power after trees were downed by strong winds.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T11:19:15.522352
      

unverified More wind gusts are expected to follow the initial impact from the storms.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T11:19:15.522352
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Thousands remain without power after second windstorm wallops B.C. 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-08T10:46:38.832370
    

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)

2026-11-08T10:46:38.991597 ingested

payload

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2026-11-09T00:05:20.175459 bias_v2_scored

payload

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