👤 Colin Butler

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-08-24 – 2026-10-03
Claims per article
50
250 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
7,119
characters
Writes for CBC News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Environment
40%
Economy/Business
20%
Other
20%
Politics
20%
Most-tagged topics
CanadaOntarioCBC NewsOntSt. ThomasBruce PowerCanadianMichigan

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.19 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-03 · CBC News · Economy/Business
Canada bet billions on an EV boom. Was it too much, too soon?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-20 · CBC News · Other
Canada's 'Railway City' wants passenger trains back. Like much of the country, it's not so simple
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-17 · CBC News · Environment
Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-05 · CBC News · Environment
Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-08-24 · CBC News · Politics
Documents reveal Ambassador Bridge owner's private meeting with Ottawa ahead of Gordie Howe opening
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-24 · CBC News
Documents reveal Ambassador Bridge owner's private meeting with Ottawa ahead of Gordie Howe opening
🔮 Moroun had a lot on the line financially — the new bridge was expected to take almost half the Ambassador Bridge's traffic, according to U.S. government estimates. assertive
2026-09-05 · CBC News
Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
🔮 Now they can't recover without us Some of the lake sturgeon swimming around in the Great Lakes today may have been alive when Samuel de Champlain first reached Lake Huron more than four centuries ago. assertive
2026-09-17 · CBC News
Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk
🔮 "Maybe the wording in that document should have been slightly modified to say it was operations that were impacted, but there was no risk to reactor safety, in my opinion," he said. "There was no safety issue. assertive
2026-09-20 · CBC News
Canada's 'Railway City' wants passenger trains back. Like much of the country, it's not so simple
🔮 To an outsider, the 3.2-hectare sea of grass surrounding the Elgin County Railway Museum in the heart of St. Thomas, Ont., might look like an urban park. assertive
2026-10-03 · CBC News
Canada bet billions on an EV boom. Was it too much, too soon?
🔮 The setbacks are raising questions about whether Canada bet too big on how quickly the EV market would grow. assertive
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