Bradford Today media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Bradford Today one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 215 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Bradford Today biased?
The rating organisations do not give Bradford Today one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Bradford Today left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Bradford Today one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Bradford Today reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Bradford Today are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Bradford Today has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Bradford Today’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Bradford Today reported it asDemocrats win the US House and Senate as voters deliver a strong rebuke to Trump and Republicans (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Republican Barry Moore has won the U.S. Senate election for Alabama, defeating Democrat Everett Wess. Moore, a south Alabama congressman, secured the victory with an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
Bradford Today reported it asRepublican Jim Pillen wins reelection for governor in Nebraska (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Canada and the United Arab Emirates have signed a free-trade agreement and announced plans to negotiate an extradition treaty. The move has drawn criticism from civil society groups concerned about the UAE's human rights record.
Bradford Today reported it asOttawa defends extradition treaty talks with UAE as civil society groups sound alarm (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
President Donald Trump indicated he would deliver his final campaign pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The renovation of the pool has been marked by significant cost increases and schedule delays.
Bradford Today reported it asTrump signals he'll give closing election pitch at the Reflecting Pool, a revamp plagued by problems (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Bradford Today reported it asJudge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Bradford Today reported it asDemocrat Haley Stevens endorses GOP's Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race 2 days before election (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
An analysis of a Trump administration list of alleged noncitizen voters in California found that 42% of the names could not be found on the state's voter rolls. The study, conducted by UCLA data analysts, also indicated that thousands of U.S. citizens may have been incorrectly flagged.
Bradford Today reported it asOver 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens are not on Calif. voter rolls, analysis finds (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Canadian scientists are working to reintroduce the frosted elfin butterfly to Ontario, a species last spotted in 1988. The project involves importing butterflies from New York to breed and release them, aiming to restore habitat and support other endangered species.
Bradford Today reported it asUniversity of Guelph scientist leads project to recover butterfly species in Ontario (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
The federal government has designated the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta, B.C., as a 'project of national interest'. This move is intended to accelerate trade capacity expansion and diversify Canada's trade routes, with commercial operations expected to begin sooner.
Bradford Today reported it asOttawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
OpenAI is challenging a British Columbia privacy commissioner's order to release documents concerning the 2026 Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The AI company, based in California, is contesting the demand for these records.
Bradford Today reported it asOpenAI challenging B.C. privacy order for details of Tumbler Ridge shooting (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
A criminal investigation is underway in Alaska concerning a scheme to confuse voters by placing a candidate with the same name as incumbent Senator Daniel Sullivan on the ballot. U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed the probe, which has intensified following a New York Times report.
Bradford Today reported it asJustice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots as criminal probe underway over Senate candidate (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
A summit between Canada and the European Union in Montreal has concluded. Digital trade was a key topic on the agenda for the meeting hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Bradford Today reported it asCanada, European Union close Montreal summit with 'alliance for the future' pact (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Canada and the European Union are engaged in high-level discussions in Montreal, seeking to expand their partnership into new areas like strategic minerals and digital trade. The summit is viewed as a move to create an independent global stance.
Bradford Today reported it asCP Canada, European Union close Montreal summit with alliance pact (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Bradford Today reported it asEl-Sayed and Stevens to make rare joint appearance as Democrats seek unity in Michigan Senate race (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
At Canada's first youth-led climate trial, Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky testified that children are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change. She cited immature thermoregulatory systems, higher relative air intake, and psychological harms like eco-anxiety.
Bradford Today reported it asChildren especially vulnerable to climate change, expert witness says (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
A federal audit of National Defence's ammunition found that only about half of the military's training and exercise ammunition was used, while gaps exist in combat munitions. Overstated requests are cited as a contributing factor.
Bradford Today reported it asMilitary overstocked on training ammo, left 'gaps' in combat munitions, audit says (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Former senator Pamela Wallin described the MAID committee process as 'chaotic and exclusionary' while testifying at an inquiry into a leaked report. She called the committee's co-chair 'dismissive'. Liberal MP Dr. Marcus Powlowski denied leaking information and suggested the inquiry was an attempt to undermine democracy.
Bradford Today reported it asFormer senator Pamela Wallin says MAID committee was 'chaotic and exclusionary' (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
British Columbia's premier-designate Lorne Doerkson stated he and Prime Minister Mark Carney discussed supercharging the economy, attracting investment, and creating jobs. Doerkson reported alignment on these key economic goals following their conversation.
Bradford Today reported it asDoerkson tells of 'productive conversation' with Carney on supercharging B.C. economy (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Canada's federal government has introduced Bill C-41, proposing to indefinitely exclude individuals whose sole underlying condition is mental illness from medically assisted death (MAID). The bill also permits advance requests for MAID, though provincial implementation may differ.
Bradford Today reported it asLiberals table bill to bar access to MAID for mental illness, allow advance requests (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
EU Crisis Management Commissioner Hadja Lahbib announced tighter EU‑Canada collaboration on vaccines and shared CBRN threat data, citing a 2025 agreement between Health Emergency Readiness Canada and its EU counterpart. The EU‑Canada summit starts Thursday in Montreal while the United States reduces its vaccine involvement.
Bradford Today reported it asEU representative praises closer work with Canada on vaccines as U.S. pulls back (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Village MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Bradford West Gwillimbury, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
- Official site
- bradfordtoday.ca
- Seen publishing on
- bradfordtoday.ca
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 215
- Reports listed
- 220
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
220 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 14 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Bradford Today ran the story anyway.
Across the 215 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Bradford Today’s on 8 of them. Overall it filed a median of 13 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 7 October 2026.
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