Castanet media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Castanet in the centre. We have seen it on 160 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Castanet biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Castanet in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Castanet left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Castanet in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Castanet reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Castanet 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 Castanet has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Castanet’s own report linked underneath.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly next week. Geopolitical instability and war are noted as factors surrounding the event, with U.S. President Donald Trump's actions to dismantle the multilateral order also mentioned. Carney will not deliver a speech, but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is slated to speak.
Castanet reported it asCarney set to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Yu Yung Wang, 29, has been charged with arson and disregard for human life in connection with a 2020 fire at Burnaby Hospital. The incident forced the emergency department to close and contributed to a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.
Castanet reported it asAlberta man charged with arson for major fire at Burnaby, B.C., hospital (opens Castanet in a new tab)
An Ontario judge has denied Tamara Lich's request to travel internationally for work, citing concerns that it would undermine her sentence for her role in the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests. Lich sought permission for interviews, a book tour, and speaking engagements.
Castanet reported it asCP Convoy leader Lich denied permission to travel internationally (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu is visiting Mumbai from September 18-19 to advance trade talks with India. The visit focuses on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and aims to significantly increase bilateral trade.
Castanet reported it asInternational trade minister heading to India, Philippines for talks (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
Castanet reported it asCarney embraces EU associate membership proposal as Trump pushes Canada closer to Europe (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Canada has formally applied to join the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a military coalition of 10 NATO allies. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the application, which aims to diversify Canada's defence ties beyond the United States.
Castanet reported it asCanada seeks full membership in U.K.-led military coalition (opens Castanet in a new tab)
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum to identify and remove Canadian-origin goods from U.S. federal civil government procurement. The move escalates an ongoing trade dispute between the two countries.
Castanet reported it asTrump signs order to remove Canadian goods from federal procurement (opens Castanet in a new tab)
British Columbia Premier David Eby has instructed his legislators to be prepared for an upcoming election, citing disruption from the trade war with the United States. He has appointed Cheryl Oates to manage the party's campaign.
Castanet reported it asEby says NDP needs to be 'election ready' in B.C., but offers no date (opens Castanet in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
Castanet reported it asFederal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut (opens Castanet in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has accused Canada of not doing enough to stop drug trafficking, alleging that fentanyl is produced in clandestine Canadian labs. However, he did not include Canada on a list of major drug-producing countries submitted to Congress.
Castanet reported it asTrump criticizes Canada over drugs but leaves it off list of drug-producing countries (opens Castanet in a new tab)
The US has named India, China, and Pakistan among 23 countries designated as major drug transit or illicit drug-producing nations for fiscal year 2027. The determination acknowledges India's efforts to combat opium cultivation but identifies Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, and Colombia as having failed counternarcotics obligations.
Castanet reported it asTrump criticizes Canada over drugs but leaves it off list of drug-producing countries (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to France to address the European Parliament, seeking to deepen ties with the European Union. The visit comes as Canada is engaged in a trade dispute with the United States, with Carney stating a desire for Canada to emerge stronger and more independent from the conflict.
Castanet reported it asCarney heads to France seeking deeper ties with EU on defence, trade and people (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Canada is offering priority access to tax rulings for investors committing $1 billion or more to the economy. The move, announced by Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, aims to reduce risk and encourage major projects.
Castanet reported it asOttawa looks to spur investment with new tax incentives (opens Castanet in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
Castanet reported it asTrump slams Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots (opens Castanet in a new tab)
The United States has imposed 50% tariffs on a select group of Canadian products, including motorboats and steel, while simultaneously removing tariffs on others like cement and toilet paper. The measures are part of an escalating trade war between the two nations.
Castanet reported it asLatest U.S. tariffs take effect on a small number of Canadian goods, some removed (opens Castanet in a new tab)
British Columbia's deficit forecast has risen by $450 million to $13.8 billion. The province's first quarterly report attributed the increase primarily to a calculation error regarding natural gas royalties and higher wildfire-related expenses.
Castanet reported it asB.C.'s deficit forecast up $450M to $13.8B after calculation errors on gas royalties (opens Castanet in a new tab)
The European Parliament will open a new office in Ottawa, Canada, to facilitate parliamentary exchanges and strengthen cooperation. The announcement comes ahead of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's address to the European Parliament.
Castanet reported it asEU announces Ottawa office for more parliamentary exchanges with Canada (opens Castanet in a new tab)
The Canada Border Services Agency has removed 111 individuals suspected of links to extortion and organized crime as part of a nationwide operation. The deportations follow 188 removal orders issued over the past year, with most occurring in British Columbia and the Greater Toronto Area.
Castanet reported it asBorder authorities have deported 111 due to extortion violence since last August (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Donald Trump confirmed he uses artificial intelligence but declined to specify how, stating only that it can be used for "a lot of things." He also commented on the technology's future, saying "whoever wins in artificial intelligence wins."
Castanet reported it asTrump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers (opens Castanet in a new tab)
Donald Trump has rejected calls for new regulations on artificial intelligence, stating that the U.S. government already possesses adequate power to control AI firms. He described efforts to implement guardrails as a "sick conspiracy" that could cede technological leadership to China.
Castanet reported it asTrump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers (opens Castanet 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
- CastanetIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Kelowna, Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
- Official site
- castanet.net
- Seen publishing on
- castanet.net
- 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
- 160
- Reports listed
- 172
- We could read
- 6
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
166 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 6 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Castanet is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 160 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Castanet’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 10 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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