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An unfortunate typo from a Reuters story about a heavyweight boxing match (note the final sentence in this screengrab): Reuters’ Good, Bad and Ugly blog made note of this.  Report an error

Ronald Wadsworth of 900 Vauxhall St. Ext., Waterford, was not arrested Saturday by Waterford police. Information was incorrect in the police logs on page B2 Monday. Link  Report an error

The Ubyssey, a student paper at the University of British Columbia, published this correction after a special satirical issue caused problems: On November 28, 2008, The Ubyssey published an article entitled “RCMP have ‘final solution’ to the ‘fraternity issue.’” The article in question was part of The Ubyssey’s annual all-satire edition. The Ubyssey and staff [...]

In an article last week (“It’s a disgrace that the BBC is uniquely unaccountable”) it was alleged that some BBC executives negotiated deals with production companies owned by their spouses. We are happy to accept that no executives have been involved in such negotiations.  Report an error

In a TODAY Show interview on Wednesday, Sept. 24, following a report on potentially misleading advertising materials for the prescription drug Latisse (actress and Allergan spokesperson Brooke Shields incorrectly stated that there were no side effects seen in the clinical trials of the product. Side effects have been documented in such trials and consumers should [...]

“The Informant!”: The movie listings in Sunday’s Calendar section referred to Steven Soderbergh’s film “The Informant!” as “The Imposter!” Link  Report an error

Editing changes left a piece saying that the role of the TV show Guiding Light in US culture “cannot be underplayed”, when what it meant was that it could not be overplayed or overstated (Credits roll on the longest-running soap, 21 September, page 3, G2). Link  Report an error

In her review of Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (Nov 1, 2008) Lynn Barber took issue with Dr Thornton’s assertion that she (Ms Barber) was among the 250 people who had been interviewed for the book, either face to face or by telephone. In fact, Ms Barber did have a pre-arranged [...]

In a Sept. 21 “Highbrow” column, Meghan O’Rourke stated that the Munchkins live in the northern portion of Oz. They live in the east. She also referred to the canal linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as the Eerie Canal. It’s the Erie Canal. Link  Report an error

In today’s Weekend section, which was printed in advance, a listing for the Nov. 15 and 16 Devo concerts at the 9:30 club listed the ticket price as “TK,” a newsroom abbreviation meaning “to come.” The tickets are $45. Link  Report an error

In one respect or another, we got at least three leaders wrong yesterday. Silvio Berlusconi is prime minister of Italy, not president, and Stephen Carter is not Canada’s prime minister, though Stephen Harper is (Obama takes 41 minutes to put paid to the Bush years, page 8). In this very column, the Danish prime minister [...]

A Sept. 25 article about the proposed TTC 2010 capital budget incorrectly stated the amount needed to maintain the current system as $949 billion. In fact, $949 million will be needed to maintain the current system. Link  Report an error

In “Seven days: A good week for. . . Judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan” (25 May 2008), we said that Judge Khan’s cleaner had tried to blackmail him. In fact, she was never convicted of blackmailing Judge Khan. She appealed against her conviction for blackmail (involving a Judge J) and theft (involving Judge Khan). All charges [...]

Due to an editing error, the Sept. 18 Yellowknifer article “No hate complaints registered in NWT” alleged that Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman had posted many of the messages that formed part of his Internet hate propaganda complaint against Marc Lemire and Craig Harrison. That allegation is false. Yellowknifer retracts that statement and apologizes to Mr. [...]

The Gazette of Montreal takes part in an annual campaign called Raise-A-Reader. It helps raise money for literacy programs. Unfortunately, a front page headline yesterday about the campaign did little to help the cause: Here it is as it appeared on the front page below the fold (click for larger):  Report an error

The article “Beware of Big Ideas: Newly nervous post-Soviet states crack down on Western schools” (Aug. 10 & 17) contained several errors. The article stated that the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (known as KIMEP) recently laid off 30 professors. The correct number is 20. The article also stated that KIMEP spent [...]

In a Sept. 22 story about a postal worker pleading guilty to stealing Netflix DVDs, The Associated Press misstated the number of DVDs stolen. Myles Weathers pleaded guilty to stealing more than 3,000 DVDs, not 30,000. Link  Report an error

In two instances in a story Tuesday, victim Rose Crank’s name was inserted where Karen Blosser’s should have been. The story should have stated that Blosser, who was convicted of killing Crank, broke into Crank’s home. And Crank’s daughter said she was pleased Blosser will never walk free. Link  Report an error

THE headline on an article on Page 4 of yesterday’s edition of The Australian, which read “Bank bonuses OK: Hockey”, could have been read as suggesting opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey favoured extravagant bonuses for bank executives. In fact, as was clear in the article, Mr Hockey questioned the role of the G20 in regulating [...]

A Sept. 22 story about airline fees incorrectly stated that Alaska Airlines expects to generate $700 million in revenue in one year by adding a $15 fee for the first checked bag. The correct figure is $70 million. The story has been corrected. Link  Report an error

This article about the community organizing group ACORN incorrectly said that a conservative journalist targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos partly because its voter-registration drives bring Latinos and African Americans to the polls. Although ACORN registers people mostly from those groups, the maker of the videos, James E. O’Keefe, did not specifically mention them. Link [...]

A story in Friday’s Sun stated an Orleans woman was charged with the theft of a winning lottery ticket. In fact, it was not a winning ticket. The Sun regrets the error.  Report an error

A Howard Levitt column in the Financial Post on Wednesday regarding Kelly McDougald, the former chief executive of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., said the Ontario government should be “suing her for fraud for her own expense account abuse.” However, no evidence has arisen of abuse in Ms. McDougald’s expense account and the Post [...]

An article, “Rescuing Robohack” (Focus, last week), said that The New York Times denied that it had paid a ransom for the release of the reporter David Rohde but that authoritative sources in the region said the Taliban received up to $9m (£5.4m). The New York Times assures us that no ransom at all was [...]

IN a report on May 5, 2009, headlined “Riddle of Boruc, the brunette and his hair straighteners”, we claimed that Artur Boruc had brought two girls to the house he shares with partner Sara Mannei and had sex with one of them. We published a picture which we said showed him straightening one of the [...]