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IN her letter published in the Echo last Friday, Mrs Marion Smith talked about the loss of her husband after 58 years of marriage and the importance of a supportive, loving family.
She said “his life was hell and his death released him from it”. In preparing the letter for publication, we edited out the fact that Mrs Smith’s husband had suffered from Alzheimer’s in later years. We are happy to clarify this point. Link
A Feb. 16 Page One article that dealt with the case of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Sulaymon Barre quoted a hearing transcript in which an officer at the detention facility said he believed that Dahabshiil, a money-transfer company employing Barre, “was used to transfer money for terrorism.” The article pointed out that the allegations involving Dahabshiil were later dropped from the government’s summary of evidence. After publication, an attorney for Dahabshiil said in a letter to The Post that the firm has “never been the subject of any investigation in relation to alleged terrorist funding” and that it “has no involvement whatsoever with money laundering or the funding of terrorist organizations and . . . places the highest importance on money laundering compliance.” Dahabshiil should have been given an opportunity to comment for the article. 
The news broke today that columnist Robert Novak, who recently revealed that he has a brain tumor, is retiring. Many news organizations are 
This year is the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. It’s a big deal for the city, and French magazine Paris-Match decided to dedicate a recent issue to the celebration. Unfortunately, its editors were under the impression that it was the province of Quebec’s 400th anniversary. Quebec City barely earned a mention in the issue. Folks here in Montreal are amused by the error, while those in Quebec City are less than impressed. From a recent 
An article in Wednesday’s editions about the Indiana primary election quoted a man who said he thought Sen. Barack was a Muslim. The article inadvertently failed to note that Mr. Obama is in fact a Christian. 
An article in the Timelines section on March 31 (In The Herald: 1988), referred to a court case in 1988 involving a contempt of court summons against the then senior workers’ compensation commissioner Brian Muirhead. The article should have reported that the matter was eventually settled in Mr Muirhead’s favour. The Herald apologises to Mr Muirhead for the omission. 
A few misfires found their way into the September/October issue. In Terry A. Dalton’s piece on Mike Pride, an editor added a phrase asserting that Pride started his thirty-year career at the 
Nov. 7–A headline on an A1 story in Tuesday’s Journal about Gov. Bill Richardson’s proposal for universal health care in New Mexico said, “Health Plan Excludes Immigrants.” It should have said the plan would exclude illegal immigrants. 
On a Nov. 1 ESPN Radio SportsCenter Express report at 7:30 p.m. ET, a report saying Martina Hingis had tested positive for cocaine did not include her assertion that the test results were incorrect. This information was included in subsequent reports. 
