The MILF Show by the Skin Tight Outta Sight Rebel Burlesque troupe (at the Cadillac Lounge, 1296 Queen St. W.) takes place on May 10 at 8 p.m., not May 11 as incorrectly stated in a May 8 article about the show. Link
A March 15 photo caption incorrectly identified the man in the above photo as Jonathan Black. It is actually a photo of Toronto law student Chris O’Connor. Mr. O’Connor was in no way connected to the incident allegedly involving Black. The Star regrets the error and apologizes to Mr. O’Connor. Link
February 21, 2008 – 8:00 am
A Feb. 17 article about a man shot and killed by police in a Davisville-area park included misquoted information. Christian van Heiningen said that three weeks ago a man was flashing (exposing himself), in Oriole Park, not slashing himself. Link
January 23, 2008 – 8:46 pm
James Dobson, founder and chair of Focus on the Family, is not an ordained minister. He was incorrectly referred to as a reverend in a Jan. 13 review of the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So. The Star regrets the error. Link
More of this series here, here and here.
January 17, 2008 – 8:00 am
A Jan. 9 headline incorrectly stated that a mother faces charges after a boy’s hands were dipped into a pot of boiling water. The 22-year-old Belleville woman charged with aggravated assault in connection with serious burns suffered by a 3-year-old boy is not the boy’s mother. The Star regrets the error. Link
January 16, 2008 – 8:00 am
As a result of wrong information provided by Reuters, singer Keyshia Cole was mistakenly identified as Mary J. Blige in a photo published Jan. 14. The Star regrets the error. Link (goes to Toronto Star correction)
January 14, 2008 – 8:00 am
A Jan. 9 article reporting testimony from a Canadian Judicial Council inquiry into the conduct of Justice Ted Matlow included an inaccurate quotation. The quote indicated that Ronald Lieberman told the inquiry Matlow told him he had received criticism from one person, “a lady judge.”
A transcript indicates Lieberman said Matlow told him he had not [...]
January 2, 2008 – 8:00 am
A Dec. 23 concert listing about a Dec. 27 performance by R&B artist Omarion included an incorrect photo. The photo identified as Omarion was actually of hip-hop artist Bow Wow. The Star regrets the error. Link
January 2, 2008 – 8:00 am
Kathy English, the public editor of the Toronto Star, wrote a recent column that reveals the paper’s corrections total for 2007. She also announced that the paper will have a corrections/errors database up and running in 2008. (See these 1,2 articles to learn about this kind of database.) English also wrote a November column about [...]
December 3, 2007 – 8:00 am
Toronto Sun columnist Mark Bonokoski was inspired to write a column last week about newspaper errors after spotting this correction in the Toronto Star, a competing newspaper:
Brian Mulroney’s Memoirs 1939-1993 is 1,152 pages, which means that its price per page is 4.5 cents. An incorrect page count was given in a Nov. 25 comparison between [...]
December 3, 2007 – 8:00 am
A Nov. 15 Sports column commented on reports of allegations that New York Rangers’ forward Sean Avery goaded Toronto Maple Leaf Jason Blake about his battle with leukemia, leading to a pre-game scuffle between Avery and Toronto’s Darcy Tucker. There is no evidence that Avery made such remarks, and in fact, as was reported in [...]
November 30, 2007 – 8:00 am
Murder victim Ryan Hyde was convicted of aggravated assault in relation to the death of Robert Tracey. A Nov. 27 headline about Hyde’s murder incorrectly stated he was a convicted killer.
The Star regrets the error. Link
November 27, 2007 – 8:00 am
A Nov. 23 Hot Box item about actors from the 1960s TV series Hogan’s Heroes incorrectly listed Richard Dawson (b. Nov. 20, 1932) as deceased. The Star regrets the error. Link
November 21, 2007 – 8:00 am
A Nov. 19 article about a new study indicating that Detroit is the most dangerous U.S. city incorrectly stated that Detroit has seen nearly one million people killed since 1950.
In fact, that number represents the overall decline in Detroit’s population since 1950, not the number of people killed.
The Star regrets the error. Link
October 24, 2007 – 8:00 am
Contrary to two articles published on Oct. 20 and 22, Impark (Imperial Parking Canada Corporation) did not operate the parking lots near the Cirque du Soleil performances at Commissioner and Cherry Sts., and does not have parking lots in that area. The Star regrets the error and apologizes to Impark. Link
Background to this here and [...]
January 2, 2006 – 8:01 am
When we came across this editorial(we’ve struck “editorial” because according to Antonia Zerbisias of the Star it is a) brief from the Star’s weekend Life section(found via Fark) it made our day:
Moon God Drinking Products Co., a skin care company in China, has
offered a bounty of 1,000 yuan ($144) for every typographical or
literary error found [...]
