In articles we wrote and published in the Toronto Sun and its website on Dec. 18, 2010 and Jan. 2, 2011, entitled "TTC Union Needs to be Curbed" and "Rob Ford's big fight: Levy," we stated that Bob Kinnear, the President of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113, is a union mob boss. We acknowledge [...]
The picture accompanying the story “Stormy debate over beavers” was in fact a capybara, not a beaver. The Sun regrets the error. Report an error
A photo caption June 10 incorrectly stated Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and Councillor Carolyn Parrish “butted heads” over the mayor’s legal defence fund. McCallion was not present during the debate, having declared a conflict of interest in the matter. Link Report an error
A series of articles concerning illegal sales of tobacco products published in the Sun (including its webpage) on Friday, April 9, included photographs and video footage of the “DKs” and “Putters” tobacco products manufactured by Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Ltd. The Sun wishes to clarify that it did not intend to suggest that these [...]
A photograph in Thursday’s Toronto Sun incorrectly identified a woman as ex-stripper Suwalee Iamkhong leaving a hearing at the Immigration and Refugee Board. The Sun apologizes to the woman (who requested her name not be used) for any embarrassment. Report an error
When newspaper writers make a silly mistake, it’s our policy to issue a correction. So please consider this a correction to Wednesday’s story about gold medallist Lindsey Vonn and the other top Olympic beauties. Somehow, Russian speed skater Yekaterina Malysheva was left off the list. Maybe it was because the photo of Malysheva was mistaken [...]
A photograph published in the Toronto Sun Friday incorrectly identified a person who has the same name as a dead drug dealer. The photo showed Shawn James, winner of a Harry Jerome Award in 2005 and a social worker with UrbanPromise Toronto, a Christian-based community initiative working with children, youth and single mothers. He is [...]
Former minor pro hockey player Justin Bourne is an advocate of gay rights and outspoken about the challenges athletes face when “coming out” in pro sports. His passion for the cause stems in part from the fact that he has a gay family member and from some of the attitudes he saw during his own [...]
A story in the November 9 edition of the Toronto Sun quoted several unsupported allegations about “alleged misspending” and “influence peddling” involving the Toronto Port Authority. The Toronto Sun has no knowledge and is aware of no evidence to substantiate those allegations. The article also wrongly cited claims that the TPA “cost taxpayers $10 million [...]
A headline on an article in the September 29 edition of the Toronto Sun concerning contract work done by Courtyard Group for the Ontario provincial government was both inaccurate and unfair. In fact, the Toronto Sun has no knowledge, or any reason to believe, that Courtyard acted improperly in any way in agreeing to perform, [...]
Convicted multiple murderer Gregory J. McMaster has complained about an article published in the Toronto Sun on June 4, 2008, under the headline “Serial killer wants clean slate.” McMaster is serving time in Fenbrook Institute in Gravenhurst for killing three Canadians and a Minnesota police officer in 1978. He denies he is a serial killer [...]
A headline on page one of the Toronto Sun yesterday was both inaccurate and misleading. In fact, as the story reported, the mother of a boy involved in a high school fight in Keswick said her son “said something stupid.” She did not say nor imply he was stupid. The Sun regrets the error and [...]
OOPS! We have egg on our face over yesterday’s front page about new “street eats” in the city. Our graphic contained numerous errors, including misspelling Eglinton Ave. We apologize to our readers and cartographers everywhere. Link Report an error
In an article with singer Sarah McLachlan which ran in Tuesday’s Toronto Sun, McLachlan said she would be performing with Ravi Shankar at Roy Thomson Hall on Oct. 18. However, the Ravi Shankar in question is not the legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar but in fact yoga master Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a noted spiritual and [...]
A photo on Pg. 5 in the Friday edition identified fraud victim Richard Rand as the man guilty of 190 counts of fraud. The Sun apologizes to Mr. Rand for any embarrassment this may have caused. Link Report an error
On page 14 yesterday, the Sun mistakenly identified Margherita Gervasi as a stripper. She is a waitress and bartender. The Sun regrets the error. Link From the story, which is uncorrected: Normally you would find stripper Margherita Gervasi entertaining crowds at Club Pro in Concord, but yesterday she was displaying her beach volleyball skills. Gervasi, [...]
An answer in yesterday’s edition of Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz was wrong. As every proud Canadian knows, the second-largest country in the world is Canada, not Ukraine. Ukraine’s nice but Canada’s a lot bigger. Report an error
A caption under a photo of Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in the May 10 Sun was incorrect in saying Olmert “admitted wrong” in taking cash from a U.S. financier. Olmert denied any wrongdoing. Report an error
A story on Page 20 of yesterday’s Sun about health care in Ontario incorrectly identified Lindsay McCreith as a woman. Lindsay McCreith is, in fact, a man. Report an error
In Jim Slotek’s review of the film All Hat published in yesterday’s Toronto Sun, the late Bruno Kirby was listed as one of the stars. In fact, it is Luke Kirby who stars in the movie, and he is very much alive. The Sun apologizes to Luke and regrets the error. Report an error
The Torontoist blog recently put up a post noting the similarities between one of its articles and a subsequent one in the Toronto Sun. (Disclosure: I recently joined some of the Torontoist folks on the bloggers team for a broadcast of Test The Nation on CBC.) Some folks took to the comments section to object [...]
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 [...]
