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All Our 2022 Corrections and Clarifications

Rounded up in one place for your edification

You can also have a look at our 2022 Transparency Report here.

Podcasts

CANADALAND (Monday show)

Episode:The Plan To Turn My Hometown Into A Nuclear Waste Dump” (January 24)
Correction: “A previous version of this story stated that monitoring of the waste site would occur for seven years after all of the nuclear waste was put in the deep geological repository. However, the NWMO has budgeted for monitoring to occur for 70 years. We regret this error.” (January 24)

Episode: The Baristas Vs. Starbucks” (June 13)
Correction: “An earlier version of this episode incorrectly identified the Victoria Starbucks location as the first location in Canada to unionize. While it is currently the only location that is unionized, there were a number of stores that unionized in the ‘90s and 2000s. These locations are no longer unionized for a number of different reasons.” (June 14)

Episode:Sh*tty Cities” (August 15)
Correction: “A previous edition said that British Columbia was the only province to offer rebates on electric bikes. In fact, BC, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Yukon offer rebates on the purchase of electric bikes. We regret the error.” (August 17)

Episode:CTV Workers On Workplace Abuse” (September 26)
Correction: “A previous version of this story indicated former CTV News employee Erin Paul died due to an overdose after her dismissal. Though she did die in Nov. 2020 at the age of 49, her sister has stated that this was not her cause of death.” (September 26)

Episode:Cops, Lies, And Videotape” (November 28)
Correction: “an earlier version of these show notes incorrectly stated that Prince George, B.C. was where Const. Kohut kicked down the door to his ex’s home.” (December 1)

Détours

Épisode: «Option nucléaire» (12 novembre)
Correction: «L’épisode a été modifiée pour corriger une erreur factuelle. Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l’éducation en Ontario revendiquent une augmentation de salaire de 3,25 $ l’heure et non pas une augmentation de 11% par année sur trois ans.» // “This episode has been edited to correct a factual error. Education workers in Ontario are demanding a wage increase of $3.25 per hour, not an 11% increase per year over three years.” (12 novembre)

Short Cuts

Episode:Honk If You’re Horny (For Freedom)” (February 3)
Update: “In this episode, Jesse referenced a clip where a protester asked another attendee whether they were a white supremacist to which they responded yes. Jesse says that this was the moment the first protester was made aware that they were among extremists and he hoped they would up and leave. Since publishing, it has been brought to our attention that the person who said they were a white supremacist was likely a person of colour and they may have been joking.” (February 9)

Episode:Freedom Is Un-Canadian” (February 17)
Update: “An earlier version of this episode included a partial comment without proper context. The comment has been removed.” (February 17)

Episode:Happiness Is A Banned Gun” (December 8)
Clarification: “in this episode, Jesse says that Carey Price initially claimed he was not aware of the 1989 Polytechnique shooting. In fact it was Price’s employer, Groupe CH President France Margaret Bélanger, who spoke on Price’s behalf, saying the athlete was not aware of the shooting.” (December 8)

Wag the Doug

Episode:Strong Mayors [COMMA] Building Homes” (September 21)
Clarification: “Ottawa mayoral candidate and councillor Catherine McKenney uses ‘they/them’ pronouns — not ‘she/her’ pronouns, as used in this episode.” (September 22)

Written pieces

Article:What Terry Glavin overlooked” (June 6)
Correction: “This piece originally described Kevin Annett as a former Anglican minister. He is in fact a former United Church minister.” (June 14)

Article: Lessons from the one unionized Starbucks in Canada” (June 13)
Correction: “This post, and the episode it accompanies, originally described the Starbucks on Victoria’s Douglas Street as the first location in Canada to have a union. In fact, while it is currently the only Canadian location to have a union, several stores did organize starting in the mid-1990s but were no longer unionized by the time the Douglas Street location applied for certification in 2020.” (June 14)

Article: ‘It was very well-sequenced’ – Bell Executives Face Angry Staff Over LaFlamme Ousting” (August 19)
Clarification: “Clarification added on August 19, 2022, at 2:08 p.m. EDT, amending a staff question that a previously read that Omar Sachedina hadn’t been ‘heard from for months.’ The question has now been amended to simply say he hasn’t been ‘heard from’ as the qualifying words in the question are barely audible in the recording obtained by Canadaland.” (August 19)

Article:Executive who fired LaFlamme ‘taking leave’ from CTV” (August 26)
Correction: “A previous version of this story stated that the story that ran on Aug. 25 by reporter Heather Wright was interfered with before it aired. However, her story was interfered with on Aug. 24 and did not run that day as a consequence.” (August 26)

Article:Bell Media employees: ‘Let’s Talk’ about CTV’s toxic, abusive workplace” (September 25)
Correction: “A previous version of this story indicated former CTV News employee Erin Paul died due to an overdose after her dismissal. Though she did die in Nov. 2020 at the age of 49, her sister stated that was not her cause of death.” (September 26)

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