Corrections
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In the article "PROFile: Mary McCallum", the subject should be Mary Jane McCallum. The Uniter regrets this error.
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In the article "Whiny femmes is a platform for a much-needed vent," we attributed a quote to Jules Hardy, though it was from Christina Hajjar. We also published a shortened version of another quote from Hajjar, and have replaced it with the complete quote for full context.
The Uniter regrets these errors.
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In the article, "PROFile: Alan Diduck," we quoted Diduck as saying "in numerable" and "mutual learning beds." Diduck said "innumerable" and "mutual learning event." The Uniter regrets these errors.
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In the article "Social Justice Fair aims to get students to volunteer," we stated that the date of the fair is Feb 10. The fair is being held on Feb. 8. The Uniter regrets this error.
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In the article "Float to Relief" published on January 21, we stated that Jellyfish float spa opened in 2012. Jellyfish actually opened in 2013. We also missed the period in the business name of Float.Calm.
The Uniter regrets these errors.
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In the article "Urban Jungle," we stated that parkour originated in Paris in 1939. The modern version of parkour discussed in this article originated in the 1980s.
The Uniter regrets this error.
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In "Better Together", published Nov 12, 2015, Peyton Veitch was quoted as saying "...a decline in middle class...". His quote was actually "...a declining middle class...".
The Uniter regrets this error.
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In the Nov. 5 article, "Speak Strong", Desireé Dallagiacomo was listed as Baton Rouge, Calif. This is incorrect. Dallagiacomo resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Button Poetry channel was also listed as a slam poetry channel, but the correct genre is performance poetry.
The Uniter regrets these errors.
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The crossword published in the Nov 5 issue was already solved. The Uniter regrets this error.
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The article "South Osborne speakeasy" on page 14 stated that Blind Tiger was the only speakeasy restaurant in Winnipeg. This is not correct - there is another similar venue in Winnipeg.
A quote given by Jack Moleshi was also incorrectly transcribed to indicate that the word "speakeasy" was an entry code, not an alternate phrase for whispering.The Uniter regrets these errors.
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The article "Funny Men" on page 8 of the Oct 22 issue stated that comedian Amber Daniels was a last-minute addition to a comedy showcase lineup. That was incomplete. Both Aisha Alfa and Amber Daniels were added to the lineup. The article also states that the showcase was almost entirely white men but did not include the fact that Chad Anderson, a First Nations comic, was part of the original lineup.
The Uniter regrets these errors.
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Clarification
As has been reported in other media, the publisher of The Uniter and columnist Josh Benoit were recently sued by Mayor Sam Katz for allegedly defaming him in a column that was published in The Uniter in the December 4, 2013 edition. The column was entitled “The Local Political Blunder”.
Although the lawsuit alleged that the column accused the Mayor of being a criminal, that was not the intention of the column. The column consisted of satirical commentary that did not accuse the Mayor of being a criminal but rather was intended to be a fair comment on a matter of public interest.
The Uniter regrets if anyone interpreted the column to be anything other than a satirical comment as stated.
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An article in our December 5th issue (The Local Political Blunder) stated that former City of Winnipeg CAO Phil Sheegl received “nearly a half-million dollars” in severance upon his resignation. While estimates vary between $242,000 and $443,000, the true value of Mr. Sheegl’s compensation will not be made publicly available until July 1, 2014.
The Uniter regrets the error.
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The article “’Welcomed with open arms’” (Nov. 29, page 3) incorrectly stated that Russ Hilsher spent time in Stony Mountain Institution.
Also in that issue, the article “Immortalizing the voices of West End residents” (page 5) stated that West Central Streets is the University of Winnipeg’s first digitally archived publication. That is incorrect. It is the university’s first attempt to digitize an external publication. The University of Winnipeg has many digitized publications online, as does the Archives.
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In the Streeter on page 2 of our Oct. 18 issue (“What do you think of Conservative cuts to environmental research?”), we misidentified Jared Pache as Jared Williampache.
Also in that issue, the Sudoku (page 11) was impossible to solve.
We regret the errors.
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The article “An athletic leap” (Sept. 20, page 6) indicated that the University of Winnipeg’s department of modern languages lost several tenure track faculty positions due to budget cuts. This is false. The department lost no tenure track positions.
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The Campus News Briefs in last week’s issue (Oct. 6, page 7) were written by Matt Preprost. An incorrect byline appeared in that issue.
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In the story “Rape survivor decries judge’s controversial decision” (March 10, page 3), The Uniter we wrote that Parliament had legislated a mandatory minimum sentence of three years jail time for cases of serious sexual assault in 2007.
In fact, Parliament simply legislated against the use of conditional sentences in sexual assault cases. The minimum of three years is established in case law, namely the Alberta Court of Appeal case of R v. Sandercock.
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Wesmen volleyball player Brendan Black was misidentified in the photo accompanying the article on page 7 of the Feb. 3 issue of The Uniter.
In the Feb. 10 issue, the article “State of the city speech reflects on finances, development” stated that Sam Katz’s address was hosted by the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce. It was in fact the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce that hosted the speech.
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In the story “Something for everyone” in the Nov. 18 issue of The Uniter (page 17), Jess Klassen of the West Central Women’s Resource Centre is quoted as saying, “So whether you’ve got rippling abs or a Pooh Bear belly, you can do the (yoga) poses.”
Ms. Klassen did not say these words. The quotation marks were inadvertently inserted during the editing process.
The Uniter regrets this error.