It was my understanding that there would be no math

This is the subheadline of "Tri-Cities find success in fight against homelessness" on CBC News online on November 15, 2013. Nothing wrong here - just want to point out the word fewer. Then,

this is found in the article's second sentence, and fewer has become less. Booooooo. Then,

the writer somehow thinks that 206 is nearly double 154. Oooookay. Click an image to enlarge it. Also, the term "Tri-Cities" is used five times in the article, and not once is it said which cities are included in the Tri-Cities. Here are two of the 20 comments below the article:

• It would be nice if you could identify the "Tri-Cities." Perhaps the locals know but other people ...? I gather Coquitlam is one. What are the others?
• I've often wondered what the "Tri-Cities" were, and I still don't know!

The Vancouver Courierrors

I have several errors - seven, if you want to be precise - to share with you from the pages of The Vancouver Courier. The first one (from "RAMP meeting (community briefs)" on June 22, 2011) is a homophonic one: peak should be peek. Then,

it's never too soon to proofread what you've written. From "Picks of the week" on June 24, 2011. Next,

the question mark should be after the closing quotation mark. From "Team Robertson maintains mind-boggling riot defence" on June 29, 2011. Then,

if Diallo Oballa is - as the article states - 11 years old, that means he was born in either 1999 or 2000. So how does the writer of this article ("Alomar dispenses wisdom to little leaguers" on June 29, 2011) figure that he was born nearly two decades after 1992 and 1993? He was born less than one decade after those seasons. Frickin' frack. Then,

in Canada, it's kilometres rather than kilometers. But no matter where you are in the world, you don't use both spellings, and you especially don't use both spellings in the same bloody sentence. From "Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes on Ride to Conquer Cancer" on July 1, 2011. Then,

and should be an in "Last week's poll question" on July 6, 2011. Finally,

were should not have an apostrophe. Those live sites we are a huge mistake makes no sense. From "Hidden camera captures riot talk in mayor's office" on July 6, 2011. Click an image to enlarge it.

That'd be a lot of drinking

The legal limit is 0.08, so how exactly is 1.6 twice the legal limit? From "Collision driver had twice legal alcohol limit: RCMP" on CBC News online on July 7, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

It doesn't add up

This is the start of "Missed it by that much: Marathoner loses $27K by one second" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on July 4, 2011. Some have written in the article's comments that the guy earned the bonus because he did finish in 2:10. It doesn't state under 2:10, it states 2:10 and under - unless that's only the way the article's sentence is written, and the actual conditions of the bonus are more clear, which is entirely likely. But that's not why I'm here. I'm here because the bonus is clearly written as being $27,000. If Kamakaya had earned the bonus ("but he did!"), he would have made a total of $37,000, thereby more than tripling his payday and, in fact, nearly quadrupling it.

It doesn't add up

Unlike this post from July 2009, the question is yes/no, which makes the yes/no answer correct. However, like that earlier post, there is 10 per cent missing. From "Web poll nation" in The Vancouver Courier on February 11, 2011.

KEEP MEMORIAL - 41%; RENAME B.C. PLACE - 39%; IN SPIRIT - 19%

41 + 39 + 19 = 99. Where'd the other one percent go from "Yesterday's poll" in 24H Vancouver on August 9, 2010?

BAN FOR LIFE 19%; BAN FOR ONE SEASON 33%; WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL 49%

The folks in charge of "Yesterday's poll" in 24H Vancouver seem to have replaced their colour-swapping errors with mathematical errors. While it's been a record amount of time since a colour swap (or at least feels that way), today is the second time in eight days that the percentages add up to 101%.

WEIRD 12%; ANNOYING 78%; AWESOME 11%

There have been problems with 24H Vancouver's "Yesterday's poll" in the past, but this time it's not a case of color swapping. In today's paper, the percentages add up to 101%. Really? How's that possible, 24H Vancouver?

Who should be responsible for bailing out the $1 billion Olympic Village project? Yes 36 per cent; No 54 per cent

-- "Web poll nation" in The Vancouver Courier on June 24, 2009

If you can get past the absurdity of a poll using yes/no answers on a non-yes/no question (which might, if you're like me, take a while), shouldn't the Yes percentage plus the No percentage equal 100%? I don't see a Maybe option covering the remaining 10%. "This is not a scientific poll." Yeah, clearly.

Haiku night in Canada; Jock strap diplomats // With lower body injuries // Forage for autumn's nuts

-- "Haiku Night in Canada, part six (Kudos & Kvetches)" in The Vancouver Courier on May 8, 2009

Above haiku has
One too many syllables
Second and third lines