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This was screen captured on Indigo.ca on January 12, 2014. There is no need for both the dollar sign ($) and the word dollars. Click the image to enlarge it.

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This is the first sentence of "Winning $50M Lotto Max tickets sold in Western Canada" on CBC News online on November 2, 2013. Using the dollar sign ($) means not having to use the word dollar. Click the image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - August & September 2013

It's time for a recap of the errors seen on the CBC BC homepage, and you're in luck! What you have in front of you is two months worth of errors wrapped up in one delicious post (but please don't try to eat your computer). First, on August 11 it was reported that there was a crash involving a cruise ship full of police officers. The huge news is that there's a cruise that visits Prince George (not the royal baby), because that's a remarkable feat when you consider how far that city is from the ocean. Then,

on August 22 there was the redundant use of both a dollar sign and the word dollars. Then,

that homepage sentence is still alive and well as the article's first sentence. ("'I can't believe my eyes' says Burnaby lottery winner" on CBC News online on August 22, 2013.)  Three short paragraphs later, there's a number that should be numbers and there's a number that shouldn't have had the word million after it. Then,

on August 30 there was a my that should have been by and a missing storm that should have been between lightning and last. Then,

on September 3 there should have been a been between have and working, and there shouldn't have been a space between games and the comma that followed it. Then,

on September 9 the word sex was missing from between non-consensual and with. Then,

on September 14 targetting (yet another nonword on a homepage) should have been targeting. Then,

on September 23 there was another nonword. Crikey. Cricitism should have been criticism. Then,

after clicking to the article ("Nanaimo newspaper letter draws First Nation's cricitism" on CBC News online on September 23, 2013), I saw that the headline was exactly the same. That obnoxious headline deserves all the criticism (C-R-I-T-I-C-I-S-M) everyone can muster. Nonwords on homepages, nonwords in headlines - nobody behind the scenes who cares? As you can see in the image, below the headline, the article was updated at least once after posting, yet the glaring error remained. Finally,

on September 26 there was a repeated the between to and governments. Click an image to enlarge it.

Yahooooooooo! July 2013

July 2013 was a month, and this is a post. More specifically, this is a post about the errors found on the Yahoo! Canada homepage during the month of July 2013. First, on July 3, an should have been a. Then,

on July 5 its should have been it. Then,

also on July 5, is this crazy bit of craziness. Do you wonder how someone can face charges after death? Well, what if I told you that Leslie McDonald is not dead? And what if I told you that McDonald is not a he? McDonald is the grandmother of a two-year-old boy who died in a car. I learned that after clicking the link,

and I also found this in the article ("Grandmother charged after Ontario toddler found dead in hot car" on Yahoo! Canada News on July 5, 2013). I have just one question: Did the child do it on her own? Then,

again on July 5, is the unnecessary use of both the dollar sign ($) and the word dollars. Then,

on July 10 I found this embarrassing misspelling that resulted in a nonword. Then,

on July 19 there was a word that looked similar to an actual word. Then,

on July 20 there was a misspelling of Stephen Harper's first name. He's only Canada's current prime minister, so I can understand how the correct spelling of his name would be difficult to determine. Then,

on July 22 either there was an extra E in Yankee or the third E should have been an S. Here's the linked-to article. Finally,

on July 27, Yahoo! reported that someone is on a mission to save someone else while also hiding from the issue. I didn't understand that, but I didn't care enough to click the link to find out more. Click an image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - May 2013

Here are the errors from the CBC British Columbia homepage during May 2013. For the first 19 days no errors were detected, but on May 20 prevents shouldn't have had that S. Then,

on May 22 there must've been three cars involved in this crash, right? It's a confusing way for the writer to have worded it, but what else could another other car mean? Then,

on May 29 identity should have been identify, and - you may want to be seated when I tell you this - kittens are cats. Shocking, I know. That CBC homepage sentence is also the first sentence of the linked-to article ("Tortured cat videos earn B.C. man 17-month sentence" on CBC News online on May 29, 2013), and later in the article,

there was a doubling up of man. Then,

also on May 29, it's clear that no spell check was used in the making of this sentence, because the misspelled avenue would have been fixed. Click an image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - December 2012

Happy New Year! There were a few errors I detected on the CBC British Columbia homepage during the final month of 2012. And would you look at that - here they are! First, on December 13 there was both a dollar sign ($) and the word dollars. That's redundant! Then,

on December 18 there was a nonword in the form of possiblity. How the fun do nonwords continue to show up on the homepages of major news websites? It's now 2013! Resolve to get with the times and spell check your work! To make matters worse,

possiblity is still present in the headline of the article ("Metro Vancouver police force a possiblity, official admits" on CBC News online on December 17, 2012). Then,

on December 22 there was another misspelling resulting in another nonword. Can you spot it? Then,

also on December 22, I personally believe that's should have been that. Then,

on December 31, 2012 ended with a bang with the word connecting. It should have been connection. Click an image to enlarge it.

Withdraw $20 dollars from the ATM machine using your PIN number

The dollar sign ($) in front of the 10 means that the word dollars is redundant. This is the opening paragraph of "Pregnant Hotel Manager Forced to Give Birth in Guest Room, Suit Alleges" on Yahoo! Canada Shine on November 15, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

Three errors in three consecutive sentences

The error in the first sentence: women should be woman. The error in the second sentence: there should be an S after the apostrophe. The error in the third sentence: in my world, "criticism online" includes Twitter, which is online. From "Branson tweets apology for naked kitesurfing invite" on CBC News online on June 1, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

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An interesting spin on the usual hyphens-in-ages error. Normally, 30 years old shouldn't have any hyphens, but in this case the error is that there should not be an S at the end of year. From "Man shot near Port Moody Rec Centre: report" on The Vancouver Sun online on May 30, 2012. Then,

the article was updated and the error fixed (and the man's age changed). But along came other issues. In the second sentence, I think the best fix is to insert the word and between night and has. Also, as you can see above, in the article's first three paragraphs we are told more than once how old the victim was, that there were shots fired, and that he died in hospital. Click an image to enlarge it.

Yahooooooooooooooo! May 2012

 The start of June 2012 means it's time for a look back at May 2012 and all the errors that the Yahoo! Canada homepage assaulted our eyeballs with during that month. First, from May 1, 26 years old should not have included any hyphens. Then,

 again on May 1, it wasn't Dustin and Moskovitz (Dustin Moskovitz is one person), so are should have been is. Then,

 on May 5 Yahoo! couldn't decide if it should be do's and don'ts or dos and don'ts, so went with one of each. Then,

 on May 11 your should have been you. Then,

on May 14, even if vie had been spelled correctly, this would not have made sense. It should have read either Men who will be vying for her or Men who will vie for her. Then,

 again on May 14, including both the dollar sign ($) and the word dollar was redundant. Then,

 on May 15 there was a creative spelling of unique. Then,

from May 23, how does Dancing With the Stars get initialised as DTWS? I suppose one has to undergo Yahoo! training to find out. Then,

 again from May 23, someone added a T to Skechers. Then,

 again from May 23, someone added an L to Motorola. Then,

 again from May 23 (not a good day at Yahoo!), I saw that Seinfeld got mistreated. Then,

 on May 27 the hyphen was placed incorrectly in Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's name. Then,

 there was an extra E in fragrance on May 28. Then,

 on May 29 there was an extra to. Finally,

 on May 31 there was a misspelled receives - twice. I still don't understand how nonwords can regularly appear on Yahoo!'s homepage. It's ridiculous. Anyway, that concludes this collection of errors. Click an image to enlarge it.