Melynk

-- Yahoo! Canada homepage and Yahoo! Canada News on April 7, 2009

The homepage's link has Melynk. The article's headline also has Melynk. The article's first line has it correct as Melnyk.

Dunleavy Avenue

-- "Man shot in vehicle near Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver" on CTV British Columbia (http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca) on April 6, 2009

After screen capturing the above just before ten o'clock last night, thirteen hours later the photo caption is now correct as Dunlevy. Yet the article's identical misspelling remains. Odd.

Actress Ari Meyers is 40 Actor Paul Rudd is is 39. Scrubs star Zach Braffis 34

-- "Today's celeb birthdays" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 6, 2009

I realize that this small section of the paper is usually completed with half a brain engaged. The trick, though, is engaging only half the brain while still completing the section correctly. Only one is is needed after Paul Rudd, and how 'bout separating Zach Braff from is and removing the boldness from the latter. While we're at it, why a period only after the middle sentence? A lot of errors for such a small, easy piece.

caused a stir yesterday in Boston

-- "Avery in hot water again" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 6, 2009

The game was not yesterday. It was on Saturday.

RCMP are asking witnesses who saw the collision that occurred Friday at 11:55 p.m. ... that took the life of the male driver.

-- "Witness call (local news briefs)" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 6, 2009

Can anyone offer any solutions on the nonsensical first sentence?

cordoned of the parking lot; McGuinness said, homicide investigators took

-- "Gang-style shooting kills one" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 6, 2009

Add an f to the end of of and omit the comma after said and then we'll publish it. What? Oh well.

WHAT ARE CRITIC'S SAYING ABOUT THIS YEAR'S BREAKOUT HIT?

-- Promotional poster at Wal-Mart in Tulalip, WA, USA, on April 1, 2009

An example of when critic's is correct: Where is the critic's jacket? Correct because there is just one critic and the jacket belongs to the critic. An example of when critic's is incorrect: see images. It's a classic case of inserting an apostrophe before an s when writing a plural word. When there is one, it's critic; when there are two or more, it's critics. It's a shame it happened on an otherwise well-designed poster for a great movie.

10 symptoms your shouldn't ignore

-- Yahoo! Canada homepage on April 4, 2009

My *what* shouldn't ignore? My mother? My dog? My elbow? Is there a word missing between your and shouldn't, or should your be you? Your call.

Woman meets identical twin by chance 17-years later.

-- Yahoo! Canada homepage on April 3, 2009

Do you see how the text in the purple box on the right does not include a hyphen between 17 and years? That's how it's supposed to be.

Sony Ericcson Open

-- "sports briefs" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 3, 2009

On top it's the Sony Ericcson Open; underneath it's the Sony Ericsson Open. Were the men playing in one double-c tournament while the women played in an almost identical yet oh-so-different double-s tournament? Also, of the four players identified in the image's text, why is Nadal the only one whose home country was left unidentified? For the record, he's a Spaniard.

The next time, I meet a Hot Greek Guy at a toga party, I think I'm

-- "Finding good pick-up lines a lost art" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 3, 2009

The sentence, would be so much better without that first comma.

targetting touth

-- Yahoo! Canada homepage on April 2, 2009

First of all, targetting is not a word. Second of all, touth is not a word. Assuming the first word is supposed to be targeting, should the text then be targeting tooth or targeting youth? The linked-to article is "Stop scammers from targeting your teens", so I'm guessing the latter. And, hey, at least the article's headline didn't have an extra t. (Note: several hours after the errors were first detected touth is now youth on the homepage, but targetting remains.)

MARIANNAS TRENCH

-- "more photos from junos weekend" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 1, 2009

The all-caps text is permissible because all of the feature's photo captions begin that way, but the extra N is one hundred percent incorrect. Fun fact: I went to elementary school with the lead singer.

forcing Starbuck's corporate headquarters

-- "'Bucks drops a cup" in Vancouver 24 hours on April 1, 2009

The store name is neither Starbuck's nor Starbuck (as you can see in the image's subsequent sentence, it's Starbucks), so Starbuck's is never correct. Starbucks', however, is acceptable in certain circumstances, such as this one.