Please, learn to proofread

The second was should not be there. It should not be anywhere. From "Interview" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 30, 2010.

One writer is lucky to have a job

Seriously. How is one able to produce crap day after day and still be in a position to produce - and publish - crap day after day? This writer (of "Man dragged 70 feet by SkyTrain" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 29, 2010) correctly leaves the hyphen out of 70 feet in the article's headline, but then in the article's very first sentence, in goes a hyphen. Later, in one epic sentence,

the hyphen abuse is repeated, nicely sandwiched between the repeated down, and for good measure the word for appears where from would actually make sense. Seriously: crap.

Courteney's dropped E

Courteney Cox must have the most-often-misspelled name in the world; the first E in her name is frequently absent when the media prints her name. This time it's absent from "Today's picks" on Windows Live Messenger on December 1, 2010.

An a that's wrong

Since event begins with a vowel sound, the a should be an. From "Fortune's luck turns again" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 30, 2010. The existence of an error is far from a major event for said newspaper.

Writer must have misspelling cold

If you're going to write a name both in a headline and in an article and you're going to get the name wrong one of the two times, try hard to make the headline the correct one. From "Cowell admits having Beiber fever" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 30, 2010.

I see your S and raise you another

Eastside should have another S. From "Care packages handed out" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 2, 2010.

Millions of hyphens sold

49-year-old requires two hyphens. From "Boyle adamant to play self in musical" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 30, 2010.

I count a first, second, third

I'm counting errors, of course. Above there's an where and belongs (and I'll look past the apparent redundancy because maybe the quoted person is actually very hopeful about this being a tradition here), as well as a hyphen that erroneously connects so on in "German artisan in good spirit" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 29, 2010. The third error, seen below,

is a misspelling of Herwig Schaub's first name.

Arose is arose is arose

There's one arose too many in the above sentence from "Firehalls on display" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 29, 2010.

King Kong

Hong Kong looks a little different here, but why? New haircut? Lost weight? Negligent proofreading? From "A giving life (Central Park)" in The Vancouver Courier on November 26, 2010.

Writing that couoldn't be t=]much worse

This is the photo caption from "SkyTrain hero saves man with mangled leg" on CBC News online on November 27, 2010.

Yes, I've completed a frew

Serveral should be several and attached should be attach. This is from the City of Surrey online application process on November 27, 2010. Click the image to enlarge it.

Is there a decent writer next to Picasso?

The second you should be your in this sentence from "Tech gear" in today's 24 hours Vancouver.

Skimpy proofreading

I had thoughts that this error (seen today on the Yahoo! Canada homepage) would have caused an editor or two to blush, but the errors on Yahoo! happen so frequently that I doubt that's true. Having trouble spotting the error? It'll help if you read the actual article's first sentence: "The skimpy trunks sported by Singapore's men's water polo team at the Asian Games are causing red faces back home in the conservative city-state, with many embarrassed by their design."