CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
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About CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
About CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
About CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
Features:
Widgets - View the latest headlines directly on your home screen so that you can access your news easier and faster than before. Available with iOS 14.
News Alerts - Subscribe to push notifications for news stories that interest you and are relevant to your life.
In-Depth Coverage - Get trusted insights and in-depth analysis from our award-winning journalists.
Breadth of Coverage - Local, National & World news.
Live Coverage - Stream news as it happens and shows, including Canada's Nightly Newscast, The National.
Regional Coverage - Get the latest news headlines in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax and Calgary.
Personalization - Select your platform layout and the regional news you want to follow.
Save & Share Stories - Save stories to read later, even offline and share your favourite stories with friends.
If you’d like to report an issue or request a feature, please contact us at
https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-us
Ratings & Reviews
Community
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I love the CBC News app!
Jul 24, 2020 By CyberlisI live in the US, but this news app is like a “breath of fresh air” because all you get is unbiased, straight-forward news (similar to Reuter’s) WITHOUT all of the stupid commercial advertisements that render the majority of US news articles unreadable. The advertisements on US news sites have gotten so bad that they cause the story’s content to “jump” constantly as ads are being loaded. I also love that I do NOT have to endure the endless, mind-numbingly stupid prompts instructing me to turn off ad-blockers in order to read an article! CBC News provides important world news stories that load quickly on my iPhone. (The only time I might have an issue is when I click on a news article that’s linked to an American publication.) It’s also good to see how the rest of the world views the US with all that’s currently been happening here! CBC is the best! All of the rest (BING, Google, Apple News, et. al) don’t compare and ultimately drive me crazy with their inundation of ads, auto-play of video content and pay-walls thresholds. CBC News is an excellent news app! Keep up the great work. (Everyone else, take note... this is how News should be presented!) more -
Sep 18, 2021 By Craig LindsayGenerally pretty good. Lots of content from across Canada. Often headlines link to the wrong stories which is a little annoying. Proofreading and editing is a little sloppy too for a well-respected organization. -
This app rocks
Aug 2, 2018 By MsMoenThis app has never let me down, and has sections for news that I can quickly keep up with. CBC news app is the first app I click on in the morning to get World news, along with local interest news and political news. Though don’t live in Canada, the perspectives on American politics help me. more -
Sep 11, 2021 By Liz SmithI think it's a terrific app, but needs to show more local news and local info on Covid, show provincial daily numbers and areas of concern, not just totals from day 1, but individual days. Would also be great to be able to personalize the content more -
Good but video issues
Sep 17, 2021 By MSS21The app is good. No real complaints as far as reading text and navigation are concerned. But I’m having issues with videos included with some stories. It makes you watch ads—annoying but nowadays expected—but then the second ad freezes. There isn’t a way to restart it or skip it. So the intended video never plays. more -
Sep 13, 2021 By Chrystal DLove the cbc, love the app. Occasionally there are glitches when one image opens to the wrong article but it's ususllt fixed at some point throughout the day and since I open the app multiple times in a day this does not diminish my experience. more -
Interesting articles
Aug 16, 2018 By Bones of DwightI enjoyed the unbiassed and most accurate news articles not just about the most recent things that are happening but some of the background and minutia that can be found on the subject. The reporting seems to be unbiassed -
Sep 11, 2021 By Brian KennyWell balanced reporting. We rely on the CBC news for an unbiased look at local, national and international events. Based on the current news cycle we are going to cancel our subscription to the Vancouver Sun that we have received for over 45 years. The slanted and biased reporting of this election has been imbarising and condescending. more -
Sometimes useful mostly feminist propaganda
Aug 26, 2018 By the great ogre from marsCBC does offer some true journalism. However, for the past 15 years and certainly the past 6 years it seems what passes as the most important news is little more than feminist, minority, lgbtq ( and whatever new letters get added to that mix ) whining. I turn the channel when I get bombarded with that. Stick to news, not political propaganda. more -
Great app
Apr 7, 2019 By ChocolatePeanutButterReally like the dark mode, only complaint is the scrolling is a bit jittery. Would also like the pictures to be a bit bigger
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I love the CBC News app!
Jul 24, 2020 By CyberlisI live in the US, but this news app is like a “breath of fresh air” because all you get is unbiased, straight-forward news (similar to Reuter’s) WITHOUT all of the stupid commercial advertisements that render the majority of US news articles unreadable. The advertisements on US news sites have gotten so bad that they cause the story’s content to “jump” constantly as ads are being loaded. I also love that I do NOT have to endure the endless, mind-numbingly stupid prompts instructing me to turn off ad-blockers in order to read an article! CBC News provides important world news stories that load quickly on my iPhone. (The only time I might have an issue is when I click on a news article that’s linked to an American publication.) It’s also good to see how the rest of the world views the US with all that’s currently been happening here! CBC is the best! All of the rest (BING, Google, Apple News, et. al) don’t compare and ultimately drive me crazy with their inundation of ads, auto-play of video content and pay-walls thresholds. CBC News is an excellent news app! Keep up the great work. (Everyone else, take note... this is how News should be presented!) more -
Sep 18, 2021 By Craig LindsayGenerally pretty good. Lots of content from across Canada. Often headlines link to the wrong stories which is a little annoying. Proofreading and editing is a little sloppy too for a well-respected organization. -
This app rocks
Aug 2, 2018 By MsMoenThis app has never let me down, and has sections for news that I can quickly keep up with. CBC news app is the first app I click on in the morning to get World news, along with local interest news and political news. Though don’t live in Canada, the perspectives on American politics help me. more -
Sep 11, 2021 By Liz SmithI think it's a terrific app, but needs to show more local news and local info on Covid, show provincial daily numbers and areas of concern, not just totals from day 1, but individual days. Would also be great to be able to personalize the content more -
Good but video issues
Sep 17, 2021 By MSS21The app is good. No real complaints as far as reading text and navigation are concerned. But I’m having issues with videos included with some stories. It makes you watch ads—annoying but nowadays expected—but then the second ad freezes. There isn’t a way to restart it or skip it. So the intended video never plays. more -
Sep 13, 2021 By Chrystal DLove the cbc, love the app. Occasionally there are glitches when one image opens to the wrong article but it's ususllt fixed at some point throughout the day and since I open the app multiple times in a day this does not diminish my experience. more -
Interesting articles
Aug 16, 2018 By Bones of DwightI enjoyed the unbiassed and most accurate news articles not just about the most recent things that are happening but some of the background and minutia that can be found on the subject. The reporting seems to be unbiassed -
Sep 11, 2021 By Brian KennyWell balanced reporting. We rely on the CBC news for an unbiased look at local, national and international events. Based on the current news cycle we are going to cancel our subscription to the Vancouver Sun that we have received for over 45 years. The slanted and biased reporting of this election has been imbarising and condescending. more -
Sometimes useful mostly feminist propaganda
Aug 26, 2018 By the great ogre from marsCBC does offer some true journalism. However, for the past 15 years and certainly the past 6 years it seems what passes as the most important news is little more than feminist, minority, lgbtq ( and whatever new letters get added to that mix ) whining. I turn the channel when I get bombarded with that. Stick to news, not political propaganda. more -
Great app
Apr 7, 2019 By ChocolatePeanutButterReally like the dark mode, only complaint is the scrolling is a bit jittery. Would also like the pictures to be a bit bigger
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CBC app user
Jun 13, 2020 By czarnusThis app seems to have more ads than I remember from some time back. But my main complaint is that it seems to do a lot of background activity that depletes my iPhone 6s battery causing more cycling to be needed. I have all background activity choices turned off. I recently deleted the app and then reloaded a few days later but after a few days the same thing is happening. My senior software engineer son told me it must be buggy and to delete it, which I will do next. more -
Sep 8, 2021 By nova hanenTook an update to the app and it crashes non stop. My phone is a 1 year old Samsung that was top of the line and is fully up to date with Android. -
Sep 6, 2021 By Gagan SinghAny video content is loaded with long annoying Ads!! At times the video can be shorter than the ad or not even a video but just a slideshow!! -
AppleTV app seriously broken
Aug 6, 2021 By dromardI’ve used this app regularly for a few years, but in the last couple of months it has taken a nosedive on reliability. Problems include being unable to exit a video once it starts and crashes after videos complete and should transition to the next in the queue. I hope someone at CBC is working to address these concerns because it was a great source of Canadian news content. more -
Sep 16, 2021 By Henrik JensenWhile app shows headlines it will not load articles. Have tried to load app six times with the same results. -
Experiencing technical difficulties?
Feb 13, 2018 By DON BARTOI got this app in the hope of seeing some olympic highlights or live events. To date I’ve seen only the “technical difficulties” message on EVERY video I attempted to view, this has happened every day. Perhaps it is because I am in the USA and they don’t stream to IP addresses here, BUT , there is nothing on the App Store that indicates that. So I’ll probably be deleting this app soon. more -
Aug 28, 2021 By H MHarassment to review the app, so here's your review. Frequently, clicking on a headline opens a blank screen. Frequently, clicking on a headline opens up a different article. One just never know what one will get to read. This app is one step up from useless more -
Aug 16, 2021 By A Google userWas fast and fairly stable, but ads implementation made it a buggy data hog. Doesn't handle poor Internet connections well. Inconsistent when your device sleeps while reading an article. You may go back to it, or be taken to the homepage. The app is hindered by editorial choices. Many articles pop you out of the app to a browser. more -
Sep 1, 2021 By Spencer WestUnable to open any article that is not primarily a video. Attempting to open an article from the app home page or a notification, crashes and closes the app almost immediately. -
Aug 24, 2021 By cameron armstrongOften i will select a story that interests me, only to find i am reading something else un related. I can understand if this happened occasionaly, but it occurs all the time. This doesn't happen on any other news app.
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I love the CBC News app!
Jul 24, 2020 By CyberlisI live in the US, but this news app is like a “breath of fresh air” because all you get is unbiased, straight-forward news (similar to Reuter’s) WITHOUT all of the stupid commercial advertisements that render the majority of US news articles unreadable. The advertisements on US news sites have gotten so bad that they cause the story’s content to “jump” constantly as ads are being loaded. I also love that I do NOT have to endure the endless, mind-numbingly stupid prompts instructing me to turn off ad-blockers in order to read an article! CBC News provides important world news stories that load quickly on my iPhone. (The only time I might have an issue is when I click on a news article that’s linked to an American publication.) It’s also good to see how the rest of the world views the US with all that’s currently been happening here! CBC is the best! All of the rest (BING, Google, Apple News, et. al) don’t compare and ultimately drive me crazy with their inundation of ads, auto-play of video content and pay-walls thresholds. CBC News is an excellent news app! Keep up the great work. (Everyone else, take note... this is how News should be presented!) more -
This app rocks
Aug 2, 2018 By MsMoenThis app has never let me down, and has sections for news that I can quickly keep up with. CBC news app is the first app I click on in the morning to get World news, along with local interest news and political news. Though don’t live in Canada, the perspectives on American politics help me. more -
Sep 13, 2021 By Chrystal DLove the cbc, love the app. Occasionally there are glitches when one image opens to the wrong article but it's ususllt fixed at some point throughout the day and since I open the app multiple times in a day this does not diminish my experience. more -
Interesting articles
Aug 16, 2018 By Bones of DwightI enjoyed the unbiassed and most accurate news articles not just about the most recent things that are happening but some of the background and minutia that can be found on the subject. The reporting seems to be unbiassed -
Sep 11, 2021 By Brian KennyWell balanced reporting. We rely on the CBC news for an unbiased look at local, national and international events. Based on the current news cycle we are going to cancel our subscription to the Vancouver Sun that we have received for over 45 years. The slanted and biased reporting of this election has been imbarising and condescending. more -
Great app
Apr 7, 2019 By ChocolatePeanutButterReally like the dark mode, only complaint is the scrolling is a bit jittery. Would also like the pictures to be a bit bigger -
Sep 10, 2021 By Brian ForemanGreat source of professional, generally objective journalism. Minus one star for not being able to tailor the alerts to my interests. -
Great App & News Coverage
Aug 3, 2018 By AfsijoonI personally appreciate all your efforts in providing us a true picture for what is happening around us! A Wonderful team of professional Journalists! -
Important news source
Aug 21, 2018 By M of WilmetteI read CBC news app to broaden my understanding of neighboring Canada, a country I’ve visited many times since 1964. Additionally its international perspective provides a nice balance to that of USA. -
Smart, Honest and Up to the Minute
Aug 10, 2018 By GricksThis app features well written stories that speak to Canadians and an international audience. The news is never bias or emotionally charged.
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Sep 18, 2021 By Craig LindsayGenerally pretty good. Lots of content from across Canada. Often headlines link to the wrong stories which is a little annoying. Proofreading and editing is a little sloppy too for a well-respected organization. -
Sep 11, 2021 By Liz SmithI think it's a terrific app, but needs to show more local news and local info on Covid, show provincial daily numbers and areas of concern, not just totals from day 1, but individual days. Would also be great to be able to personalize the content more -
Good but video issues
Sep 17, 2021 By MSS21The app is good. No real complaints as far as reading text and navigation are concerned. But I’m having issues with videos included with some stories. It makes you watch ads—annoying but nowadays expected—but then the second ad freezes. There isn’t a way to restart it or skip it. So the intended video never plays. more -
Fix notifications
Apr 10, 2020 By ArcticBananaPush notifications are not respecting the preferences and settings -
Aug 17, 2021 By D. A. C. KayOverall I like this app. It helps to keep me informed on what's happening in Canada and the world. I don't find it easy to do a search for news I hear through others. One would think key words may help, but then again CBC cannot possibly report every newsworthy occurences. more -
Aug 21, 2021 By John L MatchimEasy-to-use interface; great integration of video within articles and the local function is quite handy. Great news app.
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Sometimes useful mostly feminist propaganda
Aug 26, 2018 By the great ogre from marsCBC does offer some true journalism. However, for the past 15 years and certainly the past 6 years it seems what passes as the most important news is little more than feminist, minority, lgbtq ( and whatever new letters get added to that mix ) whining. I turn the channel when I get bombarded with that. Stick to news, not political propaganda. more -
Not as good as NPR ONE
Aug 27, 2018 By Rev. R. McGlinchySee NPR One App. The CBC App is lacking a stream of news catered to your previously listened-to content. Or, if there is one, it isn’t obvious. Though the fact that you can choose what story comes next is a better feature than NPR. A combination of both features would be better. more -
Sep 2, 2021 By Tatiana KOverall - ok and more convenient to use on the phone than a website, naturally. But what makes it frustrating sometimes is that when I click on a headline to go to the full article, it regularly takes me to a completely different article. Hopefully, it will be fixed. more -
Aug 25, 2021 By A Google userThe app is good and the CBC is pretty well on top for breaking news when they occur. I like the opinion articles although they are somewhat biased in certain ways. As a publicly funded news organization, one cannot help detecting a reddish Liberal hue to its own flag. Unfortunate. more -
You removed the ability for Google Chromecast
Apr 3, 2020 By Robert802212In your last update you removed the ability to gun the program from my iPhone to Google Chromecast so I can watch it on my TV. Puzzles me why that happened. I hope it was a mistake. -
Sep 9, 2021 By Micheline DanbergerSo many times I click on a story and a completely different story appears. Doesn't work properly
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CBC app user
Jun 13, 2020 By czarnusThis app seems to have more ads than I remember from some time back. But my main complaint is that it seems to do a lot of background activity that depletes my iPhone 6s battery causing more cycling to be needed. I have all background activity choices turned off. I recently deleted the app and then reloaded a few days later but after a few days the same thing is happening. My senior software engineer son told me it must be buggy and to delete it, which I will do next. more -
Aug 28, 2021 By H MHarassment to review the app, so here's your review. Frequently, clicking on a headline opens a blank screen. Frequently, clicking on a headline opens up a different article. One just never know what one will get to read. This app is one step up from useless more -
Too many ads
Nov 6, 2020 By TJ101011001I get they need to make money off international users but the CBC has so many ads is basically unusable, you often have to watch 30s of an ad just to load an ad-filled article
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Sep 8, 2021 By nova hanenTook an update to the app and it crashes non stop. My phone is a 1 year old Samsung that was top of the line and is fully up to date with Android. -
Sep 6, 2021 By Gagan SinghAny video content is loaded with long annoying Ads!! At times the video can be shorter than the ad or not even a video but just a slideshow!! -
AppleTV app seriously broken
Aug 6, 2021 By dromardI’ve used this app regularly for a few years, but in the last couple of months it has taken a nosedive on reliability. Problems include being unable to exit a video once it starts and crashes after videos complete and should transition to the next in the queue. I hope someone at CBC is working to address these concerns because it was a great source of Canadian news content. more -
Sep 16, 2021 By Henrik JensenWhile app shows headlines it will not load articles. Have tried to load app six times with the same results. -
Experiencing technical difficulties?
Feb 13, 2018 By DON BARTOI got this app in the hope of seeing some olympic highlights or live events. To date I’ve seen only the “technical difficulties” message on EVERY video I attempted to view, this has happened every day. Perhaps it is because I am in the USA and they don’t stream to IP addresses here, BUT , there is nothing on the App Store that indicates that. So I’ll probably be deleting this app soon. more -
Aug 16, 2021 By A Google userWas fast and fairly stable, but ads implementation made it a buggy data hog. Doesn't handle poor Internet connections well. Inconsistent when your device sleeps while reading an article. You may go back to it, or be taken to the homepage. The app is hindered by editorial choices. Many articles pop you out of the app to a browser. more -
Sep 1, 2021 By Spencer WestUnable to open any article that is not primarily a video. Attempting to open an article from the app home page or a notification, crashes and closes the app almost immediately. -
Aug 24, 2021 By cameron armstrongOften i will select a story that interests me, only to find i am reading something else un related. I can understand if this happened occasionaly, but it occurs all the time. This doesn't happen on any other news app.
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CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
Release Notes
Varies with device
This version includes a new video section that features trending clips, local newscasts and shows, including The National and Marketplace. We’ve also fixed a bug that prevented users from saving and unsaving stories in the lineup.
As of this release, you'll now be able to tap on and expand GIFs in stories. We've also fixed a bug involving links that didn't work in our author biography sections.
In this update we've made design improvements to some of our election stories.
In this release, we've made some design improvements. Some stories will now display brief summaries under the headline.
In this release we've fixed a bug which was causing live video streaming to sometimes stop playing. Also, on Android 10 there was a problem that was causing our notification images to display with inverted colours when the system dark theme was enabled. That problem has now been fixed.
As of this update, you'll now be able to follow the federal election with ease in a new section of the app. Get the latest news, election tools and find podcasts and video all in one place.
We've also added a few other features and fixed a few bugs. When a live stream falls behind, when you've paused or are experiencing poor network connectivity, the stream will now recover from that state better. The appearance of our share tools on articles has also been improved.
We've made a few changes and improvements in this release. Select stories will appear in your feed bundled with related links, allowing you to follow a story with ease. We've also improved the resolution of images you can zoom in on so they'll be crisp and clear.
We've improved the video/audio experience so the app will better handle streaming audio and video when your device has flaky connectivity. We've also fixed a few miscellaneous UI bugs. For example, if you do a search and it yields no results, you'll be made aware of this - previously there was no indication.
New features and improvements:
* You can now zoom in on images in articles and photo galleries.
* In some stories we had links within an article and they wouldn't work. We've fixed that bug.
* Articles with embedded PDFs now open in-app instead of through the website.
* You'll now be able to use the back button to navigate back to the Top Stories section (previously it closed the app).
In this release, we've simplified the sharing of stories. Instead of sharing a story's title, summary, and link, you'll now be sharing just a link to the story. We've also fixed a few miscellaneous bugs to improve that app's stability.
We've made a few bug fixes along with accessibility and performance improvements.
In this release we've fixed a few bugs:
-The app is more stable on phones that don't support Chromecast.
-Stories with very tall images no longer cause the app to crash.
-Sometimes clicking a notification was only leading you to the current story you had open - we've addressed this issue.
We've made a bunch of fixes in this release:
-Previously some Android 9 users had trouble opening links -- a fix has been found.
-Email and telephone links in WebViews are now clickable.
-We've shortened the splash screen time so you'll be brought into the app quicker.
-We've sorted out a problem in which some users were seeing duplicate items in their feed.
We've fixed a bug that caused the app to close when the user tried to open saved articles. Some users running Android 4 and below were also affected when they tried to open videos. We've also upgraded a few of our internal libraries.
This update adds a new persistent player that will allow you to keep watching videos as you navigate through the app. You can also listen to podcasts and other audio while the app is in the background.
We’ve made several performance improvements, (video player, notifications, links) and upgraded Chromecast. We’ve also introduced more accessibility features to the video player and dark theme mode that will provide you with an easier reading experience.
Images will now appear sharper and clearer. Minor bug fixes and performance improvements also included.
We've updated our media player to give you a more consistent and modern streaming experience. This includes closed captions support for content when it is provided. This update also improves the performance and stability of the app.
Images will now appear sharper and clearer. Minor bug fixes and performance improvements also included.
We've updated our media player to give you a more consistent and modern streaming experience. This includes closed captions support for content when it is provided. This update also improves the performance and stability of the app.
We're committed to delivering frequent updates that improve performance and stability.
From breaking news alerts to in-depth coverage, the CBC News App is a fast and easy way to keep you informed of the upcoming election with useful tools like Poll Tracker and Vote Compass.
From breaking news alerts to in-depth coverage, the CBC News App is a fast and easy way to keep you informed of the upcoming election with useful tools like Poll Tracker and Vote Compass.
From breaking news alerts to in-depth coverage, the CBC News App is a fast and easy way to keep you informed of the upcoming election with useful tools like Poll Tracker and Vote Compass.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
Enjoy Picture in Picture Video, Local and Topical News Widgets, Breaking News Alerts.
This release improves the functionality and performance of the CBCNews App.
Enjoy Picture in Picture Video, Local and Topical News Widgets, Breaking News Alerts. This release improves the functionality and performance of the CBCNews App.
As of this release, we’ve enabled Picture in Picture, which allows you to play video while using your phone.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
Checking the headlines at a glance is now easier with our new customizable homescreen widgets. We’ve also made performance improvements and bug fixes in this release.
Checking the headlines at a glance is now easier with our new customizable homescreen widgets. We’ve also made performance improvements and bug fixes in this release.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
We have fixed a few bugs and have made some performance improvements.
It wasn't always obvious how to sort stories in our local tab so we've simplified the design. A switch at the top now allows you to sort stories by time or editors' picks.
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CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
