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About CBC News: Breaking, Local & World News
From breaking news alerts to in-depth coverage, the CBC News App is a fast and easy way to catch up on what’s happening in your local area, in Canada, and the World. Now updated for iOS 14 and with widgets to keep you informed when news breaks.
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
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
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I love the CBC News app!
Jul 24, 2020 I 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 This 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 -
Mar 24, 2021 While I think the general UI could use some work, overall this is a fantastic app to read the news on. Great journalism, reliable news coverage, and I never have any issues using the app itself. -
Interesting articles
Aug 16, 2018 I 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 -
Mar 15, 2021 Great resource! Once you download the app, it keeps you up to date on all the world's largest stories, so you never feel like you are missing something, and it sends you a notification about whatever the latest news story is, so you can choose to read it right away or dismiss it. Love this app.more
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CBC app user
Jun 13, 2020 This 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 -
Mar 27, 2021 Extremely slow to scroll, non-responsive to touch, uses too much memory, jam-packed with ads that disrupt the reading and add to the jerky scrolling. The reporting is fairly good, but the delivery vehicle is atrocious. -
Mar 25, 2021 This app keeps shutting down, I scroll down to the second article & it kicks me out.. I uninstalled reinstalled.. waited a coupe days, I did enjoy the app for a couple months, now it simply doesn't work.. -
Experiencing technical difficulties?
Feb 13, 2018 I 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 -
Mar 25, 2021 This app constantly scrolls horizontally into the next article when you don't want it to because your thumbs scrolls in an arc trajectory which ends up triggering this issue. This "feature"(major bug) needs to be removed. Otherwise it would be a 5 star app.more
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I love the CBC News app!
Jul 24, 2020 I 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 This 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 -
Mar 24, 2021 While I think the general UI could use some work, overall this is a fantastic app to read the news on. Great journalism, reliable news coverage, and I never have any issues using the app itself. -
Interesting articles
Aug 16, 2018 I 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 -
Mar 15, 2021 Great resource! Once you download the app, it keeps you up to date on all the world's largest stories, so you never feel like you are missing something, and it sends you a notification about whatever the latest news story is, so you can choose to read it right away or dismiss it. Love this app.more
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Mar 22, 2021 Informative, current articles. There's trouble getting redirected to a specific news article from the notifications. There are also forced adds on all videos: A disturbing trend among new applications. -
Feb 5, 2021 A major source for my news and I like it. BUT too many ads that distract me from the story and interrupt my train of thought. I don't think we realize how much media advertising influences our thought process. CBC as a publicly funded news source should tone down or remove its advertising content in news stories.more -
Fix notifications
Apr 10, 2020 Push notifications are not respecting the preferences and settings -
Very Good Canadian News App
Jul 1, 2011 Although the layout is a bit cluttered, this is an excellent news app. You get a full selection of national and international news, with sections devoted to text, video and photos. And although I have not fully used it yet, the feature that lets you save top stories for offline reading looks promising. Videos played crisply, with no problems or delays. The news photos were well selected. It is also interesting to see how there are subsections for news coverage in each Canadian province. I am a US user who likes to get the news perspective of world journalists. This app is very well executed and offers good content in a well designed package. Other news sites could learn from this example.more -
Crashes and more
Mar 24, 2013 Since the recent update, crashes on launch, even from a "cold start" with the app having been fully exited beforehand. Reinstalling didn't work. Also, a recurrent problem is the fact that a newscast won't stop playing when you switch to another app, and re-entering the CBC News app hides the newscast progress bar, so there's no way to stop or rewind the stream.more
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Sometimes useful mostly feminist propaganda
Aug 26, 2018 CBC 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 See 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 -
Mar 31, 2021 The 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 publicity 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 In 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. -
Mar 23, 2021 Pretty good except that there is no notice if the article that you started reading turns into a link to the local newspaper partner. Which in Winnipeg is just an expensive flyer... VERY frustrating.
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CBC app user
Jun 13, 2020 This 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 -
Mar 27, 2021 Extremely slow to scroll, non-responsive to touch, uses too much memory, jam-packed with ads that disrupt the reading and add to the jerky scrolling. The reporting is fairly good, but the delivery vehicle is atrocious. -
Feb 27, 2021 "The National" never plays on my Android phone anymore. It constantly says "Live Streaming is coming up" from approximately 0830 to 0000 (when the link is available). Watching the stream wasn't an issue in 2020. There are no problems watching the news show on an iPhone. Rectify this feature in the android app ASAP!more -
Mar 25, 2021 Used to really like this app, now with the swipe "feature" to read next, or previous articles, I can't read even one without swiping to get back to it several times. -
Too many ads
Nov 6, 2020 I 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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Mar 25, 2021 This app keeps shutting down, I scroll down to the second article & it kicks me out.. I uninstalled reinstalled.. waited a coupe days, I did enjoy the app for a couple months, now it simply doesn't work.. -
Experiencing technical difficulties?
Feb 13, 2018 I 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 -
Mar 25, 2021 This app constantly scrolls horizontally into the next article when you don't want it to because your thumbs scrolls in an arc trajectory which ends up triggering this issue. This "feature"(major bug) needs to be removed. Otherwise it would be a 5 star app.more -
Poor writing/incomplete stories
Sep 8, 2018 I have found the “news” to be poorly written and spur of the moment. It is almost as if the writers are place on a 10 minute limit to find and write a story just so space is taken up. I expect more. Lacking quality reporting! -
No comments
Jan 1, 2020 Cannot see comments like on website. Then app hijacks website when trying to access to read comments. Deleted in order to access website.
What’s Groovy
It's good, but I get way too many notifications for breaking news. I would like maybe 3 a day, but I get ~11, and I can either turn them off all together or deal with the influx of notifications. Maybe it's just that there's a lot of news these days, but I would like to be able to control that, and there doesn't seem to be the option in the app nor in the app settings in my phone settings.
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What’s Subpar
I agree with Alessandra Alves. Before the recent update, this app deserved 5 stars. Now the app is too sensitive to sideways movement of the finger with the result that about half the time I try to scroll down, the app switches to the next article. I tried to find a way to configure the app to stop the effect of a sideways swipe, but no option is available. Please fix this.
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I love the CBC News app!
I 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!) -
This app rocks
This 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. -
While I think the general UI could use some work, overall this is a fantastic app to read the news on. Great journalism, reliable news coverage, and I never have any issues using the app itself.
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Interesting articles
I 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 -
Great resource! Once you download the app, it keeps you up to date on all the world's largest stories, so you never feel like you are missing something, and it sends you a notification about whatever the latest news story is, so you can choose to read it right away or dismiss it. Love this app.
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Sometimes useful mostly feminist propaganda
CBC 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. -
I like CBC whole lot better than CT*. I've seen (and heard) that they claim to be No.1, but I get suspicious and wonder how they get No. 1 with 30 mins main evening news, amd awful worse person who cannot even speak English doing a news, and almost half of that time in commercial. CBC, to me seems very thorough, in detail, and accurate in news. CBC does real news. I like it alot. Though I wished that they would cover more domestic news in every region of the country.
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Great app
Really like the dark mode, only complaint is the scrolling is a bit jittery. Would also like the pictures to be a bit bigger -
Great app. My parents recommended it when Covid-19 first hit Canada back in March'20. Keeps me up to date and constantly notifying me whenever new news come up. You can also pick the specific locations to get the news from. And if you don't want notifications, you can choose not too, and just check the app and browse the feed whenever you want too. Easy peasy👍. Would recommend. And it's free.
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Not as good as NPR ONE
See 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.
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Handy app for all my Local and Canadian News
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Very good
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Informative Helps to know what is going on. Out there Thanks 😊
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I live in Seattle so Canadian news is sometimes relevant to me. Even more, I appreciate the international perspective of what's happening in the USA & around the world.
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Love Good Accurate news
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Snooze is great
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CBC is really cool
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Nice app, works great. I like the swipe to next article feature...
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Easy to get overview of news in Canada
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Fast speed in streaming
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I love the CBC News app!
I 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!) -
This app rocks
This 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. -
While I think the general UI could use some work, overall this is a fantastic app to read the news on. Great journalism, reliable news coverage, and I never have any issues using the app itself.
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Interesting articles
I 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 -
Great resource! Once you download the app, it keeps you up to date on all the world's largest stories, so you never feel like you are missing something, and it sends you a notification about whatever the latest news story is, so you can choose to read it right away or dismiss it. Love this app.
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I like CBC whole lot better than CT*. I've seen (and heard) that they claim to be No.1, but I get suspicious and wonder how they get No. 1 with 30 mins main evening news, amd awful worse person who cannot even speak English doing a news, and almost half of that time in commercial. CBC, to me seems very thorough, in detail, and accurate in news. CBC does real news. I like it alot. Though I wished that they would cover more domestic news in every region of the country.
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Great app
Really like the dark mode, only complaint is the scrolling is a bit jittery. Would also like the pictures to be a bit bigger -
Great app. My parents recommended it when Covid-19 first hit Canada back in March'20. Keeps me up to date and constantly notifying me whenever new news come up. You can also pick the specific locations to get the news from. And if you don't want notifications, you can choose not too, and just check the app and browse the feed whenever you want too. Easy peasy👍. Would recommend. And it's free.
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Great App & News Coverage
I 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
I 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.
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Informative, current articles. There's trouble getting redirected to a specific news article from the notifications. There are also forced adds on all videos: A disturbing trend among new applications.
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A major source for my news and I like it. BUT too many ads that distract me from the story and interrupt my train of thought. I don't think we realize how much media advertising influences our thought process. CBC as a publicly funded news source should tone down or remove its advertising content in news stories.
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Fix notifications
Push notifications are not respecting the preferences and settings -
Very Good Canadian News App
Although the layout is a bit cluttered, this is an excellent news app. You get a full selection of national and international news, with sections devoted to text, video and photos. And although I have not fully used it yet, the feature that lets you save top stories for offline reading looks promising. Videos played crisply, with no problems or delays. The news photos were well selected. It is also interesting to see how there are subsections for news coverage in each Canadian province. I am a US user who likes to get the news perspective of world journalists. This app is very well executed and offers good content in a well designed package. Other news sites could learn from this example. -
Crashes and more
Since the recent update, crashes on launch, even from a "cold start" with the app having been fully exited beforehand. Reinstalling didn't work. Also, a recurrent problem is the fact that a newscast won't stop playing when you switch to another app, and re-entering the CBC News app hides the newscast progress bar, so there's no way to stop or rewind the stream. -
Comments?
I really enjoy this app! The only issue that I would like to see changed is to add the comment section on each article. This section is found on the website and I really enjoy reading the public's comments on the daily news. Please add this feature to your iPad and iPhone apps. Thank you so much. Love CBC! -
Slow but good
This app is annoyingly slow. You think it's loaded and you try to scroll down, only to see that it's frozen and still loading. Probably too much varied content on the opening page is causing this. I don't have any issues with ads. Otherwise it's a useful app. -
A good first start
This is a good first start for fans of CBC News. I would like to see the full nightly version of The National and not just the mobile version and please improve the quality of the videos. They are very grainy. -
Good until now.
I liked it but when I try to watch specifically a newshow like cbc toronto @ 6 or the national. It closes instantly. It's not letting me see these specific videos. Please hope you guys fix it. Greetings from Puerto Rico, USA. -
Crash solution easy
I had the crash problem as well. Found out that deleting the app and reloading solves it. It works fine and is a very worthwhile app.
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Sometimes useful mostly feminist propaganda
CBC 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. -
Not as good as NPR ONE
See 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. -
The 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 publicity funded news organization, one cannot help detecting a reddish Liberal hue to its own flag. Unfortunate.
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You removed the ability for Google Chromecast
In 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. -
Pretty good except that there is no notice if the article that you started reading turns into a link to the local newspaper partner. Which in Winnipeg is just an expensive flyer... VERY frustrating.
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Insufficient
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Latest update not compatible with iPad 3 (Retina)
Strange, the late December update to CBC news insists that I install it. But when I do it tells me that it is not compatible with my iPad, a 3rd generation version. My iPad is updated to the latest iOS so I don't know what it's problem might be. The current version still works but I have to put up with the annoying reminder to update, that won't update. -
Needs update
I would otherwise love this app if only it had an update for the iOS 5 upgrade. The app shuts down on my if I try to edit anything on it, such as my home page or region, and sometimes when I'm reading a story or watching a video, the app just shuts down or freezes. Otherwise, I enjoy the app. I believe once there is an update, this app will be amazing. -
Bad Refresh Navigation
Pulling the screen down to refresh changes sections unless you're already on your local section. This is really jarring and needs to be disabled. Every other app pulling down just refreshes your current page; not change the page you're already on. -
Sharing is kludgey…
Why doesn’t Facebook sharing work the same standard way that EVERY OTHER NEWS APP does? Why does sharing an article result in a photo being added to my gallery with the story and link as a caption? That’s a bizarre choice! And why doesn’t the action menu have an “Open in Safari” option like EVERY OTHER NEWS APP does? Bizarre…
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CBC app user
This 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. -
Extremely slow to scroll, non-responsive to touch, uses too much memory, jam-packed with ads that disrupt the reading and add to the jerky scrolling. The reporting is fairly good, but the delivery vehicle is atrocious.
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This app keeps shutting down, I scroll down to the second article & it kicks me out.. I uninstalled reinstalled.. waited a coupe days, I did enjoy the app for a couple months, now it simply doesn't work..
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Experiencing technical difficulties?
I 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. -
This app constantly scrolls horizontally into the next article when you don't want it to because your thumbs scrolls in an arc trajectory which ends up triggering this issue. This "feature"(major bug) needs to be removed. Otherwise it would be a 5 star app.
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"The National" never plays on my Android phone anymore. It constantly says "Live Streaming is coming up" from approximately 0830 to 0000 (when the link is available). Watching the stream wasn't an issue in 2020. There are no problems watching the news show on an iPhone. Rectify this feature in the android app ASAP!
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Used to really like this app, now with the swipe "feature" to read next, or previous articles, I can't read even one without swiping to get back to it several times.
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Too many ads
I 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 -
Not worth it for the invasive ads
I used to use this app daily, but now I’m getting interrupted by super invasive full screen video ads that I can’t close?! That is where I draw the line. App deleted. I know ad revenue is important but that is unacceptable. -
Poor writing/incomplete stories
I have found the “news” to be poorly written and spur of the moment. It is almost as if the writers are place on a 10 minute limit to find and write a story just so space is taken up. I expect more. Lacking quality reporting!
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Every time I would try to click on a story, the app would close.
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New update has way too many ads
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Too many ads
I 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 -
CBC app user
This 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. -
CNN light
Complete trash with a left agenda. -
Not worth it for the invasive ads
I used to use this app daily, but now I’m getting interrupted by super invasive full screen video ads that I can’t close?! That is where I draw the line. App deleted. I know ad revenue is important but that is unacceptable. -
Crashes on startup on IOS 10
Yeah my device is old, but this app worked until the most recent update. Now it crashes upon startup. -
Great content, Unreliable technology
“Saved Articles” function NEVER works. -
No comments
Cannot see comments like on website. Then app hijacks website when trying to access to read comments. Deleted in order to access website. -
Can’t read story comments
Not sure why such basic functionality is missing for the iOS app. No option to even read story comments.
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CBC app user
This 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. -
Extremely slow to scroll, non-responsive to touch, uses too much memory, jam-packed with ads that disrupt the reading and add to the jerky scrolling. The reporting is fairly good, but the delivery vehicle is atrocious.
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"The National" never plays on my Android phone anymore. It constantly says "Live Streaming is coming up" from approximately 0830 to 0000 (when the link is available). Watching the stream wasn't an issue in 2020. There are no problems watching the news show on an iPhone. Rectify this feature in the android app ASAP!
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Used to really like this app, now with the swipe "feature" to read next, or previous articles, I can't read even one without swiping to get back to it several times.
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Too many ads
I 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 -
Not worth it for the invasive ads
I used to use this app daily, but now I’m getting interrupted by super invasive full screen video ads that I can’t close?! That is where I draw the line. App deleted. I know ad revenue is important but that is unacceptable. -
Too many notifications with default settings
CBC has opted to have Top Stories in notifications by default. Today alone I got 5 alerts from CBC. Fewer alerts should be the default. -
Why is there no sport coverage
You cover all sorts of fringe interests, why not something mainstream? -
Crash king of the apps
Cbc news has a very readable format, it's content mix is good, but after I reinstalled it this week, it crashes about every fifth time I touch a link to an article! My iPad did this maybe six months ago(?) with this app, then settled down with very few crashes/spinning wheels, & I uninstalled it a few weeks back along with other apps in a clean up. Took only two days for withdrawal symptoms, so reinstalled from the app store today, only to find it crashing & freezing as I go to stories. Please FIX THIS! It is unusable as it is. -
Notifications Not Working
I have used the CBC News app for several years and have always enjoyed it. I just upgraded to an iPhone 6 running 8.1.1, however, and have found that CBC notifications no longer work--not even after I restored the phone as a new phone. Indeed, the CBC app does not even appear in the notifications center of "Settings." Please address these problems in the next update.
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This app keeps shutting down, I scroll down to the second article & it kicks me out.. I uninstalled reinstalled.. waited a coupe days, I did enjoy the app for a couple months, now it simply doesn't work..
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Experiencing technical difficulties?
I 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. -
This app constantly scrolls horizontally into the next article when you don't want it to because your thumbs scrolls in an arc trajectory which ends up triggering this issue. This "feature"(major bug) needs to be removed. Otherwise it would be a 5 star app.
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Poor writing/incomplete stories
I have found the “news” to be poorly written and spur of the moment. It is almost as if the writers are place on a 10 minute limit to find and write a story just so space is taken up. I expect more. Lacking quality reporting! -
No comments
Cannot see comments like on website. Then app hijacks website when trying to access to read comments. Deleted in order to access website. -
Can’t read story comments
Not sure why such basic functionality is missing for the iOS app. No option to even read story comments. -
Crashes on startup on IOS 10
Yeah my device is old, but this app worked until the most recent update. Now it crashes upon startup. -
Great content, Unreliable technology
“Saved Articles” function NEVER works. -
Too liberal
Most liberal news network! -
CNN light
Complete trash with a left agenda.
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