CBC News: Breaking & Local

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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About this app

From breaking news and now even more sports 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.

Features:

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 and reviews

Good news app, but its return to the start of an article any time I go back after looking at a picture or switch to landscape and back to portrait mode (whether deliberately or by accident). Very annoying. Also, my so-called local news feed is half full of international or national news. not sure if this is an algorithm thing, or just lazy editors of the local BC page.

This app is extremely annoying. Despite turning off all notifications the app still sends alerts. Most of the notifications are about unimportant things, not worth being interrupted for. Not recommended. Update April 2, 2020: This app is still garbage. Why don't they have a 15 second skip forward/backward feature? Sometimes you need to re-watch a few seconds of video. If you move the slider rewind to video backward you have to re-watch more advertising. 👎

Great content but I'm lowering my rating to one star because video hasn't worked for ages; I can only watch videos if I "share" the content with my browser and watch from there. Also, my phone's password manager can't distinguish between the Radio-Canada and CBC apps, making logins difficult. I contacted CBC about this and they basically told me to get lost. I found that unacceptable; they should have addressed the issue or at least explained it. The Radio-Canada app works flawlessly.

What’s new

We've updated for Android 15! Enjoy smoother performance and a more stable app. Dark mode links are easier to read. Your "My Local" section now loads instantly - no refreshing needed! Plus, video playback is optimized to save battery, and we've squashed several bugs for a more reliable experience. Update now for the latest improvements!
And as always, we'd love to receive your feedback. Please share it with us on the CBC News app by accessing Settings > General > Send us your Feedback