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CityNews

Breaking News & Local Stories

455 ratings
70 reviews
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • January 25, 2024
  • April 30, 2026

Developer

Rogers Media
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Stay informed with local news and community updates. Get breaking news alerts, bookmark articles, and enjoy live video and radio streams. Participate in contests and receive weather updates tailored to your region.

✓Regional news selection
✓Personalized push notifications
✓Article bookmarking
✓24/7 video streaming
✓Live radio updates
✓Contests and prizes
✓Weather updates
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of CityNews. Based on 455 reviews and a 2.0/5 average, it highlights the 5 positives and 77 negatives reviewers mention most about this News app.

Positive things

  • 👍Nice app for radio
  • 👍Good experience so far
  • 👍Like the app
  • 👍Very Nice App
  • 👍Like news and weather

Negative things

  • 🐛Slow to connect
  • 🐛Constantly cutting out
  • 🐛App is inoperable
  • 🐛Unable to update
  • 🐛Phone too old for update
  • 🐛Nowhere to find old version
  • 🐛Incredibly slow to load
  • 🐛Blank screen
  • 🐛News unavailable
  • 🐛Slow to update stories
  • 🐛Buggy app
  • 🐛Flashing when contacting
  • 🐛Glitchy
  • 🐛App is days behind
  • 🐛Not updated on weekends
  • 🐛No story on major closures
  • 🐛Unable to submit reports
  • 🐛Halifax feed doesn't load
  • 🐛Low volume on reports
  • 🐛Unable to upgrade app
  • 🐛Older iOS not supported
  • 🐛Rogers only
  • 🐛No world/business news
  • 🐛Too many ads
  • 🐛Resets to top of page
  • 🐛Pauses with Waze
  • 🐛Voiceover issues
  • 🐛App fails to update
  • 🐛Does not work
  • 🐛Old news
  • 🐛No gas price history
  • 🐛Unusable on CarPlay
  • 🐛Cannot update
  • 🐛Articles inaccessible with Voiceover
  • 🐛Not good
  • 🐛New app garbage
  • 🐛Pages refresh constantly
  • 🐛Videos close quickly
  • 🐛No widget
  • 🐛Crashes
  • 🐛Cannot connect to Bluetooth
  • 🐛Articles refresh randomly
  • 🐛New app is horrible
  • 🐛App crashes on iPad video
  • 🐛New app stinks
  • 🐛Terrible app
  • 🐛Radio player not working
  • 🐛App almost unusable
  • 🐛Story jumps back to top
  • 🐛Cannot type comments
  • 🐛Volume control does not function
  • 🐛No widget support
  • 🐛No volume control in CarPlay
  • 🐛App not updating
  • 🐛Volume garbled and blasting
  • 🐛Ridiculous app
  • 🐛Update every time I load
  • 🐛No traffic button
  • 🐛Update fail
  • 🐛Keeps telling me to update
  • 🐛Latest update is a fail
  • 🐛iOS 14 not supported
  • 🐛Poor functionality
  • 🐛Very low volume
  • 🐛Program won't continue after call
  • 🐛Segments duplicating
  • 🐛Segments not available
  • 🐛Clunky and slow
  • 🐛App slow after merger
  • 🐛Stories lag
  • 🐛Enter contest loop
  • 🐛Jumps around constantly
  • 🐛Links don't open suggested
  • 🐛Biased news reporting
  • 🐛New app design terrible
  • 🐛One-sided liberal views
  • 🐛Not working after updating
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What's New in CityNews

8.7.0

April 30, 2026

- Addressed issues related to livestream video playback - Corrected webview errors causing page reloads - Improved video page content presentation - Fixed bugs with background video playback - UI and Stability improvements - Updated weather information system

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User reviews

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Drop offs

This app takes a while to connect. You have to go through multiple steps in order to get to the radio, then it’s constantly cutting in and out or cutting out altogether, forcing you to constantly reconnect. Sometimes it feels like you’re better off just turning on a radio (if you still have one) instead of the app.
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FranghyouFranghyou

Poor Advice-update to new version…😕

Unable to play the”City News” app as it was telling me to UPDATE to the “new version”. Needless to say as old version was inoperable, I tried to UPDATE to the new version and to my surprise I got a message telling me my phone was to old and I would have to download the old version.😳 Guess what? Nowhere could I find an “old version” to download. 😡
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VersionaterVersionater

Nice app

Just tried the app, listening to the radio and breakfast challenge works for me. So far it’s a good experience.
honglin w.honglin w.

Please increase app volume

I like this app. I just find it very low in volume. If you could make it significantly louder that would be great!
rosemap1rosemap1

So slow

Used to be my go-to for a quick update. Glitches all the time and incredibly slow to load 😕
TIJEALTIJEAL
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

127 issues

Takes a while to connect

Bug

Constantly cutting in and out

Bug

Forcing to constantly reconnect

Bug

Unable to play app

Bug

Telling to update to new version

Bug

Phone too old to update

Bug

Nowhere to find old version

Bug

Incredibly slow to load

Bug

Shows blank screen

Bug

Top stories unavailable

Bug

Slow to update new stories

Bug

Reporters sometimes poor grammar

Bug

App keeps bugging out

Bug

Flashing when trying to contact

Bug

Cannot enter giveaway details

Bug

App is 2 or 3 days behind

Bug

Gas updates stay on same date

Bug

Calgary news not updated on weekends

Bug

No story about major highway closure

Bug

Unable to submit report

Bug

Halifax feed doesn't load

Bug

Just a blank page

Bug

Volume on reports is lower

Bug

Unable to upgrade to latest app version

Bug

Older iPad does not allow iOS upgrade

Bug

Almost no news stories for world and business

Bug

Almost all advertising

Bug

Goes back to the beginning every 10-15 minutes

Bug

App always wants to re-set to top-of-page

Bug

Sent back to the beginning when scrolling

Bug

App pauses when Waze gives navigation instructions

Bug

App pauses when Waze provides instructions on CarPlay

Bug

Only app that has this issue

Bug

Issues with Voiceover screen reader

Bug

Unable to read any updates

Bug

One thing isn't broken with Voiceover, it's another

Bug

App fails to update

Bug

Widget asks every time to update

Bug

Simply does not work

Bug

Mainly features out of date snippets

Bug

Historical values not found in app

Bug

App sounds horrible & bad quality on CarPlay

Bug

Routes audio through voice command channel

Bug

Sounds like AM radio

Bug

Cannot use app without updating

Bug

Cannot update it

Bug

Articles are inaccessible with Voiceover

Bug

New app is garbage

Bug

Every page keeps refreshing

Bug

Scrolls back up to the title

Bug

Videos keep closing

Bug

No widget anymore

Bug

Crashes

Bug

Can’t connect to Bluetooth speaker

Bug

Articles refresh randomly while reading

Bug

Losing your spot

Bug

App crashes on iPad video section

Bug

New app is useless

Bug

Keeps closing

Bug

Live radio player not available

Bug

Story keeps jumping back to the top

Bug

Super annoying

Bug

Typing comments keeps jumping back

Bug

Erasing comments before submission

Bug

Volume control does not function

Bug

No widget on iPhone

Bug

No volume control in Apple CarPlay

Bug

All on at top volume

Bug

CarPlay is a total disaster

Bug

App is not updating

Bug

Told to update every time

Bug

Volume garbled and blasting

Bug

Impossible to listen to

Bug

Volume reduced to ridiculously low level

Bug

Update every time I load

Bug

Need to update every time I listen

Bug

No traffic button

Bug

Takes me to the app to do the update

Bug

Takes me to the update page

Bug

Keeps telling me to update

Bug

Nowhere to press update

Bug

Top stores were from Quebec

Bug

Fewer stories show per tab

Bug

Hardly any new stories

Bug

No support for iOS 14

Bug

Program won't continue once done

Bug

Goes silent

Bug

Have to mess around to get it going again

Bug

Volume output is SUPER LOW

Bug

Can't hear it clearly

Bug

Segments are frequently duplicating

Bug

Segments I want to hear aren't available

Bug

Newest update has made iPad experience slow

Bug

Non responsive on iPad and iPhone

Bug

No more Watch app

Bug

Dropped support for Apple Watch companion

Bug

App has been slow since merger

Bug

Stories lag as you scroll

Bug

Contest for Lotto 649 not working

Bug

Goes into a loop

Bug

Gas update should have stayed

Bug

Jumps around constantly

Bug

Links will open one story but not suggested ones

Bug

Have to navigate back to Home Screen

Bug

Select article before it jumps back

Bug

Gone on for over a month

Bug

No one seems to care

Bug

Constantly loads to the top of the page

Bug

Has been like this for at least 15 months

Bug

Used to be able to hit Traffic link and hear report

Bug

Traffic link does nothing

Bug

Used to show temperature on top right

Bug

App resets itself back to the top

Bug

Very annoying

Bug

App constantly refreshes to top of page

Bug

Minimal scrolling down headlines

Bug

Not reading the news at all is better

Bug

Done with this piss poor development

Bug

Screen keeps jumping back to beginning

Bug

Reviewing headlines

Bug

Ads load, scroll goes to top

Bug

Cannot read stories

Bug

Has been like this for a few months

Bug

New app design is terrible

Bug

Can’t read the full headline

Bug

One-sided liberal views

Bug

Not working after updating

Bug
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Requested Features

17 requests

Increase app volume

Feature

Make app continue playing audio in background

Feature

Lower iOS requirement

Feature

Add Apple Watch support

Feature

Integrate into Apple News

Feature

Add Apple CarPlay integration

Feature

Add widget support

Feature

Fix volume control for CarPlay

Feature

Fix volume for podcasts

Feature

Add traffic button

Feature

Show temperature on top right

Feature

Fix Voiceover accessibility

Feature

Add historical gas price values

Feature

Fix CarPlay audio routing

Feature

Restore old app version

Feature

Add Apple Watch companion app

Feature

Fix Lotto 649 contest entry

Feature

FAQ

What does the CityNews app do?

The app provides local news and community-focused information. It delivers breaking news, traffic, and weather alerts through personalized push notifications. Users can also bookmark articles for later reading and access 24/7 video streaming and live radio.

What are the key features of the app?

Key features include regional selection to customize news feeds, personalized push notifications for alerts, bookmarking for saving articles, 24/7 video streaming, live radio updates, contests, and weather updates.

Is the CityNews app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to download and use. It is supported by advertisements, as indicated by the presence of ads.

What regions does the app cover?

The app allows users to customize their news feed based on one of nine locales across Canada. This ensures users receive news that is relevant to their specific community.

How can I stay updated with breaking news?

You can stay updated with breaking news through personalized push notifications delivered directly to your device. The app also offers 24/7 video streaming and live radio for real-time updates and on-the-ground reporting.