The Spread News

Every BC newsroom's version of a story. Side by side. Free. The Spread News shows how BC news gets covered: which newsrooms reported a story, what each one said, and who owns every outlet. Read past your usual source, catch the stories you'd otherwise miss, and make up your own mind. COMPARE EVERY VERSION See each newsroom's take on the same story in one place, then tap through to read it at the source. CATCH WHAT YOUR PAPER SKIPPED Blind spots show stories that only smaller outlets ran, or that a big chain didn't carry, in the feeds we track. SEE WHO OWNS YOUR NEWS 79 BC outlets, 27 owners. A few companies own most of them. Every story shows whose outlets covered it. HONEST COUNTS When one wire story runs on 18 sites, we count it once. You see how many separate newsrooms actually reported it. LESS NOISE Stories are ranked by how many newsrooms covered them, not by an algorithm guessing what keeps you scrolling. No feeds tuned to you. YOUR REGION, EVERY MORNING Pick All of BC, Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland, Interior or North. Get the 6 a.m. spread: one notification with the day's top story. NO BIAS SCORES. NO PAYWALL. We don't rate outlets left or right. Ownership is the only lens, and you bring the judgment. Every feature is free, no account needed. HOW IT WORKS We read public news feeds from BC outlets and group articles about the same event. We show the headline, a short snippet and a link to the original. We never republish full articles. Questions or corrections: hello@thespread.ca thespread.ca