City News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place City News in the centre. We have seen it on 290 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is City News biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place City News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is City News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place City News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is City News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for City News are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What City News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with City News’s own report linked underneath.
Two Montreal police officers have been suspended and are under internal investigation following allegations of misconduct. One officer is accused of urinating on a person experiencing homelessness, while another allegedly posed for photos mocking a suspect.
City News reported it as7 SPVM officers dismissed amid racism allegations (opens City News in a new tab)
Shima Vigodda, vice-president of the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., has called for significant security upgrades following a gunman's attack. She detailed specific improvements needed, including bullet-resistant glass and on-site security personnel.
City News reported it asSurvivor of Belleville synagogue shooting cites need for extensive security (opens City News in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he had a 'good conversation' with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding trade. Carney indicated that Canadian and U.S. representatives will work in the coming weeks to finalize a trade deal, which he said would create jobs and boost affordability.
City News reported it asCarney says he and Trump had 'good conversation' on stalled Canada-US trade talks (opens City News in a new tab)
Canadian scientists are working to reintroduce the frosted elfin butterfly to Ontario, a species last spotted in 1988. The project involves importing butterflies from New York to breed and release them, aiming to restore habitat and support other endangered species.
City News reported it asUniversity of Guelph scientist leads project to recover butterfly species in Ontario (opens City News in a new tab)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has delayed new vehicle emissions standards from 2027 to 2029. Experts suggest this is to align with potential US policy changes, while critics view it as a rollback of environmental commitments.
City News reported it asOttawa's tailpipe emissions delay a 'wait and see' approach to U.S. policy: experts (opens City News in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
City News reported it asNo matter what happens in the midterms, Canada-U.S. tensions are likely to remain (opens City News in a new tab)
The federal government has designated the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta, B.C., as a 'project of national interest'. This move is intended to accelerate trade capacity expansion and diversify Canada's trade routes, with commercial operations expected to begin sooner.
City News reported it asOttawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest (opens City News in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
City News reported it asEarly voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day (opens City News in a new tab)
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to halt a third criminal case against him. The Justice Department filed the charges using a 'criminal information' instead of a grand jury, a move Comey's team calls legally invalid.
City News reported it asLawyers for ex-FBI Director James Comey will ask a judge to block Justice Department prosecution (opens City News in a new tab)
Abdul Aziz Kawam has been sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for a 2023 terrorist attack on a bus in Surrey, B.C. Prosecutors stated the attack was intended to advance the objectives of the Islamic State.
City News reported it asKawam sentenced for attack on Surrey bus in 2023 (opens City News in a new tab)
Relatives of Sandy Hook victims have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles. They cited the high death toll and severe injuries these weapons can cause, referencing the 2012 school shooting. Gun rights advocates argue such bans violate the Second Amendment.
City News reported it asSandy Hook families urge Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles (opens City News in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
City News reported it asStar Trek, X-Men icon Patrick Stewart dies at 86 (opens City News in a new tab)
Canada and the European Union are engaged in high-level discussions in Montreal, seeking to expand their partnership into new areas like strategic minerals and digital trade. The summit is viewed as a move to create an independent global stance.
City News reported it asCanada hosts European Union leaders in Montreal (opens City News in a new tab)
Canada has introduced significant fines for paid immigration representatives who operate without authorization or provide false information. Penalties can reach CA$1.5 million, with a new website to list those penalised.
City News reported it asOttawa introduces new fines for bogus, unlicensed immigration and citizenship advice (opens City News in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated Canada is ready to resume trade negotiations with the United States, welcoming comments from President Donald Trump. Carney stressed that any deal must respect Canadian sovereignty, cultural institutions, and the ability to sign other trade agreements.
City News reported it asThere has been 'limited progress' in Canada-U.S. trade talks: Canadian official (opens City News in a new tab)
Pope Leo has undergone surgery to remove part of his right lung due to lung cancer. The Vatican reports he is recovering well, walking and eating normally, though questions remain about the extent of the cancer and its impact on his upcoming tour.
City News reported it asTop Vatican official says pope's cancer diagnosis a 'game-changer' for the papacy (opens City News in a new tab)
Colorado's most prominent glaciers experienced dramatic thinning in 2026, losing ice at double the rate of the previous five years. Record low snowpack and high temperatures contributed to the accelerated melt, raising concerns about water sources and mountain hazards.
City News reported it asColorado's glaciers thinned dramatically due to record low snow and heat in 2026 (opens City News in a new tab)
Canada's federal government has introduced Bill C-41, proposing to indefinitely exclude individuals whose sole underlying condition is mental illness from medically assisted death (MAID). The bill also permits advance requests for MAID, though provincial implementation may differ.
City News reported it asLiberals table bill to bar access to MAID for mental illness, allow advance requests (opens City News in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
City News reported it asLula’s win in Brazil bucks a regional shift to the right and denies Trump a powerful ally (opens City News in a new tab)
New military technology deployed in Ukraine is being countered within six weeks, forcing NATO to re-evaluate its procurement processes. The speed of innovation raises questions about the adaptability of international law to modern conflict.
City News reported it asDrone warfare is evolving faster than armies can adapt, experts warn (opens City News in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Rogers CommunicationsMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canada
- Official site
- citynews.ca
- Seen publishing on
- toronto.citynews.ca, calgary.citynews.ca, montreal.citynews.ca, vancouver.citynews.ca, citynews.ca, halifax.citynews.ca, edmonton.citynews.ca, ottawa.citynews.ca
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 290
- Reports listed
- 299
- We could read
- 67
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
232 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 67 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. City News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 290 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than City News’s on 17 of them. Overall it filed a median of 8 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 November 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as City News, also publishing from Canada, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.