I've used those in the past, but have switched to the CBC text only site [0] being my go-to. I found it via a nice blog post talking about text-only news sites [1] which describes the CBC pages' advantages as follows:
"1) fast-loading; 2) a world news page; 3) high-quality: includes stories from Reuters and Associated Press; 4) uniquely, a button to allow to you load any individual images you wish to view; 5) links at bottom of page to equivalent page on full size; 6) sitemap; 7) an actual release notes page!"