The given link goes to CBC Lite version as opposed to their regular site at www.cbc.ca/news

Whole heartedly agree.

At first I was confused by there being no images/media, but then I was delighted that got to choose which ones to load.

No auto playing videos, or obstructive ads.

I would actually pay for such news sites.

It's a great format, only stained by the mention of advertiser tracking cookies at the very bottom.

CBC is government funded. Like 1.4 billion a year. With all the Bureaucratic overhead, they can only afford to hire a basic html guy. So it's accidentally great.