diff --git a/src/fundus/publishers/ca/cbc_news.py b/src/fundus/publishers/ca/cbc_news.py
index cb15f489..2ae47ab0 100644
--- a/src/fundus/publishers/ca/cbc_news.py
+++ b/src/fundus/publishers/ca/cbc_news.py
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
 import re
 from typing import List, Optional
 
+import lxml
+import more_itertools
 from lxml.cssselect import CSSSelector
 from lxml.etree import XPath
 from lxml.html import document_fromstring
 
 from fundus.parser import ArticleBody, BaseParser, ParserProxy, attribute
+from fundus.parser.base_parser import Precomputed, logger
+from fundus.parser.data import LinkedDataMapping
 from fundus.parser.utility import (
     extract_article_body_with_selector,
     generic_author_parsing,
     generic_date_parsing,
     generic_topic_parsing,
+    get_meta_content,
 )
 
 
@@ -21,8 +26,22 @@ class V1(BaseParser):
         _summary_selector = CSSSelector("h2.deck")
         _subheadline_selector = CSSSelector("div.story > h2")
         _paragraph_selector = CSSSelector("div.story > p")
+        _cbc_ld_selector: XPath = XPath("//script[@type='application/ld+json' or @id='initialStateDom']")
 
-        _author_ld_selector = XPath("//script[@id='initialStateDom']")
+        def _base_setup(self, html: str) -> None:
+            doc = lxml.html.document_fromstring(html)
+            ld_nodes = self._cbc_ld_selector(doc)
+            lds = []
+            for node in ld_nodes:
+                try:
+                    json_object = json.loads(re.sub(r"(window\.__INITIAL_STATE__ = |;$)", "", node.text_content()))
+                    if not json_object.get("@type"):
+                        json_object["@type"] = "FurtherDetails"
+                    lds.append(json_object)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError as error:
+                    logger.debug(f"Encountered {error!r} during LD parsing")
+            collapsed_lds = more_itertools.collapse(lds, base_type=dict)
+            self.precomputed = Precomputed(html, doc, get_meta_content(doc), LinkedDataMapping(collapsed_lds))
 
         @attribute
         def body(self) -> ArticleBody:
@@ -35,21 +54,11 @@ def body(self) -> ArticleBody:
 
         @attribute
         def authors(self) -> List[str]:
-            doc = document_fromstring(self.precomputed.html)
-            ld_nodes = self._author_ld_selector(doc)
-            try:
-                author_ld = json.loads(re.sub(r"(window\.__INITIAL_STATE__ = |;$)", "", ld_nodes[0].text_content()))
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                return []
-            if not (details := author_ld.get("detail")):
-                return []
-            if not (content := details.get("content")):
-                return []
-            return generic_author_parsing(content.get("authorList"))
+            return generic_author_parsing(self.precomputed.ld.bf_search("authorList"))
 
         @attribute
         def publishing_date(self) -> Optional[datetime.datetime]:
-            return generic_date_parsing(self.precomputed.ld.bf_search("ReportageNewsArticle")[0].get("datePublished"))
+            return generic_date_parsing(self.precomputed.ld.bf_search("datePublished"))
 
         @attribute
         def title(self) -> Optional[str]:
@@ -59,4 +68,8 @@ def title(self) -> Optional[str]:
 
         @attribute
         def topics(self) -> List[str]:
-            return generic_topic_parsing(self.precomputed.ld.bf_search("ReportageNewsArticle")[0].get("articleSection"))
+            topic_dict = self.precomputed.ld.bf_search("keywords")
+            topic_list = [v.get("name") for v in topic_dict.get("tags")]
+            for v in topic_dict.get("concepts"):
+                topic_list.append(re.sub(r".*/", "", v.get("path")))
+            return topic_list
diff --git a/tests/resources/parser/test_data/ca/CBCNews.json b/tests/resources/parser/test_data/ca/CBCNews.json
index b6632f46..b8a86b95 100644
--- a/tests/resources/parser/test_data/ca/CBCNews.json
+++ b/tests/resources/parser/test_data/ca/CBCNews.json
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@
     "publishing_date": "2024-08-08 08:00:00+00:00",
     "title": "Palestinians say his appointment could ruin ceasefire talks",
     "topics": [
-      "World"
+      "Israel-Hamas war",
+      "Iran",
+      "Israel",
+      "Tehran",
+      "Hamas",
+      "Yahya Sinwar",
+      "Assassinations",
+      "Kidnapping",
+      "War and unrest"
     ]
   }
 }