diff --git a/database/2018_04_13_140000_create_news_tables.php b/database/2018_04_13_140000_create_news_tables.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd29c9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/2018_04_13_140000_create_news_tables.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Misuzu\Database;
+
+// phpcs:disable
+class CreateNewsTables extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD)
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        $schema = Database::connection()->getSchemaBuilder();
+
+        $schema->create('news_categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->increments('category_id');
+            $table->string('category_name');
+            $table->text('category_description');
+            $table->boolean('is_hidden')->default(false);
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+
+        $schema->create('news_posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->increments('post_id');
+            $table->integer('category_id')->unsigned();
+            $table->boolean('is_featured')->default(false);
+            $table->integer('user_id')->unsigned()->nullable();
+            $table->string('post_title');
+            $table->text('post_text');
+            $table->timestamp('scheduled_for')->useCurrent();
+
+            $table->timestamps();
+            $table->softDeletes();
+
+            $table->foreign('category_id')
+                ->references('category_id')
+                ->on('news_categories')
+                ->onUpdate('cascade')
+                ->onDelete('cascade');
+
+            $table->foreign('user_id')
+                ->references('user_id')
+                ->on('users')
+                ->onUpdate('cascade')
+                ->onDelete('set null');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD)
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        $schema = Database::connection()->getSchemaBuilder();
+        $schema->drop('news_posts');
+        $schema->drop('news_categories');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/public/news.php b/public/news.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..443a2f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/news.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+use Misuzu\News\NewsCategory;
+use Misuzu\News\NewsPost;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../misuzu.php';
+
+$category_id = empty($_GET['c']) ? null : (int)$_GET['c'];
+$post_id = empty($_GET['n']) ? null : (int)$_GET['n'];
+
+if ($post_id !== null) {
+    $post = NewsPost::find($post_id);
+
+    if ($post === null) {
+        http_response_code(404);
+        echo $app->templating->render('errors.404');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    echo $app->templating->render('news.post', compact('post'));
+    return;
+}
+
+if ($category_id !== null) {
+    $category = NewsCategory::find($category_id);
+
+    if ($category === null) {
+        http_response_code(404);
+        echo $app->templating->render('errors.404');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    $posts = $category->posts()->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->paginate(5);
+    $featured = $category->where('is_featured', 1)->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->take(10);
+    echo $app->templating->render('news.category', compact('category', 'posts', 'featured'));
+    return;
+}
+
+$categories = NewsCategory::where('is_hidden', false)->get();
+$posts = NewsPost::where('is_featured', true)->paginate(5);
+
+echo $app->templating->render('news.index', compact('categories', 'posts'));
diff --git a/src/Application.php b/src/Application.php
index 54d23811..035b853a 100644
--- a/src/Application.php
+++ b/src/Application.php
@@ -160,15 +160,19 @@ class Application extends ApplicationBase
         $this->addModule('templating', $twig = new TemplateEngine);
         $twig->debug($this->debugMode);
 
+        $twig->var('globals', [
+            'site_name' => $this->config->get('Site', 'name', 'string', 'Flashii'),
+            'site_description' => $this->config->get('Site', 'description'),
+            'site_twitter' => $this->config->get('Site', 'twitter'),
+            'site_url' => $this->config->get('Site', 'url'),
+        ]);
+
         $twig->addFilter('json_decode');
         $twig->addFilter('byte_symbol');
         $twig->addFilter('country_name', 'get_country_name');
         $twig->addFilter('flip', 'array_flip');
         $twig->addFilter('create_pagination');
-
-        // avoid using config() in templates whenever possible
-        // in all honesty this shouldn't even be a thing
-        $twig->addFunction('config', [$this->config, 'get']);
+        $twig->addFilter('first_paragraph');
 
         $twig->addFunction('git_hash', [Application::class, 'gitCommitHash']);
         $twig->addFunction('git_branch', [Application::class, 'gitBranch']);
diff --git a/src/News/NewsCategory.php b/src/News/NewsCategory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dae1a563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/News/NewsCategory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+namespace Misuzu\News;
+
+use Misuzu\Model;
+
+final class NewsCategory extends Model
+{
+    protected $table = 'news_categories';
+    protected $primaryKey = 'category_id';
+
+    public function posts()
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(NewsPost::class, 'category_id');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/News/NewsPost.php b/src/News/NewsPost.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4a8612c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/News/NewsPost.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+namespace Misuzu\News;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
+use Misuzu\Users\User;
+use Misuzu\Model;
+
+final class NewsPost extends Model
+{
+    use SoftDeletes;
+
+    protected $table = 'news_posts';
+    protected $primaryKey = 'post_id';
+
+    public function user()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'user_id');
+    }
+
+    public function category()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(NewsCategory::class, 'category_id');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utility.php b/utility.php
index 38e87218..b7a8a95f 100644
--- a/utility.php
+++ b/utility.php
@@ -206,3 +206,9 @@ function running_on_windows(): bool
 {
     return starts_with(strtolower(PHP_OS), 'win');
 }
+
+function first_paragraph(string $text, string $delimiter = "\n"): string
+{
+    $index = mb_strpos($text, $delimiter);
+    return $index === false ? $text : mb_substr($text, 0, $index);
+}
diff --git a/views/mio/_layout/meta.twig b/views/mio/_layout/meta.twig
index 8cec802e..7e48aa66 100644
--- a/views/mio/_layout/meta.twig
+++ b/views/mio/_layout/meta.twig
@@ -1,21 +1,59 @@
-{% set title = title|default('Flashii') %}
-{% set description = description|default("Where the floor doesn't fall far from the carrot.") %}
+{% spaceless %}
+    {% set description = description|default(globals.site_description) %}
+    {% set site_twitter = site_twitter|default(globals.site_twitter) %}
+
+    {% if title is defined %}
+        {% set title = title ~ ' :: ' ~ globals.site_name %}
+    {% else %}
+        {% set title = globals.site_name %}
+    {% endif %}
 
         <title>{{ title }}</title>
 
-        <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ title }}">
+        <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ title|slice(0, 70) }}">
         <meta property="og:title" content="{{ title }}">
+        <meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ globals.site_name }}">
 
+    {% if description|length > 0 %}
         <meta name="description" content="{{ description }}">
         <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ description }}">
         <meta property="og:description" content="{{ description }}">
+    {% endif %}
 
-        <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">
+    {% if site_twitter|length > 0 %}
+        <meta name="twitter:site" content="{{ site_twitter }}">
+    {% endif %}
 
         <meta property="og:type" content="object">
-        <meta property="og:site_name" content="Flashii">
+        <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">
 
-{% if icon is defined %}
-        <meta name="twitter:image:src" content="{{ icon }}">
-        <meta property="og:image" content="{{ icon }}">
-{% endif %}
+    {% if image is defined %}
+        {% if image|slice(0, 1) == '/' %}
+            {% if globals.site_url is not defined or globals.site_url|length < 1 %}
+                {% set image = '' %}
+            {% else %}
+                {% set image = globals.site_url|trim('/') ~ image %}
+            {% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% if image|length > 0 %}
+            <meta name="twitter:image:src" content="{{ image }}">
+            <meta property="og:image" content="{{ image }}">
+        {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% if canonical_url is defined %}
+        {% if canonical_url|slice(0, 1) == '/' %}
+            {% if globals.site_url is not defined or globals.site_url|length < 1 %}
+                {% set canonical_url = '' %}
+            {% else %}
+                {% set canonical_url = globals.site_url|trim('/') ~ canonical_url %}
+            {% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% if canonical_url|length > 0 %}
+            <link rel="canonical" href="{{ canonical_url }}">
+            <link rel="og:url" href="{{ canonical_url }}">
+        {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
+{% endspaceless %}
diff --git a/views/mio/home/landing.twig b/views/mio/home/landing.twig
index 734d1076..9109ed1d 100644
--- a/views/mio/home/landing.twig
+++ b/views/mio/home/landing.twig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {% extends '@mio/home/master.twig' %}
 {% from '@mio/macros.twig' import navigation, link %}
 
+{% set canonical_url = '/' %}
+
 {% block content %}
     <div class="mio__container">
         <div class="mio__container__title">Welcome!</div>
diff --git a/views/mio/master.twig b/views/mio/master.twig
index cf4e1ec4..cd42eb9e 100644
--- a/views/mio/master.twig
+++ b/views/mio/master.twig
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {% from '@mio/macros.twig' import link, navigation %}
 
 {% set mio_navigation = {
-    'Home':'/',
-    'Chat':'https://chat.flashii.net',
+    'Home': '/',
+    'News': '/news.php',
+    'Chat': 'https://chat.flashii.net',
 } %}
 
 <!doctype html>
diff --git a/views/mio/news/category.twig b/views/mio/news/category.twig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c076304f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/mio/news/category.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{% extends '@mio/news/master.twig' %}
+
+{% set title = category.category_name ~ ' :: News' %}
+{% set canonical_url = '/news.php?c=' ~ category.category_id %}
+
+{% block news_content %}
+    <div class="mio__container">
+        <div class="mio__container__title">News » {{ category.category_name }}</div>
+        <div class="mio__container__content">
+            <div class="mio__news__category__posts">
+                {% for post in posts %}
+                    <div class="mio__container mio__news__preview">
+                        <div class="mio__container__title mio__news__preview__title">
+                            {{ post.post_title }}
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="mio__container__content mio__news__preview__content">
+                            <div class="mio__news__preview__text">
+                                {{ post.post_text|first_paragraph }}
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="mio__news__preview__info">
+                                Posted on {{ post.created_at }} by {{ post.user.username }}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </div>
+            <div class="mio__news__category__menu">
+                <div class="mio__news__category__listing">
+                    {% for featured_post in featured %}
+                        <a href="/news.php?n={{ featured_post.post_id }}">{{ featured_post.post_title }}</a>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </div>
+                <div class="mio__news__category__pagination">
+                    pagination here
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/views/mio/news/index.twig b/views/mio/news/index.twig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ce0bc91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/mio/news/index.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{% extends '@mio/news/master.twig' %}
+
+{% set title = 'News' %}
+{% set canonical_url = '/news.php' %}
+
+{% block news_content %}
+    <div class="mio__container">
+        <div class="mio__container__title">News</div>
+        <div class="mio__container__content">
+            <div class="mio__news__category__posts">
+                {% for post in posts %}
+                    <div class="mio__container mio__news__preview">
+                        <div class="mio__container__title mio__news__preview__title">
+                            {{ post.post_title }}
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="mio__container__content mio__news__preview__content">
+                            <div class="mio__news__preview__text">
+                                {{ post.post_text|first_paragraph }}
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="mio__news__preview__info">
+                                Posted on {{ post.created_at }} by {{ post.user.username }}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </div>
+            <div class="mio__news__category__menu">
+                <div class="mio__news__category__listing">
+                    {% for category in categories %}
+                        <a href="/news.php?c={{ category.category_id }}">{{ category.category_name }}</a>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </div>
+                <div class="mio__news__category__pagination">
+                    pagination here
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/views/mio/news/master.twig b/views/mio/news/master.twig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..193f7de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/mio/news/master.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% extends '@mio/master.twig' %}
+{% from '@mio/macros.twig' import navigation %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    {% block news_content %}
+        <div class="mio__container">
+            <div class="mio__container__title">News!</div>
+            <div class="mio__container__content">
+                <p>Welcome to News, the news is still heavily in development. You can follow us on News where we'll post news every so often, we'll also announce when the news is ready for public use there!</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    {% endblock %}
+
+    {{ navigation(mio_navigation, '/news.php') }}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/views/mio/news/post.twig b/views/mio/news/post.twig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c936452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/mio/news/post.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{% extends '@mio/news/master.twig' %}
+
+{% set title = post.post_title ~ ' :: News' %}
+{% set canonical_url = '/news.php?n=' ~ post.post_id %}
+
+{% block news_content %}
+    <div class="mio__container">
+        <div class="mio__container__title">{{ post.category.category_name }} » {{ post.post_title }}</div>
+        <div class="mio__container__content">
+            <div class="mio__news__post__text">
+                {{ post.post_text|raw }}
+            </div>
+            <div class="mio__news__post__info">
+                <div class="mio__news__post__user">
+                    <div class="mio__news__post__username">
+                        {{ post.user.username }}
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="mio__news__post__avatar" style="background-image:url('/profile.php?u={{ post.user.user_id }}&amp;m=avatar');"></div>
+                </div>
+                <div class="mio__news__post__info">
+                    Category: <a href="/news.php?c={{ post.category.category_id }}">{{ post.category.category_name }}</a>
+                </div>
+                <div class="mio__news__post__info">
+                    Posted: {{ post.created_at }}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/views/mio/user/view.twig b/views/mio/user/view.twig
index bc2426b1..164b3ed4 100644
--- a/views/mio/user/view.twig
+++ b/views/mio/user/view.twig
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {% extends '@mio/user/master.twig' %}
 {% from '@mio/macros.twig' import navigation, link %}
 
-{% set icon = '/profile.php?u=' ~ profile.user_id ~ '&m=avatar' %}
+{% set image = '/profile.php?u=' ~ profile.user_id ~ '&m=avatar' %}
+{% set canonical_url = '/profile.php?u=' ~ profile.user_id %}
 {% set title = 'Profile of ' ~ profile.username %}
 
 {% set youtube_is_channel_id = profile.user_youtube|slice(0, 2) == 'UC' and profile.user_youtube|length == 24 %}
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
                     {% endspaceless %}
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>
-                <div class="mio__avatar mio__profile__avatar" style="background-image:url('{{ icon }}');"></div>
+                <div class="mio__avatar mio__profile__avatar" style="background-image:url('{{ image }}');"></div>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>