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CP24′s Fifth Mayoral Debate! Who Cares? Probably Not You

Photo of Tuesday night’s debate, courtesy of CP24. For some reason, selected candidates for the mayoralty of Toronto are having a debate tonight on CP24. Christopher Bird is watching for Torontoist, because you probably aren’t. 7:55 PM: Welcome to tonight’s debate. Tonight, five candidates will ostensibly debate, but not really. Tonight’s debate is the latest [...]

Another Televised Mayoral Debate, Another Liveblog

CP24′s fifth televised mayoral debate is 8 p.m. today, Tuesday. You remember the last two, right? So you know the deal: Torontoist’s Christopher Bird will be live-blogging throughout. How defeated will he feel by the time the cameras stop rolling? Our wager is: very. Check back before 8 p.m. tonight to follow along.

Televisualist: Fall Commenceth, Redux

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. You know, six weeks ago, Brett was complaining that there was nothing on. Illustration by Brett Lamb/Torontoist. Monday Lone Star is probably the most ambitious television offering [...]

The Fourth Mayoral Debate: Actual Debate Breaks Out

Photo of last month’s debate, courtesy of CP24. For some reason, selected candidates for the mayoralty of Toronto are having a debate tonight on CP24. Christopher Bird is watching for Torontoist, because you probably aren’t. 7:55 PM: Tonight’s debate topics are supposedly “the environment” and “the arts.” Rob Ford’s team is already complaining that this [...]

Another Month, Another Televised Mayoral Debate

Someone, deep in the bowels of the CP24 offices, thought that it would behoove us all as voters to become exposed on a regular basis to our mayoral candidates. Thus, once a month they have been bringing us debates that—we can only assume—are intended to shed light on the various contenders’ platforms and fitness for [...]

CP24′s Third Mayoral Debate Teaches Us Nothing

Photo of Tuesday’s mayoral debate, courtesy of CP24. For some reason, selected candidates for the mayorship of Toronto had a debate tonight on CP24. Christopher Bird watched tonight’s debate for Torontoist, because you probably didn’t. 7:50 PM: So tonight’s debate will, we understand, feature Sarah Thomson, Rocco Rossi, Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, and George Smitherman. [...]

Sound Tracks: “CP24″ by Woodhands

Believe it or not, music videos still exist. Sound Tracks trolls the internet to find the best and the worst of local artists’ new singles and the good, bad, or otherwise noteworthy visuals that accompany them. Featuring two new Woodhands tracks in as many days is worth the risk of supposed favouritism, because both their [...]

Historicist: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes at 1050 CHUM

Every Saturday morning Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Images courtesy Dale Patterson/Rock Radio Scrapbook. March 26, 2009. For the second time in a decade, the music died at 1050 CHUM. With little fanfare and citing declining ratings, CTVglobemedia pulled the [...]

Snow. n. See “mass hysteria.”

A CP24 anchor introduced a weather report this morning by saying “They’re calling it ‘snow-mageddon,’” before gleefully launching into the standard predictions of panic and mayhem that accompany virtually every cloud blowing within 100 km of Toronto. At the time, we thought, “Who’s ‘they’? Don’t you mean ‘you’”? But, surprisingly enough, the term didn’t originate [...]