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So who has the best chicken wings in Toronto? That’s just the question that Brian and Robert Salnek of the marketing company Northern Management sought to answer this Wednesday by organizing the first annual Toronto Wing-Off. "We had looked up reviews, and we found that there was no definite answer as to who had the best wings," explained Brian. "The Americans make these things a chow-down—we wanted this event to be like a wine tasting, except for wings." The event, which was hosted by Tortilla Flats, featured five contenders—Hooters, Jack Astor’s, Duff’s Famous Wings, St. Louis Bar and Grill, and the Crown and Dragon—and seven judges, including Chef Robert L. Rainford of Food Network Canada's License to Grill and Robin De Groot, the former lead designer of the infamous Restaurant Makeover. Ten restaurants and bars were invited to compete, but since only five participated, we’re not sure if the contest definitively determined the city's best wings—the winner certainly has bragging rights though.

A week after we took CityNews to task for their bottom-feeding coverage of a handful of rats in the window of Happy Seven, they once again led their 6 p.m. newscast with a piece on vermin in Chinatown. (Supposedly another restaurant was forced to close.) Citytv has also, we're told, been running incessant promos for its flagship news program with Mark Dailey's booming voice bragging "We got them shut down!" over images clearly identifying Happy Seven.

Photo taken just after midnight on Friday by Jonathan Goldsbie. The "For Renovations" part of the sign has since been torn off.

Photos of CablePulse24's broadcast on July 25, 2007, courtesy of Joel Charlebois.

Being a TV reporter is dangerous work. Just ask intrepid reporter Rob Leth, who set out on a fine sunny day to do a typical fluff piece in Riverdale Park.

With Rogers' plan to move Citytv, OMNI Television, and the Fan 590 to the southeast corner of Dundas Square, those familiar with the current streetfront studios on Queen Street have wondered if the former Olympic Spirit building will be opened up in a similar way.

Torontoist has already done a pretty good job of letting you know how rad Posterchild is. In fact, the extent to which Torontoist writes about Posterchild could be seen as the textual equivalent of a marriage proposal. So without rehashing what has already been said about our favourite local street artist/public space crusader, just know that his radness is still on the upswing with new and improved versions of what he’s known best for:...

A couple weeks back, Spacing Wire posted this brilliant old TTC ad that made us hungry for more forgotten gems of Toronto advertising. The video in question was uploaded by a user calling themselves WNED 17, and their entire archive is made up of similar videos. In fact, their profile page provides a mission statement: "Youtube user WNED17 is proud to present repeat portions of broadcast captured in the 1980s and early 1990s via...

After decades of being situated as an icon of Queen Street West, it has been revealed that Citytv will be moving to a new high-profile location: Dundas Square.

CityPulse. The New Music. Baby Blue Movies. City Lights. Fashion Television. Speaker's Corner. These programs are among the innovative shows that have aired on CityTV since it officially launched way up the dial 35 years ago this evening.

The Real Toronto's hook is relatively simple. Filmed in the summer of 2005 by a now-24-year-old Russian immigrant nicknamed Madd Russian, it aims to show that "Toronto, known to most as a world class city has another side to it. This movie shows the reality of living in housing projects and some of the most run down areas in the city. This footage includes interviews with gang members, drug dealers and some of the realest street rappers in Toronto. From Scarborough to Etobicoke this movie will take you through hoods in 9 different locations to show you."

Blame Indiana Jones, but when Torontoist was younger, we wanted to be an archaeologist when we grew up. Although our math grades weren't up to snuff, the yearning to dig for ancient treasure has never gone away. So most mornings, you'll find us peering through a chain link fence at the corner of Adelelaide and Simcoe, watching real archaeologists sifting through rubble and delicately dusting off old marbles and broken plates with little brushes. It's not quite the Ark of the Covenant, but these little relics help us 21st century types piece together a picture of early 19th century Toronto life.

It was inevitable: the movement to rescue the truck slammed into the side of the CityTV building (and yes, there is a movement) now that their headquarters are being relocated to John Street has a Facebook group. The truck is slated to come down soon, probably today, and the group is gaining momentum—they almost doubled their numbers (literally) overnight.

Who's up for a trip through time?

MP Peggy Nash and MPP Cheri DiNovo protest the closing of Toronto's swimming pools.

Late last week, the CRTC ordered CTVglobemedia to sell off the five Citytv properties it acquired in its purchase of CHUM Ltd., because CTV already operates over-the-air stations in those markets (Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg). This morning it was announced that Rogers Media would be purchasing those stations for $375 million, because it's apparently not a problem for them to have more than one over-the-air station in a given market.

They say that the media is for the people, so who ya gonna call when in crisis? Certainly suspender-wearing hero Kevin Frankish, host of CityTV's Breakfast Television!

They were built in 1856 in the Georgian style and were Toronto's last standing townhouses from the 19th century, but now Walnut Hall is no more. The historically-designated property began collapsing yesterday at about 4 p.m. and is now almost entirely rubble [CityTV video]. Shuter Street was closed from Jarvis east to Pembroke Street until late this afternoon.

One of the most interesting aspects of art in public spaces is the viewer's reaction to it. Street art photograher David Owen sent us photos of a response to Mark Daye's series of street signs which address homelessness. David writes, "The colour's not quite right and the sign is a bit low, but I give him full marks for attachment method--it's the same as the 'official' signs."

When we last tuned in, Adam Vaughan had just quit his job as CityTV's Political Reporter to run for City Council. He won and now represents Ward 20.

A podcast, in case you didn't know yet, is a downloadable audio or video file, often syndicated through blogs. On February 24 and 25, everyone from podcast amateurs to connoisseurs are welcome to participate in the "unconference" held at Ryerson University. It's fully volunteer operated, and therefore free. All you have to do to join is add your name and information to the wiki and just show up. Not only can anyone attend the seminars and workshops, but anyone can lead one. Among the 35 sessions that will be offered are "Podcast 101," "How to Get 2,427 People to Podcast for a Common Cause," and "Live Interactive Podcasting." You just might learn how to host your own personal "radio show" or how to fund your podcasts with A/V advertisements. The schedule for the weekend is available here.

The sensational footage (released by CityNews to YouTube, as well) shows 33-year-old Plimmer forcefully smacking the door in Silverman’s face as he approaches the shop. "Oh, I'm sorry! Did I hit you?" Plimmer screams mockingly, grabbing Silverman's papers and throwing them back at him. He then takes a few swings at the reporter while screaming obscenities, also turning on a TTC driver who stopped to help (Silverman puts up his dukes as well and looks more than ready to clock the guy, who’s less than half his age). The clip also shows an emergency police task force moving in and hauling Plimmer away in handcuffs.

Noël Mitrani is the director of Sur La Trace D’Igor Rizzi, which premiered in Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, winning the CityTV Award for Best Canadian First Feature. The film, in which Jean-Marc Thomas (Laurent Lucas), a former European soccer player, wanders the streets Montreal before falling into petty crime while grieving his dead lover, was reviewed positively by Torontoist before the festival, and now plays as part of Canada’s Top Ten tomorrow night, Wednesday, January 31, at 8:45pm, and Mitrani will be taking part in the panel, New Quebec Cinema, on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 6:30pm.

He was best known to children of the eighties as the iconic host of Canada's first major daily music video show, CFMT's Video Singles in 1983, which pre-dated MuchMusic and led to the legendary Toronto Rocks program on CityTV (click here for a clip of the intro). Perched before multiple TV screens on a tiny set, John Majhor's loose style and low-fi production would foreshadow the oft-copied format that CityTV would make famous over the next two decades. Majhor quickly became a pin-up veejay in the mid-80s, along with his MuchMusic compatriot J.D. Roberts, while Flashdance-style Toronto Rocks! sweatshirts became ubiquitous across the city.

Ah, convergence. It's a word fraught with different meanings, competing motives, and opinions up the proverbial wazoo. To some, convergence is a paradise of synergy, cross-promotion, and massive profits. To others, it's confirmation that more and more information is being disseminated by less and less people. Wherever you stand, however, the world of Toronto media overlords might be on the verge of becoming a whole lot smaller, as Alliance Atlantis confirmed today that one of the companies it is in exclusive talks to sell itself to is none other than Canadian broadcasting and publishing behemoth CanWest Global.

So you're stuck at home with the kids. Or you're feeling under the weather. Or you're tired of scrambling around at 11:58 looking for someone to make out with. There are many, many reasons why you might be staying in this New Year's Eve. But there is no reason why you can't be a party of one in front of the tube! There are offerings for any taste Sunday night for those who don't make it off the couch.