On CP24

CP24 packs all this information in one screen.

I was at Osmow’s today, enjoying the classic Toronto meal: Chicken on the Rocks.

On the TV was CP24. Anyone from the Greater Toronto Area instantly recognizes CP24—a news channel that crams weather and traffic updates, breaking news, sports scores, and stock tickers all onto one screen.

In Toronto, CP24 is the go-to default. If there’s a TV with nothing specific to play, it gets set to CP24.

Growing up, my dentist always had CP24 on in the waiting room. My barbers played it in the shop. At home, it was the background soundtrack of mornings as my parents got ready for work and we kids for school. There’s nothing quite like it. In New York City, for example, there’s no equivalent—a channel everyone knows and defaults to.