If you've subscribed to cable for a long time, you might remember one station - I think it was on channel 5 -  presented a text scroll-only feed from what was then Broadcast News (now The Canadian Press.)

It was low tech even then, but it served a purpose in the pre-all news cable channel days. A friend who worked at "BN" back then told me it was surprisingly popular and they used to get a lot of phone calls from viewers about it. 

Well, now that old fashioned screen is back online, thanks to the U.S. Weather Channel. Its Retrocast creates the old format, right down to the instrumental music. And even though it's an American service, you can set it for any almost major city in the world, including Toronto.

Have a look at this memory flogger here.