The 66-year-old gave few details of his diagnosis but said the disease was “aggressive.”

The longtime over-the-air telecast will no longer be free after the national broadcaster, and Rogers Sportsnet, the N.H.L. rights-holder, could not agree on a sub-licensing deal.

No longer content with being just “Hollywood North,” the Canadian screen industry is asserting itself and telling its own stories.

New, friendly media operations and expanded state-run television are pushing Pakistan’s message while independent news outlets face repression.

Two unearthed episodes, which were discovered in film canisters wrapped in plastic bags among the possessions of a dead collector in England, were restored by BBC archivists.

Fewer cities are bidding for Olympics, and those that are can’t always accommodate every event. The Milan-Cortina Games were the most sprawling Olympics in history.