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VANCOUVER — Eco-activist David Suzuki says it's time for him to pass the mantle to a new host of CBC’s “The Nature of Things.

TORONTO — Canadian "Jeopardy" phenom Mattea Roach will return to TVs everywhere next month for the show's tournament of champions.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three hecklers were hustled off “The View” set on Monday after disrupting a live television interview of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz with what appeared to be a climate change protest.

TORONTO — Apple Inc. says it's raising the cost of its Apple Music and Apple TV Plus services in Canada.

“Ted Kennedy: A Life,” by John A. Farrell (Penguin Press) In his new biography of Ted Kennedy, John A. Farrell describes a letter Joseph Kennedy sent his youngest son telling the teenager he had to choose between a serious or non-serious life.

TORONTO — Mariah Carey is setting course for Canada this yuletide season. The pop superstar — and self-professed queen of Christmas — has announced plans to bring her Merry Christmas To All! concert revue to Toronto's Scotiabank Arena on Dec. 11.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5: Oct. 30: Songwriter Eddie Holland of Holland-Dozier-Holland is 83. Singer Grace Slick is 83. Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations is 81. Actor Henry Winkler is 77.

“Murder at the Jubilee Rally” by Terry Shames (Severn House) Samuel Craddock, the amiable police chief of mythical Jarrett Creek, Texas, is good at his job, but he’s got a lot to deal with in “Murder at the Jubilee Rally,” Terry Shames’s ninth novel

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.

PRAGUE (AP) — Libor Pešek, a Czech classical music conductor best-known for leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for a decade, has died. He was 89.