Peaceful Merritt country music festival

About 7,000 country music fans attended the 16th annual Merritt Mountain Music Festival – 5,000 fewer than expected as organizers capped attendance this year to try and stem rowdyism.

Dancing Matt in Vancouver

After all, they had a date with Matt Harding, a one-man dancing machine whose simple shuffle has become an international Internet video sensation.

Hippy Chic Gucci

Billowy summer dresses pinned with gold shells and flared trousers from a bygone era of languid glamour dominated Gucci’s pre-spring show at a 17th century hilltop villa in designer Frida Giannini’s native Rome.

Profits go up for Corus

Corus, which also owns the Nelvana animation house, said it earned $37.7-million, or 45 cents per share, in the three months ended May 31. That was up from a profit of $29.6-million (34 cents) in the same period a year earlier.

Ex Senator goalie is off to Russia

Emery – who became the Ottawa Senators’ No. 1 goalie during their run to the 2006-07 Stanley Cup final, then quickly fell out of favour last season – has signed a one-year deal to play for Atlant Mytishchi of Russia’s Continental Hockey League.

US tourist fought the bull and the bull won

An American tourist was gored in the abdomen on the third day of the centuries-old annual bull-running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Wednesday, organizers said.

Iphone not for sale in Canadian Apple stores

Unlike the United States where consumers could buy iPhones at Apple retailers as well as through the wireless carrier AT&T that carries the phones, in Canada consumers will have to buy from a Rogers Wireless or Fido retailer or one of the company’s authorized resellers.

Fringe stars Joshua Jackson

The one show getting the biggest buzz, Fringe, will not be shown to reviewers until next week. That’s when the Fox network unveils its fall lineup, and Fringe’s star, Vancouver native Joshua Jackson, and castmates Mark Valley, Kirk Acevedo, Lance Reddick and Charlotte Rampling will face questions from the assembled media. Fringe will air on CTV-owned A-Channel, soon to be renamed A, on Tuesdays, starting this fall.

Nickleback signs on with Live Nation

The Nickelback deal is the latest in a string of high profile, multifaceted deals that the Los Angeles-based company has signed with major artists including Madonna, Jay-Z, U2 and Shakira.

Nicole Kidman has a baby

Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was born Monday, weighing 6 pounds 7.5 ounces, Kidman’s publicist, Wendy Day, tells the Sydney Herald. Mother and baby are said to be doing well.