<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>iNews 880 Edmonton News</title><link>http://www.cisnfm.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/home.aspx</link><description>Local News</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010, CHQTNEWS-NA</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:43:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>http://emmisinteractive.com</generator><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Antique bomb found at southern Alberta home </title><description>A family was evacuated and a Canadian Forces bomb disposal expert was called in after an antique artillery shell was discovered at a home in Medicine Hat.
Police say the owner of the home found the ordnance under the front step of the house.
Sgt. Stacey Fishley says the artillery shell was most likely a dud, but the family was evacuated from the home as a precautionary measure.
Fishley says over th...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:ashley.wiebe@corusent.com?subject:Comment from iNews880.com"&gt;Click here to email Ashley Wiebe&lt;/a&gt;</dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:43:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Alberta farmers concerned about harvest </title><description>An Alberta agronomist says farmers in the southern part of the province are concerned about harvest.
Ross McKenzie says cool temperatures have seriously delayed harvest right across the province.
In fact, some fields south of Lethbridge still have flowering canola, which almost never happens at this time of the year.
McKenzie says he's never seen such a late harvest in his 30 plus years as an agro...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:ashley.wiebe@corusent.com?subject:Comment from iNews880.com"&gt;Click here to email Ashley Wiebe&lt;/a&gt;</dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:13:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Public meeting on proposed Oliver high-rise</title><description>If a proposed high-rise is approved for the Oliver neighborhood, some residents feel it will be tight fit.
The city is hosting a public meeting Thursday to let people voice their opinions about the project.
If plans go through, a 29-storey building will tower over Oliver for years to come.
David Howatt is the director of planning and development for the area.
He tells&amp;nbsp;iNews880 the proposal is...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:robin.wilson@corusent.com?Subject=Response from iNews880.com"&gt;Click here to email Robin Wilson&lt;/a&gt;</dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:12:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Stelmach's Oilsands meeting with Pelosi "constructive"</title><description>According to Premier Ed Stelmach, a dinner meeting with a major Washington player was "constructive."Cam Hantiuk with the Premier's Office says that Stelmach was able to answer all of Nancy Pelosi's questions about the Oilsands, and she was able to answer one of Stelmachs: will she be seeing the Oil patch for herself?"The Premiers all extended invitations to Speaker Pelosi," he says "but we have t...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:morgan.smith@corusent.com?subject:Comment from iNews880.com"&gt;Click here to email Morgan Smith&lt;/a&gt;</dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Highway crash sends city man to hospital in southern Alberta</title><description>An Edmonton man is in a Calgary hospital after a single vehicle crash on Wednesday.Police say a semi was travelling in the eastbound lanes of Highway 1, near some construction, when the driver went through concrete barriers and hit a tunnel. The tractor trailer caught fire and was totalled by the flames.The 54 year-old driver was taken to Foothills Hospital with undetermined injuries.Investigators...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:robin.wilson@corusent.com?Subject=Response from iNews880.com"&gt;Click here to email Robin Wilson&lt;/a&gt;</dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:18:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Smith slapped with assault charges </title><description>A former member of the Edmonton Oilers is facing charges in Calgary after an alleged domestic assault.Reports say Jason Smith is charged with assaulting and confining his wife in early August, along with an assault on his daughter the same day.After his arrest, Quebecor Media reports the 36-year-old was released under the condition that he have no contact with his alleged victims, another daughter,...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:news@inews880.com?subject=Response from iNews880.com"&gt;Edmonton / iNews880.com&lt;/a&gt; </dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>British battle group arrives at Alberta military base for training</title><description>The British are coming, the British are coming!A battle group consisting of the British military's 5th Battalion _ 2,500 soldiers _ arrives today at Canadian Forces Base Suffield.Col. Stewart Carver, commander of British military operations, says the soldiers' training will include firing live ammunition. Carver says the majority of British soldiers training in southern Alberta over the next three...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:news@inews880.com?subject=Response from iNews880.com"&gt;Edmonton / iNews880.com&lt;/a&gt; </dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:10:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Zookeepers work around the clock to save surprise tiger cub</title><description>Calgary zookeepers are working around the clock trying to save a Siberian tiger cub that was unexpectedly born earlier this week.Head veterinarian Dr. Sandie Black says the cub is in stable condition and receiving antibiotics.Zoo staff did not know that the cub's mother was pregnant when it gave birth on Tuesday. Black says that is not unusual, since tigers don't get visibly pregnant.A second cub ...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:news@inews880.com?subject=Response from iNews880.com"&gt;Edmonton / iNews880.com&lt;/a&gt; </dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:26:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Proposal to keep downtown bars open later moving forward </title><description>A proposal from the Jasper Avenue Entertainment Working Group to keep downtown Edmonton nightclubs open later has passed another step.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The city's executive committee has voted in favour of several recommendations of the report that suggests bars on Jasper Avenue stay open until 4:00am. Closing time now is at 2:00am.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The report tries to address the growing congest...</description><link></link><dc:creator>&lt;a href="mailto:ksurman@iNews880.com?Subject=Response from iNews880.com"&gt;Click here to email Karen Surman&lt;/a&gt;</dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:12:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Environment groups step up efforts to save Alberta's Caribou </title><description>Efforts are being made to save Alberta's Caribou herds.Lawyers for a number of first nation and environmental groups, filed an emergency protection order at a federal court in Edmonton on Wednesday. They claim the animal is near extinction in north eastern areas of the province.Alberta Wilderness Association says oilsands development and forestry activity are two of the main reasons for the seriou...</description><link></link><dc:creator>Ann Marie Mahon</dc:creator><guid></guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:52:11 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>