Life

Scratch an itch and you get . . . aaaaaah. Now scientists have watched spinal nerves transmit that relief signal to the brain in monkeys, a possible step toward finding new treatments for persistent itching in people.

A new study says almost one in five U.S. four-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese.

Violent gangs fighting over drug turf might have been responsible for the wounding of an infant in Hobbema. Cpl. Darrel Bruno of Hobbema RCMP said the 23-month-old girl remained in critical but stable condition after she was struck by a bullet in a drive-by shooting.

When Dew Manyok arrived in Red Deer four years ago, she found it hard at first to get involved in the community.

Paintings, pottery, weavings, and decorative glass created by 50 Alberta artists will displayed at the Lacombe Art Exhibit and Sale this month.

Jayna Dinsmore dressed in a sharp pink blouse and black slacks and made the pitch she hoped would end her five months of unemployment: Experienced marketing manager and analyst. Diverse background. Trade show experience.

Back in the early ’90s, Ina Andre and Joan Clayton drove around town in their hatchback cars, picking up donations of new unsold clothing from retailers and manufacturers to give to people in need.

Bags made of colourful duct tape, critters created out of felt and bonsai trees formed from wire and precious stones were a few of the items up for grabs at the Cross My Art Craft Market at the Red Deer Public Library Saturday.

The largest and southernmost of the Hawaiian islands is shaking, spitting, and stretching as it slowly expands into the ocean.

A Blackfoot man stands at the edge of a sandstone cliff more than 5,000 years ago in what is now southwestern Alberta. In the distance he spies the snorting black mass rumbling toward the cliff. The ground begins to shake.