Hundreds of schools across Alberta, includingthe province's fourlargest school boards in Edmonton and Calgary, have agreed to pilot a new kindergarten to Grade 6 social studies curriculumthis school year.

Steve Blake, a Calgary golfer with Stage 4 lung cancer, is competing with some of the best golfers in the world at the Rogers Charity Classic this weekend.

A celebration of life for 24-year-old Morgan Kitchen, awildland firefighter who died battling wildfire near Jasper, Alta. earlier this month, was held in Calgary on Saturday.

Landscape Alberta says many companies in the industry are facing widespread layoffs due to a lack of work caused by stringent outdoor water restrictions.

Several cats have been found in various states of distress over the past couple of monthsin some cases, bound and covered in a tar-like substance, the Calgary Humane Society says.

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the city's water distribution system will require further major repairs and the Bearspaw feeder main will shut down again at the end of the month, requiring a temporary return to Stage 4 water restrictions.

The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation has opened a new bear enclosure aimed at caring for and rehabilitating bears in the province, called The Bear Den.