Alberta News

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) _ Alta Equipment Group Inc. (ALTG) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $300,000. On a per-share basis, the Livonia, Michigan-based company said it had profit of 1 cent. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations.

CALGARY — Shell Canada is letting carbon-conscious customers get their two cents in for the environment while filling up at one of its 1,400 stations across Canada.

SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. — Alberta intends to hold its provincial men's and women's curling championships jointly in January. Curlers won't "bubble" at the Jan.

CALGARY — Calfrac Well Services Ltd. cut its capital budget as it reported a $50-million loss in its latest quarter. The company says its capital budget for this year has been reduced to $40 million from $55 million.

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services says it is working closely with an Edmonton long-term care home to manage a COVID-19 outbreak.

CALGARY — A mother found negligent in the death of her 14-month-old son from a staph infection has been granted full parole about halfway through her sentence, but her release comes with conditions.

CALGARY — Three weeks after its initial public offering, Topaz Energy Corp. says it expects about 15 per cent growth in royalty production and 38 per cent higher adjusted earnings next year compared with this year.

EDMONTON — A former track coach and official from Ottawa has been arrested on sex crime charges involving five teenage boys who were with the Edmonton Olympic Track and Field Club decades ago.

CALGARY — Outbreaks at two shelters have left Calgary's homeless terrified to come in out of the cold for fear of catching COVID-19, says a group that helps people living on the streets.

CALGARY — Two Alberta landowners have filed what a lawyer says could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments.