Southern Alberta farmer LeRoy Newman says he needs something to control Richardson’s ground squirrel populations.

A return to strychnine-laced battles against Richardson’s ground squirrels would generate more drawbacks than first meet the eye, a conservationist said last week. As we navigate through unprecedented ...

The 27-year-old says the rodent problem in her Middlesbrough street is "horrible".

The agricultural sector is disappointed that the PMRA recently denied a request for the emergency use registration of ...

The Alberta and Saskatchewan governments are pushing Ottawa to lift a ban on an effective rodent poison as farmers warn of an increase in damaged crops and injuries to livestock. The provinces said ...

The Middlesbrough resident has lived in the same property nearly all her life and says the rat situation in the Central and Newport wards are the 'worst' she has ever seen ...

Ahead of the 2026 growing season, the Alberta and Saskatchewan provincial governments are calling on the federal government to approve the provinces’ emergency-use request for two per cent liquid ...

While the plot remains fairly so-so, individual characters and relationships still strike a memorable chord, such as Kiryu’s ...

Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe and Alberta's Danielle Smith said the ground squirrels “have become a serious pest threat to ...

Since the recent ruling, the office of Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation Minister R.J. Sigurdson has called on the feds to “immediately reinstate” strychnine for farmers and producers to deploy ...

George Lee Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Macleod Gazette A return to strychnine-laced battles against Richardson’s ground squirrels would generate more drawbacks than first meet the eye, a ...