OTTAWA - Ottawa is temporarily allowing the return of the rodent poison strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan as those provinces grapple with gopher infestations. A statement from the federal ...

OTTAWA — Ottawa is temporarily allowing the return of the rodent poison strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan as those provinces grapple with gopher infestations. A statement from the federal ...

A Richardson's ground squirrel pokes up from its burrow on Monday, July 14, 2025, in a vacant lot in Minot, N.D. (AP Photo/Jack Dura) OTTAWA — Ottawa is temporarily allowing the return of the rodent ...

The federal government is allowing the temporary use of a rodent poison to help farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan deal with the growing problem of gopher infestations. While some farmers are ...

Prairie farmers say a move by Ottawa to temporarily lift a ban on a rodent poison is a good start to address rampant gopher populations that have decimated crops and injured livestock. “I suspect ...

Farmers in some areas of Saskatchewan will once again be allowed to use strychnine to kill gophers, and while agricultural groups and farmers applaud the move, some experts say the original ban was a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health Canada authorized the emergency use of strychnine to address what it says is millions of dollars worth of damage caused by ...