Rat Control Zone News Today

Cascades Recovery+, a city contractor that sorts recycled material from curbside collection in Calgary, confirmed the presence of Norway rats at its facility in southeast Calgary. 

In humanity’s centuries-long battle with the rat, only Alberta has claimed indisputable victory

Article content If you’ve ever watched a mafia movie, you’ve seen a character or 2 mention how nobody likes a “rat” – a crook who tells on other crooks. In Alberta, we take it a bit more literally – we mean the rodents and take every measure possible to make sure they know it and don’t make a home here. This year marks 70 years of Alberta’s Rat Control Program. Started in 1950, the program ensures Albertans are safe from the environmental and economic destruction rats cause (che...