Rats! The pests have re-emerged in the province
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.
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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 (chewing through crops, food storage and property) and the diseases they carry with them (like hantaviru...