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Regina mosquito count 45 times last year's rate: city report The number of blood-sucking mosquitos is on the rise in Regina, and it's now far beyond last year's average. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jul 06, 2021 8:25 PM CT | Last Updated: July 7 The number of blood-sucking mosquitoes is Regina right now far exceeds the average for this time of year.(Arnulfo Franco/The Associated Press)
Regina / 980 CJME Jun 22, 2021 | 4:13 PM Russell Eirich, the City of Regina's manager of open space services, on June 22, 2021. (Mattea Columpsi/980 CJME) Pull out the After Bite and bug spray, because Regina’s mosquito count has flown higher. Russell Eirich, the City of Regina’s manager of open space services, said the mosquito population has grown significantly since Saturday. “Our average trap count was 98 mosquitoes per trap,” Eirich said. “Our historical average is 21 mosquitoes per trap, so we’re four times that number basically.” The all-time worst mark for that week was ...
Regina / 980 CJME Apr 18, 2021 12:45 PM A sign warns of gopher control measures being taken near the North West Leisure Centre. (980 CJME file photo) The City of Regina is warning pet owners of poison in the city’s parks. It has started its annual gopher extermination program, where poison is placed in burrows to kill the rodents. Yellow signs that read “gopher control” are set up at any park where the poison has been deployed. Russell Eirich, the City’s manager of open space services, said pet owners need to keep an eye out for those signs. He said if a dog were to eat the poison or ...