SARM President Bill Huber said the association had received a verbal commitment from Ottawa to review the use of strychnine ...

1:49 Farmers looking for ways to protect crops as gopher population rises City officials want to ensure residents take precautions to avoid areas targeted for application, particularly with children ...

The rising gopher population in Weyburn, Sask., has city officials concerned. The city says the surge in Richardson ground squirrels – more commonly known as gophers – in recent years has resulted in ...

Starting next year, farmers can't use strychnine to control gopher populations Rural municipalities in Saskatchewan's southwest say they are being overrun by Richardson's ground squirrels, also known ...

The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A Richardson's ground squirrel in Calgary's Fish Creek Provincial Park. The province is ...

Recent calls for the reintroduction of the banned substance strychnine to help with “gopher problems” prompted the Shaunavon Standard to seek out pest control expert Dr. James Tansey, provincial ...

Rural municipalities in Saskatchewan's southwest say they are being overrun by Richardson's ground squirrels, also known as gophers — and they worry about next year when they will no longer be allowed ...

A Richardson's ground squirrel in Calgary's Fish Creek Provincial Park. The province is calling for the federal government to reverse a ban on strychnine to allow for better control of the rodent's ...