Gophers

• City of Regina begins gopher pest control program

  The city has identified thirty-six areas requiring pest control measures, which will be marked with yellow signs in the coming days.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2024
  
• Weyburn upping gopher control to address growing population

  The municipality has notified residents that increased gopher control will be taking place within city limits to address an exploding pest population.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2021
  
• Advertisement
• Central Alberta village pleads guilty to improper application of pesticide in case that saw 2 dogs die

  The Village of Cereal, the village's foreman and a campground caretaker have pleaded guilty to improper application of a pesticide in a 2017 case that saw two dogs ingest strychnine and later die.

  Environment

  Jan 17, 2020
• Advertisement
• Calgary homeowners frustrated with ‘overwhelming’ gopher invasion: ‘It’s an infestation’

  It's being called a rodent invasion. Homeowners in a northeast Calgary community are frustrated with dozens of gophers that have tunneled into their yards.

  Environment

  Jun 16, 2019
• Alberta does not support federal proposal to ban strychnine against gophers

  The Alberta government is telling Ottawa it does not support a federal proposal to ban the use of liquid strychnine poison for killing prairie gophers. 

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2018
• Team investigating dead gophers in downtown Calgary park

  The Calgary Humane Society is part of a team investigating rash of dead gophers in a downtown park.

  Jun 2, 2016
• Early spring means early gopher population boom in Calgary

  The methods to control gopher numbers include injecting smoke and carbon monoxide in underground dens or using treated bait and traps.

  May 18, 2016