Mice
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New parents ask to leave St. Paul’s Hospital early over mice concernsThe new parents told Global News that as they were enjoying their new addition and starting to figure things out, they started to spot several mice in their room.HealthDec 1, 2025
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B.C.’s rodenticide ban could be having unintended consequences: Pest control industryIn January, B.C. banned the sale and use of a class of poisons known as second-generation anti-coagulants, with an exception for certain sectors deemed "essential services."EnvironmentApr 10, 2023
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Visitors at Foothills Hospital report mice in cafeteria and dirty patient unitsThe state of one of Calgary’s hospitals is failing to meet the basic standards of cleanliness — that is according to patients and their caregivers who visit the Foothills Hospital.HealthJan 16, 2023
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Saskatoon affordable housing resident says there’s been a mouse infestation for yearsDominika Kosowska lives in an affordable housing apartment in Saskatoon, and says she's been dealing with pests for the past four years.CanadaNov 2, 2022
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Australia turns to rodent ‘napalm’ as mouse plague overwhelms farmersMillions of mice have overrun rural New South Wales, in a plague that is costing the local economy hundreds of millions of dollars.TrendingMay 28, 2021
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Rats! Video shows Tokyo convenience store overrun by rodentsThe shop in Tokyo's popular Shibuya neighbourhood has been closed until the "unsanitary" infestation is addressed.TrendingAug 7, 2019
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Calgary researchers say newly discovered cell can heal heart damage in miceUniversity of Calgary researchers say a newly discovered type of cell appears to repair heart damage in mice.HealthJul 16, 2019
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Hantavirus risk increases with warm weather: Saskatchewan Health MinistryThe Saskatchewan Ministry of Health says deer mice are the primary carriers of hantavirus and the risk of contracting infection increases as the weather warms up.HealthApr 2, 2019
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Scientists use Canadian Light Source to prove tungsten causes health concernsScientists exposed laboratory mice to tungsten then examined their bones using beamlines at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon.ScienceApr 17, 2018
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Ways to avoid hantavirus exposure as spring cleaning season beginsIf you plan on cleaning out a shed or barn after the winter you'll want to be on the lookout for rodent droppings.HealthApr 4, 2018
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