Rats

• Rodents on the rise: 2 Fredericton restaurants shut down after health inspections

  A popular downtown pub and a restaurant were ordered to temporarily close after health inspectors found rodent droppings on site. An expert says the issue is widespread.

  Canada

  Nov 24
  
• Rat complaints on the rise in Montreal as critics demand city take action

  Data show there were more than 1,700 calls to Montreal’s 311 phone line in 2024 concerning rats, up from just over 1,000 calls two years earlier.

  Canada

  Aug 4
  
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• How 9th century flaming rats led to the birth of rock ‘n’ roll

  The history of rock 'n' roll is so deep that if you pull on enough threads, you'll be led back to wartime barrages of flaming rats. And I do mean actual rats that were on fire.

  Entertainment

  Jul 21, 2024
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• ‘Perfect rat storm’: Ontario cities seek ways to fight increasingly visible rats

  In Toronto, the municipality's infrastructure committee recently adopted a motion asking city council to direct staff to craft an "action plan" to reduce rats in the city.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2024
• Is warm weather driving a rat rise in Vancouver?

  In October, Orkin Canada named Vancouver the "rattiest" city in B.C., based on the number of residential and commercial treatments it applied.

  Environment

  Feb 6, 2024
• B.C.’s rodenticide ban could be having unintended consequences: Pest control industry

  In 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."

  Environment

  Apr 10, 2023
• Saskatoon affordable housing resident says there’s been a mouse infestation for years

  Dominika Kosowska lives in an affordable housing apartment in Saskatoon, and says she's been dealing with pests for the past four years.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2022
• B.C. has a lock on Orkin Canada’s ‘rattiest cities’ list

  The lack of humans in city areas created some scarcity issues, which Orkin said came out through signs of rat aggression that included, street fighting and territoriality.

  Health

  Oct 19, 2022
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• University of Lethbridge study finds experimenter’s gender affects rats, could impact study findings

  Lab rodents may have ratted on themselves, exposing they're not impartial when it comes to their handlers.

  Science

  Sep 15, 2022
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• Reseachers training ‘hero rats’ to locate earthquake survivors

  "The positive reinforcement is kind of like a rat smoothie. So it's avocado and banana mixed with ground-up rat pellets."

  Science

  Jun 20, 2022