Strychnine had long been the preferred pesticide for gopher control in Alberta — until the federal government began to phase out its use on Richardson's ground squirrels in 2020 and then banned it ...

Crews with the City of Brooks parks department will be conducting gopher control throughout the community until Mar. 27. Unlike Bill Murray’s character ‘Carl Spackler’ in the 1980 comedy film ...

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 ...