Wildlife groups and enthusiasts are worried about the environmental impacts of allowing the poison strychnine to kill ...

The emergency registration of strychnine for use on gophers in areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan may actually hamper control ...

The regulatory agency banned the use of two-per-cent liquid strychnine two years ago, citing risks to wildlife species — especially species-at-risk like the swift fox and burrowing owl — that can ...

OTTAWA — Ottawa is temporarily allowing the return of the rodent poison strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan as those provinces grapple with gopher infestations.

Farmers in Saskatchewan and Alberta are cleared to use strychnine this year and next year against gophers wrecking their ...

The SaskSPCA says the pest-control poison leads to “a slow, painful and inhumane death” for Richardson’s ground squirrels, ...

Darren Gosling says using crop insurance claims is a flawed way to determine where strychnine can be used to control gophers, ...

Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's ...

Annual gopher control efforts are underway in Regina, where the city’s parks manager says her department expects more pests ...

Gophers are a common and destructive garden pest. A farmer shared some of his top tips for removing them from a garden with ...