Strychnine Poison Returns to Control Gophers

0:00It's March 31st. This is Canada News Today, driven by AI. Ottawa just greenlit the temporary return of shrykneem poison in Alberta and Saskatchewan to tackle those pesky Richardson's ground squirrels messing with farmers' crops. The feds banned it back in 2024 because poison carcasses were harming other wildlife, but now they're making an exception for these provinces. Prairie farmers have been hit hard, with gophers causing millions of dollars in crop damage every year, so Alberta and Saskatchewan pushed health. Canada to rethink the ban. After an initial no, officials flipped the script Monday when the provinces sent a beefed-up emergency request with better safeguards to cut. Environmental risks. This setup runs through November 20, 2027, giving growers a fighting chance while keeping an eye on the bigger picture for wildlife.