Richardson's ground squirrels — colloquially known as gophers — are currently hibernating, but they're making headlines after Ottawa rejected a bid by the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan to ...

Murray Wood says Saskatchewan farmers complaining of serious crop damage due to exploding gopher populations are out of luck ...

A request from Alberta and Saskatchewan to allow use of strychnine to control Richardson’s ground squirrels, or gophers, for this growing season was recently denied by Canada’s Pest Management ...