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City’s Agents of S.W.A.T. Campaign Creates Apparel Buzz

Winnipeg citizens looking to join the Agents of S.W.A.T. (Standing Water Action Team) will have to do so without the official uniform. The City of Winnipeg's latest campaign to reduce the buzz of mosquitoes is creating a different kind of buzz surrounding the outfits...

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Manitoba Woman Diagnosed with West Nile Virus

Manitoba Woman Diagnosed with West Nile Virus

A Manitoba woman in her 50s has the first human case of West Nile Virus this year. Manitoba Health says the woman lives in the Southern Health–Santé Sud region and did no experience neurological symptoms and was not hospitalized. It's believed the woman was exposed...

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Mosquito Fogging Resuming Tonight in City Parks

Mosquito Fogging Resuming Tonight in City Parks

Mosquito fogging will resume in Winnipeg tonight, weather permitting, after the program was suspended earlier this month. Crews will target Assiniboine Park, St. Vital Park, King’s Park and Kildonan Park between 9:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. The city says major parks are...

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City Testing DeltaGard as Malathion Replacement

City Testing DeltaGard as Malathion Replacement

The City of Winnipeg has been given approval by Health Canada to begin trials of the DeltaGard product. Backed by Bayer, the more environmentally-friendly pesticide is a safer alternative to malathion and requires less of an output to a treatment area in the battle...

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Winnipeg’s Mosquito Fogging Trucks Coming Back Out

Winnipeg’s Mosquito Fogging Trucks Coming Back Out

There's still a lot of summer to be had if the mosquito fogging trucks need to roll out again. The City of Winnipeg says the current trap count for nuisance mosquitoes is 77, or "high" on the adulticiding factor analysis (AFA) rating. Crews will begin fogging Thursday...

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Louise May

Winnipeg Business Mystified by Ban on Insect Repellent

Health Canada has swatted plans for a small Winnipeg business to continue selling its insect repellent product. Aurora Farm on Waverley Street says the federal government has forced it to discontinue production and sales of its bug spray. “Manitoba Mist has been an...

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