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  "id": 9796991,
  "title": "Alberta’s ‘rat patrol’ ramps up operations as vermin makes inroads in province",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/albertas-rat-patrol-ramps-up-operations-as-vermin-makes-inroads-in-9796991",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T16:34:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/alberta-canada-rat-patrol"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "‘Rat-free’ Canadian province recently took a verminous hit when a dead rodent turned up in town of Bowden For more than seven decades, residents of Alberta have shared something in common with Antarctica and the high Arctic: all locations are officially free of rats. But on Thursday the Canadian province’s reputation as a firewall against rodent infestation took a hit when the town of Bowden…",
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        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Alberta’s ‘rat patrol’ ramps up operations as vermin makes inroads in province",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/albertas-rat-patrol-ramps-up-operations-as-vermin-makes-inroads-in",
        "published": "2026-09-25T16:34:05.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}