A state of emergency has been declared in parts of Saskatchewan. The reason? Gophers. Farmers and ranchers say the rodents are running rampant over pastures and crops. The exploding population has ...

The gophers didn't know it, but they were digging up trouble for themselves by doing their thing in Prairie fields. In the spring of 2001, The National was reporting on the expanding or "exploding" ...

The rising gopher population in Weyburn, Sask., has city officials concerned. The city says the surge in Richardson ground squirrels – more commonly known as gophers – in recent years has resulted in ...