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Crash Course on Rat-berta

Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free province? Is there really a Rat Patrol? We find out the truth behind the provinces rat hating reputation.

How did a landlocked province eliminate all its rats? And why?

A rat runs across a sidewalk in the snow.
A rat runs across a slick sidewalk in Manhattan, New York a sight you would probably not see in Alberta. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free province? Is there really a Rat Patrol? We find out the truth behind the province's rat hating reputation.

A rat poster in Alberta
Poster released by the Alberta Department of Public Health circa 1948 (A17202b/ Provincial Archives of Alberta) (A17202b/Provincial Archives of Alberta)

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