Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat

Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin 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 announced the discovery of a…