Southern Ontario, and especially the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), is a winter wonderland for European starlings. First introduced to North America in the mid-1800s, the initial 100 European starlings have thrived, now numbering more than 200 million.1 During the winter...

With fall and cooler weather rapidly approaching, mice and other rodents will soon start looking for someplace warm to take up residence for the winter. City & Country Pest Control, a leader in pest control in Toronto and the surrounding regions, advises that...

Toronto has had a problem with bed bugs for a long time. With a population of more than 2.6 million people, Toronto is the bed bug capital of Canada! And this infestation is reaching almost epidemic proportions. In fact, the problem is so large that, in 2011, the...

Thanks to countless cartoons and nature shows, the image most people have of the mouse is a cute little creature. However,  City & Country Pest Control, the Greater Toronto Area's (GTA) leading  pest control agency, points out that mice are pests that often carry...

When you think of bird netting, you typically picture something that farmers put over crops or that fisheries use to protect fish stocks from predatory birds. However, an increasing number of home and business owners are using bird netting as a way to keep their...

If you live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the pigeon is an all-too-familiar sight. The plump and friendly pigeon - which include city doves, city pigeons, and street pigeons - is one of the most adaptable birds in the GTA. Pigeons are unafraid of people; at home...

Of all the pests that can infest a building, whether it's an apartment high-rise, a home, or a business, there are none worse than the cockroach. Just the sight of one can lead people to make assumptions about the cleanliness of your property - and let's face it,...