The city has a new lethal weapon against the wood boring pests ravaging the city’s ash trees, but it could hold environmental implications, according to the federal department of natural resources.
Nick Ashdown, Centretown NewsThe city is trying out a new insecticide to save ash trees such as this in Jack Purcell Park from the dreaded emerald ash borer.
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