Wanted: Etobicoke's own pied piper — or more help from city hall
A rat infestation is plaguing residents in a south Etobicoke neighbourhood. And they're blaming an impromptu garbage dump set up by residents of a nearby homeless encampment in Mimico’s Coronation Park for their new furry neighbours — though a pest control expert and their local councillor say a nearby excavation site is likely contributing to the problem.
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![Dan Irwin, who's lived on Judson Street for 39 years, says he had never seen a ray until just a few weeks ago, shortly after a a pile of debris emerged on a strip of city land near a homeless encampment. Dan Irwin, who's lived on Judson Street for 39 years, says he had never seen a ray until just a few weeks ago, shortly after a a pile of debris emerged on a strip of city land near a homeless encampment.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7241447.1718992471!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/rattty-headline.jpg)
A rat infestation is plaguing residents in a south Etobicoke neighbourhood. And they're blaming an impromptu garbage dump set up by residents of a nearby homeless encampment in Mimico’s Coronation Park for their new furry neighbours — though a pest control expert and their local councillor say a nearby excavation site is likely contributing to the problem.
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