By Kenneth Brown
The Clarion

The Town of Kindersley is taking a two-pronged approach to battling mosquitoes in response to a widespread early-season presence of the pesky little insects in 2017.

It didn’t take long for the mosquito population to boom this spring, so the town has been applying the mosquito control chemical malathion in green spaces across the community. The town’s parks department began spraying the green spaces on May 17, an official says.

A news release from May 15 states that malathion is an outdoor insecticide that can be applied topically and has proven to be effective in eradicating mosquitoes and ticks. There have also been reports of heavy tick activity in some areas in 2017.

Malathion must be applied by licensed individuals.

See more on this story in the May 24 print edition of The Clarion.