In response to the City of Fernie’s plan to use herbicides to control weeds, local resident Ayla Bennett has started an online petition calling for the community to be kept herbicide free.
On June 11, it had 196 signatures.
“Spraying herbicides isn’t worth any possible risk to our children, pets or environment,” wrote Bennett, a scientist and local mother, on the online petition.
“Parks
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