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Did we know, someone writes, about the great mosquito debate raging in Kanata, to be concluded with a mail-in referendum?

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It sounded looney-tunes, part of the urban legend of Kanata as the west-end kingdom where clotheslines are banned and hapless homeowners are sent to prison if they paint the garage the wrong shade of beige.

No. Every word is true.

Kanata North is in the middle of a ward-wide vote on whether the city should undertake a mosquito massacre by using a biological treatment in the ponds and ditches near the South March Highlands and other natural areas.

Kanata Lakes, Morgan’s Grant, Beaverbrook, Village Green, Heritage Hills, Kanata Estates, Kizell Pond and Richardson Ridge are reported to be among the most affected neighbourhoods.

Some residents there have complained that mosquito swarms are so bad that outdoor activity is just about impossible and even using soccer fields is to do battle with flocks of these flying monkeys ready to swoop down and drain the blood of our children, if not abduct them entirely.