Ticks have become a permanent fixture in Montreal’s parks

Montrealers must now share their picnics and walks with some new parasitic neighbours: ticks. It is a presence that even the most city-bound residents will have to get used to, as these ticks are not about to go away any time soon, according to ecologists. “We can’t get rid of them; it’s inevitable,” Jacques Brodeur, an ecologist and researcher at the University of Montreal, states bluntly. Ticks…