Some residents of a four-unit row house in Kanata South have been forced from their own homes by a rat infestation they say began in July. They say the city has been no help.

A PEST control expert has issued advice how to keep rats at bay as the rodents look for food and heat during with cooler ...

James Grant/BBC Olga Ngoma said the rat problem was causing her anxiety ... The flat had become "smelly" and her daughter struggled to sleep with the sound of rats in the ceiling, she said.

which exterminators use to spray carbon monoxide into the rats' tunnels and kill them in their sleep. But even the fiercest rat antagonists can't help but reveal a smidge of admiration for the enemy.