Satisfactory proof of the true answer to those questions may continue to evade onlookers of a controversial video that depicted a dead rat being pulled out of a soup served at a Gastown eatery ...

Controversy arose when an Instagram video posted on December 27 depicted a customer allegedly discovering a rat in a soup that had been served at Crab Park Chowdery, located at 221 Abbott Street.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures, urbanization and other human actions.