Haldimand added to regulated zone for tree-killing insect

HALDIMAND — Haldimand County is among a list of newly added regions to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulated area for hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an insect that is known for killing hemlock trees by sucking out its nutrients in as little as four to 15 years. First detected in Ontario in 2013 in Niagara Falls, the insect’s reach…