Get rid of standing water in your yards!

From the Sault Star Online:

A mosquito has tested positive for West Nile Virus in Sault Ste. Marie.

The insect was caught in a trap last week, said public health inspector Heidi Pittman of Algoma Public Health.
It's the first such confirmation of an insect having the disease in Algoma District since 2005.
"The virus could be present even in all the previous years," said Pittman.
"It didn't end up in the traps so it didn't get identified."
The health unit sprays many concrete electrical vaults in the city with a larvicide twice annually.
When the first spraying was done last week, a "higher than normal" amount of larvae was found, said Pittman.
West Nile Virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. There is no cure.
Sources of standing water, such as old tires, unused containers and wading pools, should be removed from residential properties.