{"id":776425,"date":"2026-07-02T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776425\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:31:09","slug":"made-in-sask-bug-bite-treatment-creating-international-buzz-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776425\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in Sask. bug bite treatment creating international buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/86eaf437-5db3-4472-98ad-d6b36df26810-1.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Matt Johnson recently made a stop in Prince Albert. (Image Credit: Nigel Maxwell\/ paNOW Staff)<\/p>\n<p>By Nigel Maxwell\/ paNOW Staff<\/p>\n<p>Local succes stories <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 2, 2026 | 12:07 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A made-in-Saskatchewan remedy for treating mosquito and other bug bites is winning over itchy people on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n<p>Just Bite Me can now be found on store shelves across Canada and the United States. Co-owner Matt Johnson told paNOW word of mouth has worked well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually when I get into a new store, it starts out slowly, but then word of mouth gets out, especially if someone in the store tries it and realizes how well it works. They start telling everyone who comes in the store, and then they sell out and order more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Originally developed by a man in Melfort with an autoimmune disease, Johnson said the man was an avid outdoorsman, but all the existing bug products on the market that contained ammonia would burn his skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Johnson recently made a stop in Prince Albert. (Image Credit: Nigel Maxwell\/ paNOW Staff) By Nigel Maxwell\/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-776425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}