Bed bugs spread in Ottawa
By nobugsonme on Jan 10, 2008 in Paramount Pest Control, avoiding bed bugs, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs in ottawa, bedbugs, canada, david saunders, get rid of bed bugs, hotels, ontario, ottawa, travel, travel and bed bugs
The spread of bed bugs in Ottawa, Ontario was the feature of a short article by Daniel Proussalidis with Kristi Soble on CFRA.com, the website of CFRA radio 580.
David Saunders from Paramount Pest Control tells CFRA News the [bed bug] problem is rampant in rooming houses and hostels.
But Saunders adds it’s just as bad in homes and hotels across the capital.
“Even a year ago from right now I would get maybe a call a month or something. I’m receiving three to five calls a day for bed bugs now, ” Saunders says.
This kind of statistic, from individual PCOs, is very compelling. In the absence of government tracking of bed bug infestations, it is also all we have sometimes.
There was also some advice for travelers about avoiding bed bugs:
Saunders suggests, if you’re staying in a hotel, you can leave your luggage in your vehicle and wash your clothes at an off-site facility.
We don’t usually suggest leaving items in the car or doing laundry regardless of known exposure to bed bugs, but they are not bad ideas, not at all. Certainly easier than worrying about how to get rid of bed bugs once you have them.
Saunders suggests that
a lack of awareness about bed bugs, and areas not being treated properly have contributed to the boom over the last year.
Although these factors are obvious contributors to the spread of bed bugs, they actually aren’t articulated very often, especially in news articles which seem to gravitate towards other, hoarier chestnuts (DTT, global travel, etc.).
You can read the article here.
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hopelessnomo | Jan 10, 2008 | Reply
That is indeed refreshing. The proliferation of secondary infestations from untreated or incorrectly treated primary infestations has to be a major factor in the spread.
And lack of awareness! But I hope at least The Bedbug Bandit has done his part in spreading the word, not the bug.
a tenant in Ottawa | May 14, 2008 | Reply
Mechanicsville and Hintonburg apts in Ottawa are infested with bedbugs, cockroaches, etc the problem was first noticed 5 years ago in several homes and apts, the slumlords of that area collect the rents, and do nothing for their tenants, most who are on fixed incomes, the area is full of hookers, drugged out crackheads and drunks… the streets to be leery of are the following
Hinchey Avenue (north of Scott St) Forward Avenue, Stirling Avenue, Phiney Avenue, Garland, Armstrong, Ladoceur, Merton Street, Irving Ave, Lowrey, etc.. believe me when you walk into some of these places, you can actually smell the odor, even the smell of fresh paint and cleaners doesn’t cover the smell of bedbugs
Mathieu Dalrymple | Sep 12, 2008 | Reply
Bed bugs are a serious problem in all of the Bayshore area of ottawa. I am currently living in the Bayview apt and have had serious bed bug infestations for over 2 months now. My landlord has now sent exterminators twice and both my roomate and I are waking up covered in bites. Everytime I complain they simply tell me they will send them again. Also it should be noted that they are fully aware 5 other units are infested with bed bugs and I have heard many complaints of cockraoches, fire ants and silverfish. Minto has failed to do anything substanstial about this. As a result I have now had to dispose of my matress ($500+ value just purchased not even 1 year ago). For a student living off a student loan this is a major expense and Minto has refused to offer any sort of compensation.
Joanne Schnurr | Oct 20, 2008 | Reply
Hi Mathieu,
I’m a reporter with CTV Television and I’m working on a series about infestations in our homes of various bugs like bedbugs. Do you still have a problem with bedbugs and, if so, would you be willing to do an interview with me about it?
melissa Williams | Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
we live on donald what a hell hole, the managment has no clue what there doing, we moved here bought a new couch and beds we did not have any bed bugs before we moved here, we first notcied them in Aug, we moved in june, they have came 3 times in total we did everything we were suppsoe to do, we took everything out of the infested room i mean everythnig we threw out alot of stuff a new bed books and the list goes on and on, we were free of bugs for 3 weeks or so then we has a flood next door and it came into our house and so they pulled the baseboards off 3 weeks ago and have not replaced them yet. and now bed bugs again, we caulked all of the baseboards by ourseleves to ensure we would not get any from our neigours but yet again we have them, for 3 months we have been going through this all. clothes were in bags and our stuff was in the middle of our apt we did not use our room for 2 months, I have 2 little girls, what am i suppose to do now, im frustrated, and i dont know who to turn to.oh and one last thing i went to managment and asked them why they did not inform us that there was a bedbug problem and they told me its confidential and thay they spray before we moved in inplying that we must have brought them here, i told them if they had of informed us that our neibour had bed bugs and roaches we could have taken preactions so we did not get them, but yet again managment does not give a shit.