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Surrey, B.C. public housing infested with bed bugs »

By nobugsonme on Mar 25, 2008 in BC, BC Housing, british columbia, low-income housing, public housing, surrey, ted kuhn I, ted kuhn II | 4 Comments

Canada’s CTV reports that a BC Housing complex is infested with bed bugs. The article mentions Kuehn Tower, but the BC Housing site lists Ted Kuhn Tower I and II in Surrey, so this appears to be a typo. (Incidentally, I wonder if they found a new manager yet?)
Bill McLeod’s body is covered […]

Itchy the Bed Bug: an Olympic Mascot for Vancouver »

By nobugsonme on Feb 1, 2008 in BC, DTES, VANDU, activism, bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, canada, community, downtown eastside, grassroots, homelessness, poverty, poverty olympics, vancouver, vancouver 2010 | 0 Comments

Vancouver | Homes Not Games
Originally uploaded by ardenstreet
Graffiti from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Remember VANDU? They’re the grassroots community group in Vancouver that got a grant and implemented a plan to help fight bed bugs in Vancouver’s beleaguered Downtown Eastside.
Well, they’re back at it, this time as one of the sponsors of this weekend’s […]

a Pandora’s box of bed bugs on Pandora Street, Vancouver »

By Nobugsonme on Nov 28, 2007 in 2255 pandora street, BC, bed bugs, bed bugs in apartment buildings, bedbugs, canada, spread of bed bugs, vancouver | 1 Comment

globeandmail.com: Tenants in ‘Pandora’s boxes’ face mountain of troubles
Article referencing 2255 Pandora Street in Vancouver, BC, where, the author claims, “Bedbugs are a given.”