By nobugsonme on Mar 14, 2008 in 55 Bleecker, Joe Fiorito, Toronto Community Housing, bed bug action committee, bed bugs, bed bugs in toronto, bedbugs, canada, journalists, ontario, public housing, tenant organizing, toronto | 1 Comment
If the Thai train infested with bed bugs does not have you thoroughly skeeved, Joe Fiorito has a new article today in the Toronto Star on 55 Bleecker, a Toronto Community Housing (public housing) building in Toronto, where tenants have meetings about bed bugs at 2 a.m. because they’re all up anyway.
2 a.m.!
That’s just the […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 12, 2008 in Bug and Scrub, IPM, PCO training, Richard Grotsch, Seaton House, Toronto Public Health, bed bugs, bed bugs in toronto, bedbugs, canada, economics, employment, low-income housing, ontario, shelter, toronto | 1 Comment
The article from Joe Fiorito yesterday (and my post on that article) mentioned an initiative being tried out at Seaton House, a City of Toronto-run shelter for men that has been operating since 1959. Men who live in the shelter are being given paid training as “pesticide technicians.” They’re being paid a […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 12, 2008 in GTA, Joe Fiorito, Reg Ayre, Toronto Public Health, bed bug action committee, bed bugs, bed bugs in toronto, bedbugs, public health, toronto | 4 Comments
Joe Fiorito has another bed bug story in the Toronto Star today. He starts by describing pictures a public health official shows him from infestations he has encountered:
Reg Ayre tapped his computer keyboard and up popped a photo of a polka dot pillow on a lonesome bed; not polka dots. “Those specks are blood,” […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 15, 2008 in Joe Fiorito, Reg Ayre, The Star, Toronto Public Health, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs in toronto, bedbugs, health, how to get rid of bed bugs, ontario, public health, toronto | 2 Comments
In some cities, the housing department inspects for bed bugs. In others, it’s public health. Toronto Public Health apparently has jurisdiction over inspections for bed bugs in the city.
Joe Fiorito of Toronto’s The Star spoke with Reg Ayre of Toronto Public Health about why that body can’t legally class bed bugs as […]
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