Category: canada
By nobugsonme on Apr 30, 2008 in bed bug bites, bed bug inspections, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, canada, cityhousing, hamilton, hamilton public health, landlords and bed bugs, multi-unit dwellings, neighbors, ontario, stan yung | 1 Comment
The Hamilton Spectator reports on the spread of bed bugs in that Ontario city.
The story focuses on Lisa Courtney’s bed bug battle:
Courtney tossed out her bed, mattress and linens. CityHousing, Hamilton’s social housing agency, had her Cumberland Avenue apartment treated and life returned to normal.
But now, the bedbugs are back. Courtney’s anxiety has shot up […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 28, 2008 in bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, canada, hotels, lawsuits, lawyer, legal, manitoba, winnipeg | 1 Comment
A Toronto man is suing a Winnipeg Howard Johnson’s motel, claiming he was bitten by bed bugs there.
CJOB in Manitoba reports,
A Toronto man has filed a civil suit against the Howard Johnson Hotel on Ellice Avenue alleging he caught a case of the bed bugs while rooming at the establishment.
Steven Lipson claims after a one-night […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 8, 2008 in bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, colleges, dorms, montreal, moving, quebec, student housing | 0 Comments
Bed bugs have infested rooms in McGill student housing buildings the New Residence, the MORE house at 522 Pins, and now in Solin Hall, the McGill Daily reports.
Student Aaryn Secker finally moved out after battling bed bugs in Solin Hall for months:
Secker notified Howard Zinman, Services Coordinator for Solin Hall, after discovering tiny red bites […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 29, 2008 in Toronto Public Health, bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, etobicoke, how to get rid of bed bugs, ontario, public education, reg eyre, toronto | 0 Comments
InsideToronto.com reports that there will be a bed bug forum to educate residents about bed bugs and how to deal with an infestation, on Wednesday.
Concern about the recent city-wide rise in bed bug infestations has led to the creation of a bed bug forum, coming to Etobicoke this Wednesday, April 2 at LAMP CHC.”You have a […]
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 […]
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 10, 2008 in Joe Fiorito, Paula Fletcher, Toronto Public Health, bed bug statistics, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, canada, disabled, dr. david mckeown, elderly, homeless, low-income, new york and bed bugs, nyc, ontario, public health, shelters, statistics on bed bugs, toronto, toronto board of health, toronto medical officer of health | 12 Comments
A bit of background:
Toronto has had a serious bed bug problem for some time, just like New York, London, San Francisco, Vancouver–I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
The Toronto Star also has a journalist called Joe Fiorito who wrote extensively and repeatedly about how serious a problem bed bugs were, […]
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 […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 19, 2008 in 311 and bed bugs, Lexington, Luiz Aragon, New York Press, New York bed bug seminars, New York's response to bed bugs, Robert Jackson, Times Ledger, bed bug violations, bed bugs, bed bugs in new york, british columbia, cinncinnati, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, kentucky, new york, new york city, new york city council, nyc, ohio, ontario, toronto, vancouver | 7 Comments
The press release for the New York HPD bed bug seminars is here. It includes dates and times, addresses, and a phone number for more information. Seminars will be in English and Spanish. Please do call the number listed below to reserve a spot.
The first seminar is scheduled to take place on […]
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 | 0 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 […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 11, 2008 in Cain Pest Control, DDT and bed bugs, Orkin, Poulin's Pest Control, avoid bed bugs, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, canada, dr. michael potter, entomologists, get rid of bed bugs, hotels and bed bugs, john intini, maclean's, media, news, no silver bullet, pest control, purity pest control | 4 Comments
Canadian news weekly Maclean’s has a story on bed bugs dated January 3, 2008 by John Intini.
The article conveys the scope of the problem and the speed at which it seems to be spreading:
To get a full sense of the bedbug boom, ask any pest control expert. [Carlo] Panacci, for one, used to have a […]
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