Category: nova scotia
By nobugsonme on Jun 23, 2008 in activism, bed bug laws, bed bugs, bed bugs and tenants, bedbugs, canada, cities, get rid of bed bugs, halifax, landlords, laws, local government, multi-unit buildings, nova scotia, preventing bed bugs, public education, tenants, the coast, treatment | 2 Comments
A Halifax resident going by the moniker “Bugged by Bedbugs” used the soapbox “Love the way we bitch” on Halifax website The Coast, to call fellow residents to action on the bed bug issue, in a post entitled “WTF is with the bedbugs?”:
There is a certain trio of dusky-colored high-rise apartment buildings in Halifax that [...]
By nobugsonme on Jun 12, 2008 in ahern manor, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, canada, gottingen street, halifax, home health nurses, metropolitan regional housing authority, nova scotia, victorian order of nurses | 5 Comments
The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has ceased home health visits for a client while his home is treated for bed bugs. According to the Chronicle Herald:
The Victorian Order of Nurses has put home care on hold for a client living in a Halifax public housing complex because of bedbugs [...]
By nobugsonme on Sep 1, 2007 in bad ideas, bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, government, halifax, housing laws, landlords, legal, multi-unit buildings, nova scotia, spread, tenants | 2 Comments
A new article on Halifax, Nova Scotia’s bed bug epidemic, appeared in the Chronicle Herald Friday.
According to the CBC.ca Marketplace website:
In Nova Scotia, Halifax doesn’t have clear-cut legislation for dealing with bedbugs. Responsibility for extermination falls upon the tenant if a landlord can prove a tenant brought the bugs in. The Halifax agency has found [...]
By nobugsonme on Aug 24, 2007 in alberta, apartments, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, british columbia, canada, manitoba, new brunswick, newfoundland and labrador, nova scotia, ontario, prince edward island, quebec, saskatchewan | 4 Comments
Our FAQ on who pays for tenants’ bed bug treatment just got a little more complete. Since this is a really helpful resource, I am blogging it too.
Courtesy of the CBC’s links from its fine story on bed bugs (which remains the best television clip on bed bugs to date, hands down, in my [...]
By nobugsonme on Nov 24, 2006 in bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, government, new york, news, nova scotia, pesticides, rage, signs and symptoms, tools and weapons, treatment, usa | 0 Comments
Nova Scotia is fighting bed bugs.
The Daily News of Halifax, NS reports on the bed bug epidemic there. This is a fairly informative, if brief, article. A few things are of interest.
First, the reporter says that
Pest control sevices provide efficient ways to deal with bedbugs. They dust and spray [...]
By nobugsonme on Oct 22, 2006 in FAQs, alberta, bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, california, canada, chicago, dc, housing laws, illinois, information and help, landlords, lawsuits, legal, massachusetts, multi-unit buildings, new jersey, new york, nova scotia, ontario, prince edward island, quebec, tenants, treatment, usa, washington | 47 Comments
One of the first questions renting tenants, co-op owners and condo owners ask, when confronted with bed bugs, is: who’s responsible for paying for their elimination?
The laws vary. We are not lawyers. There may be inaccuracies or errors or speculative comments below. Use what you find below as a starting point, verify [...]
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