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 [...]
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