Category: vancouver
By nobugsonme on Apr 2, 2008 in avoid bed bugs, bed bug transmission, bed bugs, bedbugs, montreal, new york, pillow fight, pillows, san francisco, toronto, vancouver | 1 Comment
Pillow Fight New York City 2008
Photo uploaded to flickr.com by urbanblitz
In the age of bed bugs, it does not seem that wise for people around the world, in cities like Vancover and New York (pictured here) to have large group pillow fights.
Dave, a participant, is one who realized this after the fact. […]
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 6, 2008 in 2010 Winter Olympics, Bloor Street, Paula Fletcher, The Star, Toronto City Council, bed bug dog, bed bug protocol, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs and public health, bedbugs, boston, canada, cincinnati, downtown eastside, get rid of bed bugs, getting rid of bed bugs, health, health department, laundry, london, new york city, notifying tenants, nyc, ontario, politicians, purity pest control, san francisco, south of bloor, toronto, vancouver | 0 Comments
Jennifer Brown of The Star reports that Toronto politician Paula Fletcher is agitated about bed bugs–and trying to do something about them.
She wants the health department to investigate whether they’re a health hazard:
Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth) has received so many calls from constituents she’s asked the health department to declare them a […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 4, 2008 in bed bug movie, bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, canada, documentary, film, media, treatment, vancouver | 1 Comment
This came to me from an anonymous reader with username DocMaker:
A documentary film is searching for subjects in Vancouver, Canada who are battling the bedbug epidemic as we speak!
If all works out, we may be able to get you a free extermination!
If you are interested in sharing your tales, send me an email:
docmaker@email.com
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.”
By Nobugsonme on Nov 20, 2007 in Aliens, bed bug bites photos, bed bugs, billings, canada, desperate measures to kill bed bugs, homeless, montana, ontario, photos of bed bug bites, shelter, spread, toronto, usa, vancouver | 3 Comments
TheStar.com | Joe Fiorito | Bedbugs not a hazard? Try telling that to their tormented victims
Mary smelled gasoline. “I called the security guard. We followed the smell. . . . . The guy who opened the door . . . . was getting bit. He was scratching. He said someone told him to […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 15, 2007 in ABCDC, Allston-Brighton, SROs, VANDU, activism, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, british columbia, canada, downtown eastside, furnishing bedbug-free homes, good ideas, government, hotels, low-income housing, massachusetts, mattresses, multi-unit buildings, public education, treatment, treatment in hotels, usa, vancouver | 8 Comments
Vancouver’s Radio CKNW (AM980) reports on their website Saturday:
Advocacy group fights bed bug outbreak
VANCOUVER - Community advocacy group the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users VANDU is trying to fight a massive outbreak of bedbugs in that city’s Downtown Eastside by gutting infested rooms.
The group’s Anne Livingston says residents have had six weeks notice to […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 7, 2007 in SROs, activism, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, canada, good ideas, hotels, housing laws, low-income housing, news, slumlords, social services, vancouver | 2 Comments
Chantal Eustace of the Vancouver Sun reported Friday that
VANCOUVER - City councillors aren’t jumping at a chance to swap their homes with a group of women living in poverty in the squalid Downtown Eastside.
Eight of 10 city councillors who reflected on an eight-week housing challenge put forth by the Power of Women Group in […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 28, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, canada, government, health, hotels, loopy ideas, spread, vancouver | 29 Comments
Here’s a new spin on the spread:
Vancouver’s health officer thinks people are getting bed bugs in Vancouver because they go to the Downtown Eastside and do “naughty things,” Canada’s CBC news reported yesterday.
Bedbugs are spreading across Vancouver. And the city’s chief medical health officer is blaming promiscuity for the itchy problem.
“People occasionally go to […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 27, 2007 in british columbia, canada, government, multi-unit buildings, treatment, vancouver | 11 Comments
And now, some good news: According to “In Brief” in the Globe and Mail,
The British Columbia government wants to put the bed-bug problem to sleep in Vancouver.
As ridiculous as it sounds, that’s the first time I have ever heard any member of any government saying they wanted to end bed bugs in their region. […]
By nobugsonme on May 12, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, news, transportation, treatment, vancouver | 1 Comment
Remember Barry Link, the Vancouver Courier journalist who wrote about his bed bugs?
This week he published a follow-up, which focuses largely on the many ideas people suggest (besides PCOs) for fighting the bugs. Hmm, Barbra Streisand albums. Now there’s an idea we hadn’t heard before. Cats? Barry’s right–not only do they […]
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