Category Archives: Bed Bugs British Columbia

How to properly check for bed bugs in a hotelNews1130VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Seattle hotels have seen a 500 per cent increase in bed bugs this year; several other tourist hotbeds are reporting spikes as well. Mark Amery with Vancouver Bed … Continue reading →

Bedbug infestations growing in certain settings, survey findsWashington Post(Carolyn Kaster/ AP ) – In a study released Wednesday, Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant MRSA bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a Vancouver neighborhood. By Lena H. Sun, Just as … Continue reading →

Straight.com Bullied tenants forced to buy methadone from slumlord: claimCTV.caBoth buildings are at the centre of a city of Vancouver investigation into bylaw infractions, and have been served with more than 20 compliance orders since 2010. City inspectors found evidence … Continue reading →

A disturbing walk down motel laneVancouver SunWe got a bit hysterical when Sandy dubbed it the GT bed in honour of its mobility. When the laughing died down we did a three-way, oddman-out rupee toss resulting in Ken's assignment to … Continue reading →

Bedbugs Found Carrying Drug-Resistant BacteriaNational Center for Policy AnalysisMarc Romney, one of the study's authors and a medical microbiologist at St. Paul's Hospital, an inner-city hospital in Vancouver, noticed a rise in bedbugs and of cases of MRSA. To check … Continue reading →

Vancouver Goes after Notorious SlumlordsThe Epoch TimesTenants at the two SROs allege that not only do they have to contend with mice and rats, cockroaches, bedbugs, and mould, but also a tyrannical landlord who has power to control their homes, … Continue reading →

A colourful history of Americans in ParisVancouver Sun"After years of living in Paris, James Fenimore Cooper said he still struggled to adjust to a country comprised of 'dirt and gilding . bedbugs and laces.' " The seductive lure of the … Continue reading →

Filth, pests and mould greet family in BC rental homeCTV.caAn Ontario family is out $1800 after they arrived at what was supposed to be their new Vancouver Island home and discovered that it was littered with rat feces, bedbugs and … Continue reading →

Public shaming: Crimestoppers writ largeTerrace Standard4- Parents of the teen rioters will blame everyone else (society, the police, alcohol, the education system, music, bed bugs) for their children's behaviour. Of course it CAN'T be the parents' fault who raised their … Continue reading →

DTES landlords face legal action over buildings' conditionThe Province“There are cockroaches, bed bugs, pigeons – yeah, pigeons fly in the room and they roost in there – and rats. Rats ate all my clothing, $200 worth of my clothing,” said … Continue reading →

Council calls for action against Downtown Eastside landlordVancouver SunSpeaking for the most part in soft voices, the residents described a litany of horrendous living conditions, including rats, mice and cockroach infestations, non-working or overcrowded shared bathrooms and serious problems with … Continue reading →

Bed bugs can carry ultra-virulent MRSA bacteriaio9The bugs are tough to kill. The best way to get rid of them is to steam them or freeze them, and even then they often come back. Recently, a Vancouver neighborhood saw a … Continue reading →

PR Web (press release) Orkin Issues Statement on Recent Bedbugs StudyInfection Control TodayThe very small and isolated study, conducted in an impoverished community in Vancouver, British Columbia, tested a very small sampling of bed bugs collected from a few patients … Continue reading →

French Tribune Cost to kill local bedbugs could be an issueNews1130VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – This week's story about bedbugs found with antibiotic-resistant bacteria at Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital made international headlines, but it also highlighted the bedbug problem on the Downtown … Continue reading →

USA Today Bedbugs may play role in spread of drug-resistant bacteria MRSA, study findsWashington Post(Carolyn Kaster/ AP ) – In a study released Wednesday, Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant MRSA bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a Vancouver neighborhood. … Continue reading →

Bedbugs are Becoming Super VillainsPatch.comAnd, they say, these bedbugs appear to be aggressive biters. The news is all over the North American media; you can read more about it from some of the folks closest to the problem, in the … Continue reading →

Babble (blog) MRSA Detected in Bedbugs: Should Parents Be Concerned?Babble (blog)Today's news that bedbugs in Vancouver were found to carry the MRSA bacteria will surely cause even more worry, but how dangerous is this new finding and should parents be … Continue reading →

Globe and Mail Got bed bugs? Killing 'em is one project you don't want to DIYGlobe and MailResearchers in Vancouver found some bedbugs carrying staph bacteria on hospital patients. Sure, they were only on a few of the hell-raising insects, … Continue reading →

Area hotels work to avoid the bedbugs' biteLas Vegas Review – JournalHowever, Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant staph bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients in a downtrodden Vancouver, British Columbia, neighborhood, according to a CDC report released last week. "It's … Continue reading →

Kansas City Star MRSA in bedbugs and meat–an expert weighs inLos Angeles TimesCanadian researchers found MRSA (and VRE, other drug-resistant bacteria) in bedbugs in Vancouver; and American researchers found MRSA and other staph bacteria on a few samples of supermarket … Continue reading →

Squatters at closed homeless shelter willing to risk arrestNews1130He says people fighting drug addiction are surrounded by temptation in that neighbourhood. There have been many stories about bed bugs at local SROs over the years. Cooey says people shouldn't be … Continue reading →

First of 50 difficult-to-house people move into new homeVictoria NewsWhat the staff affectionately call “the bug sauna” is another. When tenants arrive with furniture, they first park it in the bare room, which heats to a temperature to kill off … Continue reading →

Biting back against bed bugsSaanich NewsThe Vancouver Island Health Authority and the Cool Aid Society are also jumping on board. This week, Cool Aid opened its new social housing project in Saanich, called Olympic Vista, complete with a bed bug … Continue reading →

Green projects could use a scrubStarPhoenix"It's not yet clear what actual protection the new rights will give to bugs and insects in court," the Guardian wrote recently. Let's at least hope the bedbugs are sent to jail. It's pretty evident … Continue reading →

Defeat Bed Bugs with Heat! New Eco-friendly Service now Available in Vancouver.Wire Service Canada (press release)Vancouver, BC – April, 6 2011 – The bed bug epidemic has been growing in Vancouver for years and the standard chemical treatments are not … Continue reading →