Category Archives: Bed Bugs Toronto

Globe and Mail Ford administration accepts provincially-funded nurses to fight bed bugsNational PostToronto's budget committee is taking the provincial government up on its offer to pay for public health nurses to help combat bed bugs, after Mayor Rob Ford led … Continue reading →

Toronto 'desperately' needs nurses to battle bed bugsToronto StarFive pilot projects through the Toronto Community Housing Initiative are investigating methods for controlling, reducing and preventing bedbugs. The bugs can travel through walls, so eliminating them is particularly difficult when infestations … Continue reading →

CBC.ca City will consider Ontario's offer for more nursesCityNews“But I can't imagine that they want to go to their constituents and say that they rejected money to help with the bed bug problem.” In a July report, Dr. David McKeown, … Continue reading →

Board of Health wants province to continue funding bed bug programinsideTORONTO.comToronto Board of Health wants Province of Ontario to continue funding bed bug program. Staff photo/MIKE ADLER SCARBOROUGH – Toronto health inspector Wayne Fletcher is telling people bed bugs can … Continue reading →

Councillors to tackle bed bugsToronto SunToronto city councillors will tackle a bed bug control strategy next week at City Hall. (AFP file photo) Toronto Public Health will unveil its bed bug control strategy for the city next week. But health … Continue reading →

Seek help in battling bed bugs, Scarborough meeting toldinsideTORONTO.comSeek help in battling bed bugs, Scarborough meeting told. A Toronto health inspector holds a jar of dead bed bugs during a recent public education session. Staff photo/MIKE ADLER – You can … Continue reading →

Bed bugs beware the BeagleThe SuburbanHe says his is the first company in Quebec to use bed bug detecting dogs certified by the World Detector Dog Organization (WDDO). “There are about 350 certified dogs out there doing hotels on a … Continue reading →

Guelph-area health unit gets funding to get after bed bugsGuelph MercuryHe and colleagues at Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health intend to find out, with more than $91000 in funding from the Ontario government's $5-million fund to combat bedbugs like those infesting Hamilton … Continue reading →

Reported incidence of bed bugs increases at UW, WLUWaterloo Record… co-ordinated effort to fight bed bugs. The money is part of the provincial government's $5-million initiative to help public health units across Ontario combat the problem which has re-emerged in … Continue reading →

No bedbugs at Galaxy CinemasRegina Leader-PostPerhaps most famously, during last year's Toronto International Film Festival, a tweet claiming there were bed bugs in one of the theatres to be used for screenings caught on like wildfire and spread to The … Continue reading →

Province funds bug battleYorkRegion.comThere hasn't been a formal program prior to this, he said, adding, in York Region, incidents of bed bugs are minor when compared to Toronto. “But we want to be proactive,” he added. Bed bugs are oval-shaped … Continue reading →

Kansas City Star Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in BedbugsWired NewsResearchers in Vancouver, BC have found bedbugs there carrying drug-resistant staph, MRSA, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, VRE. In the June issue of the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Christopher F. Lowe of the … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News Canada (blog) Dog the newest tool for detecting bed bugsYahoo! News Canada (blog)The dogs have the advantage because they are trained to pick up the bug's scent. Goldman's dogs were used to sniff out bed bugs last year … Continue reading →

Bed bugs' bite also carries liability risk: Lloyd'sCanadian UnderwriterIn Toronto, Toronto Public Health has noted a dramatic increase in infestation reports, from 46 in 2003 to more than 1500 in 2009. Ontario's provincial government recently announced a $5 million investment … Continue reading →

Globe and Mail Auditor's probe of TCHC 'put a little box around' subsidiary firmGlobe and MailThe firm has won contracts to provide a diverse range of services to outside organizations, among them two consulting sessions on bed bug eradication to … Continue reading →

blogTO (blog) Short & Sweet film festival launches in TorontoblogTO (blog)Bed bugs in Toronto The posts from MDPest should be removed as spam! He's only trying to drum up business for himself. Shame on you! Anyone reading his posts should … Continue reading →

insomnia and bedbugs: Pick a bedtime storyMontreal GazetteInsomnie, born in English, as Insomnia, by Toronto's Daniel Brooks in collaboration with Guillermo Verdecchia, starts tonight at Place des Arts. Bedbugs will premiere tomorrow night at the Freestanding Room, an offbeat performing … Continue reading →

Pests taking it to the sheetsThe Kingston Whig-StandardIn Toronto, bed bug reports to the public health department have skyrocketed from 48 in 2003 to more than 1500 in 2008. Ottawa, Hamilton, Windsor, London and Wasaga Beach have also raised concerns … Continue reading →

Fiorito: Source says TCHC audit reveals lavish spendingToronto StarTenants of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation get bedbugs, while TCHC staff get chocolates from Holt Renfrew. That, according to a Star source, is just one of the outrageous expenses highlighted in … Continue reading →

Good Shepherd project tackles bed bugs, homelessnessB.C. Catholic NewspaperAfter months of planning, Good Shepherd CARES began tackling Toronto's bed bug problem in subsidized housing units downtown in mid-January. The social enterprise's goals are less about making money than they are … Continue reading →

Winnipeg's nasty bedbug problem really bitesWinnipeg Free PressSaturday's column on bloodthirsty bedbugs provoked some passionate responses, including one from an expert in the field. But the column also resulted in a …

Bedbugs: The new mosquitoWinnipeg Free PressMayor Sam Katz has declared bedbugs a top priority here and the City of Toronto is calling for a national strategy to deal with these little buggers …

Bed bugs the least of cops' problemsWinnipeg SunIn Toronto, our police brethren tragically lost an officer in the line of duty to a rampaging snowplow thief. So being asked for comments about how bedbugs … and more »

Health unit wants a piece of bed bug pieOrangeville BannerReports of bed bugs are on the rise, according to the ministry, which cites Toronto as an example. In 2009, there were more than 1500 complaints to Toronto … and more »

Sherbourne identityNational PostStrip clubs, bed bugs, and homelessness loom over Sherbourne Street. Of all locations in Toronto to build a sleek, mostly glass condo complex, Sherbourne is …