How to properly check for bed bugs in a hotel
News1130
VANCOUVER (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 Bug Control says there are several ways people can keep the nasty …

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Bedbug infestations growing in certain settings, survey finds
Washington 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 students head back to college and families …

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Bullied tenants forced to buy methadone from slumlord: claim
CTV.ca
Both 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 of bedbugs, roaches and rats in many residential suites. …
Vancouver non-profit to renovate two hazardous SROsTheTyee.ca (blog)

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A disturbing walk down motel lane
Vancouver Sun
We 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 the GT. It was a lousy deal for Ken who awoke covered in bed bug …

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Bedbugs Found Carrying Drug-Resistant Bacteria
National Center for Policy Analysis
Marc 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 the connection, researchers collected five bedbugs from patients, …

Vancouver Goes after Notorious Slumlords
The Epoch Times
Tenants 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, their work, and even their health. After hearing from tenants …

A colourful history of Americans in Paris
Vancouver 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 city was, however, as strong as it remains today, and each traveller …

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Filth, pests and mould greet family in BC rental home
CTV.ca
An 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 even a syringe. Penny Sandirfer and her husband saw their new Nanaimo rental …

Public shaming: Crimestoppers writ large
Terrace Standard
4- 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 kids to be thugs and let them out to …

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DTES landlords face legal action over buildings' condition
The 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 Kirk Gerboth, 52, who pays $400 a month at the Wonder Rooms, where he has lived for …

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Council calls for action against Downtown Eastside landlord
Vancouver Sun
Speaking 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 bedbugs. …
Vancouver city council votes in favour of seeking injunction against Downtown …Straight.com
Cracking Down on Grim SRO HotelsTheTyee.ca

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Bed bugs can carry ultra-virulent MRSA bacteria
io9
The 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 spike in bed bugs, MRSA, and another antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria, VRE. …

Orkin Issues Statement on Recent Bedbugs Study
Infection Control Today
The 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 who were hospitalized for unstated causes. Marc Romney, one of the study's …
Brown Asks CDC to Investigate Public Health Implications Develop Action Plan …PoliticalNews.me (press release)

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Cost to kill local bedbugs could be an issue
News1130
VANCOUVER (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 Eastside. …
Problems Arise After Killing Local BedbugsFrench Tribune

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Bedbugs may play role in spread of drug-resistant bacteria MRSA, study finds
Washington 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, Anyone who has ever had a bedbug infestation knows …
Thought Bed Bugs Were Bad? Try Bed Bugs With MRSATIME
Vancouver bedbugs can carry drug-resistant bacteria: researchersTheTyee.ca (blog)
Study finds new bedbug worryUSA Today
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Bedbugs are Becoming Super Villains
Patch.com
And, 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 Vancouver Sun.

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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 overly concerned? Canadian scientists detected Methicillin-resistant …

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Got bed bugs? Killing 'em is one project you don't want to DIY
Globe and Mail
Researchers in Vancouver found some bedbugs carrying staph bacteria on hospital patients. Sure, they were only on a few of the hell-raising insects, but it's still enough to make those nervous about bedbugs outright paranoid. So if you've noticed a few …

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Area hotels work to avoid the bedbugs' bite
Las Vegas Review – Journal
However, 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 not time to push the panic …

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MRSA in bedbugs and meat–an expert weighs in
Los Angeles Times
Canadian 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 meat in Detroit. The superbug news comes a month after …
Thought Bed Bugs Were Bad? Try Bed Bugs With MRSATIME
Bed Bugs Carrying MRSA And VER SuperbugsMedical News Today
Bed bugs and superbug bacteria linkedKHON2
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Squatters at closed homeless shelter willing to risk arrest
News1130
He 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 forced back onto the street when there is a clear need …

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First of 50 difficult-to-house people move into new home
Victoria News
What 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 any bed bugs. It's the only bed-bug facility of its kind on Vancouver …

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Biting back against bed bugs
Saanich News
The 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 sauna room. “If bed bugs do get into your …

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Green projects could use a scrub
StarPhoenix
"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 that enviro-purism has led to the studied indifference …

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 very effective. The latest research has shown that heat treatments can completely eliminate all bed bugs in just …