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Bed bugs in Toronto public housing: the city does not have it together
When it comes to bed bugs, many folks have the idea that Toronto has its act together. Why? Because it has a task force (the Toronto Bed Bug Project), initiatives like Bug and Scrub, a Public Health...
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Toronto’s Reference Library vs. bed bugs
You didn’t think New York was going to have all the fun, did you? With all the local media frenzy in the Big Apple, we mustn’t forget that bed bugs are a problem everywhere. Toronto has been one of the...
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Recent bed bug press from all over Canada
The press in Canada is aflutter with the current bed bug media frenzy. This CBC story picks up the findings of the 2010 Comprehensive Global Bed Bug Study done by the University of Kentucky and the...
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Bed bugs: cinema scare in Toronto, moving day in Boston, and New York hotel,...
This is a bed bug news round-up for Toronto, Boston, and New York. A Toronto International Film Festival venue was inspected for bed bugs Monday night after a filmgoer tweeted that she “woke with...
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A different kind of bed bug summit to be held in Toronto this week
There’s going to be a different kind of bed bug summit on Wednesday, in Toronto, according to this article in yesterday’s Star: The brainchild of Liberal MPP Mike Colle, the summit will be held not at...
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Bed bug bites drive Toronto resident to sleep on balcony
The Toronto Sun reports that an East York woman named Lori Howard is sleeping on her balcony to avoid bed bug bites: … since bedbugs began biting inside her new flat, she has been sleeping — and...
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Bed bugs in Toronto: money needed to fight this villain
Torontist has crowned bed bugs as one of its 2010 Villains of the Year, as they did in 2009. And bed bugs may actually win the Supervillain! title this year, since they’ve been hard at work in Toronto....
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Ontario will fight bed bugs with $5 million in funds and an educational campaign
Remember how Toronto officials asked Ontario for $15 million to fight bed bugs over five years, and were denied this funding? Now, Ontario is committing $5 million to fight bed bugs across the entire...
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Toronto Public Health scrambles for funding to continue bed bug fight
Q: You know what bed bugs hate? A: When people fund smart programs that stop them in their tracks. Consider the highly-successful Toronto Public Health Bed Bug Team, which was funded from May 1,...
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Bed bugs should be considered public health threat, Canadian researchers claim
An article in the Winnipeg Free Press showcases a new study by seven Canadian public health experts and physicians, which suggests bed bugs can and should be considered a public health threat, even...
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