Submitted by "Anonymous" on 06/26/2010

Noticed a used mattress today in the garbage area which someone had written "bed bugs" on it with a black marker. A good time to be cautious if you are living in the complex.

Submitted by "Gutsy ECE Girl" on 09/13/2009

Sunday September 13, 2009

415 Jarvis Street Unit 156, Toronto, ON

Since moving in a week ago, bedbugs were originally the least of my concerns. I guess it was the "that would never happen to me" attitude that made me overlook the fact that my landlord is ripping up carpets and moving out mattresses in the middle of the week. Then yesterday afternoon I was just sitting at my computer, I started itching and realized that my right forearm was covered in little red bumps. At first I thought it was a food allergy (how I prayed it was just a food allergy), then in a couple of hours, it wasn't just my forearm, my entire arm was bite-ridden (rough count of more than 50 bites). Then it became both of my arms, my shoulders, my entire back. Right now is 7 in the morning, I haven't slept the whole night and my entire body itches like crazy.

I caught 4 bugs, kept three in a bottle and taped one to an index card. In a couple of hours I'm going to have a serious talk with my landlord. I was considering moving out of here ASAP, but after checking this website, I guess this is the price I pay for living in Toronto.

ps. It's quite fascinating watching those little buggers get "intimate" with each other in my water bottle prison cell, or my live specimen struggling under the tape. :)