Friday Link Round Up

• CTV- Pesticide make honeybees get lost, reduce weight
• CTV- Melting Arctic ice could poison ecosystem, experts say
• CBCNews- Up to 6.7 million bats dead of fungus
• CTV- Pine beetles defying anti-infestation efforts in Alberta
• CBCNews- Ontario could lose its maple trees, watchdog warns
• Toronto Star - Toronto Groups Protest Loss of BedBug Project funding

An Introduction

You may have noticed that the blog for Cottage Country Pest Control has changed a bit in the last month or so. That's because Cottage Country Pest Control hired me to take on their Web Presence Management and marketing. Me, being Tamara from Event Elements & Business Solutions.

Event Elements & Business Solutions provides new and existing small businesses with custom business and marketing plans, marketing, Public Relations and event planning services in addition to event planning for the general public.

Services offered include:

• Business plans
• Marketing plans
• Public Relations
• Marketing
• Event Planning
• Branding
• Web Presence Management

You can find us on our website, blog, Facebook and Twitter or if you have questions or want more information please feel free to email me.

Friday Link Round Up

CBCnews- Great Lakes show massive ice loss, study says

CBCnews- 10 invasive species threatening Canadian habitats

CTVnews- Coal, not oilsands, causes global warming: study

CTVnews- Disappearing sea ice enticing more killer whales to Arctic

CTVnews- Climate change drying out forests in western Canada

CBCnews- Alberta First Nation outraged at lack of caribou protection

Bed Bugs: A Follow Up

So I've noticed that previous bed bug posts are still getting lots of hits daily and I know that bed bugs are still a major concern, so I thought I would do a quick follow up post with some pictures to help give people an idea of what to look for if they aren't sure whether or not they have bed bugs.

Bed bugs under and around carpet

Bed bugs, eggs and bed bug feces on a mattress

Bed bug bites

Bed bug bites

If you know you have bed bugs or you aren't sure, call us at 705-534-7863 or email Cottage Country Pest Control and we can can come in and using IPM methods we can solve your pest problems. 

Friday Link Round-up

National Post- Killing skunks not the answer to Windsor's smelly pest problem, critics claim

Physorg.com- Spider mite genome sequence establishes tools to tackle pest resistence

Maclean.ca- Manitoba should think twice before banning pesticides

Guelphmercury.com- Coyotes are coming into city often at our invitation

Friday Link Round-up

Every Friday we'll be posting links to news articles and websites that our readers will hopefully find interesting, so read on.

Toronto Star 2 Toronto restaurants closed for rodent infestation

The Vancouver Sun Fungus poses 'imminent threat' to survival of Canada's bats

Marketwatch.com Insecticide Chalk Contains a Highly Toxic Substance

Examiner.com New Eco Safe Grass Seed Expected to be a Hit at the Ontario Turfgrass Symposium

Have fun reading and maybe you'll learn something and if anyone reading, has suggestions for articles to post in upcoming link round-ups, please feel free to email them to us.