Remembrance Day – November 11
On Remembrance Day, we come together as a nation to pay tribute to our soldiers, both from the past and present. We honour the sacrifices they’ve made to themselves to defend our freedom and democracy...
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View ArticlePoulin’s 70th Anniversary
A St. Jean, Manitoba hotel keeper once refused to let his son have a dog. Like most boys, he found a way around the problem by keeping a small puppy hidden away in a grain shed. One morning when he …...
View ArticleFact or Fiction: Moving Will Leave Bed Bugs Behind
When faced with bedbugs, moving into a new apartment or house will leave the bedbugs behind and give you a clean start. FICTION Moving will NOT automatically eliminate your bed bug problem! There are...
View ArticleRemembering a Legend: RIP Don Poulin
DON (SONNY) POULIN 1936 – 2018 With broken hearts we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved husband and father, Don Poulin, on January 21, 2018 at Riverview Health Centre. Don will be lovingly...
View ArticleTales From The Tech: Stronger Than I Look
This is an ongoing story that I fear will not have a succinct ending. It has been an ongoing trend since I started my training being paired up with other PMPs. I suppose that being that this is a...
View ArticleTales From The Tech: The Woman Who Cried Skunk
We all have certain customers that call us back time and time again to do follow-ups or even just reassure them that their problem is gone. Every week I was getting calls from the same customer, “I...
View ArticleTales From The Tech: The Surprise Spray
I was called to a raccoon job. This customer said they had a raccoon in their yard for a long time, knocking over their garbage and trampling through their garden. I set and baited one of our...
View ArticleTales From The Tech: The Roach Whisperer
I showed up to a cockroach job, that turned out to be double booked. When a job is double booked I don’t have to stay because someone else is already there doing the job and I can go right to …...
View ArticleProduct Feature: Tree Tanglefoot
It’s that time of year again when spring cankerworms come out to wreak havoc on our lovely trees. Tree banding prevents the female cankerworms from laying their eggs in the crowns of the trees in the...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About Rodent Bait
1) How do rodenticides work? Most domestic rat and mouse poisons are anticoagulants; they affect the rodent’s blood, reducing the ability of blood to clot so that exposed rodents bleed internally and...
View ArticleTales From The Tech: The Surprise Kitten
We had a food processor customer call on a pest control issue. They were hearing noises outside one of the offices and wanted us to investigate what type of animal they were hearing. We sent their...
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