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The Manitoba government is stepping up its war against bedbugs. Non-profit community organizations are now eligible to receive financial assistance to help with bedbug education, treatment, management and prevention. As well, specialized bedbug prevention materials will be made available at reduced cost to qualifying organizations. "These new programs are vital pieces of our bedbug-prevention strategy, providing supports to the people and organizations that need them most," said Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors Minister Jim Rondeau. "This will help to prevent the spread of bedbugs and ensure that infestations are identified and treated as quickly and efficiently as possible." The province will offer a variety of materials at attractive prices to qualifying organizations to help deal with bedbug infestations, Rondeau said. ÊMaterials will include bedbug-proof mattress and box-spring covers, insect monitors and record keepers, insect interceptor traps, dissolvable laundry bags, bedbug stickers and handouts, and clear-view bedbug monitors. Meanwhile, under the new grant program, non-profit organizations will be eligible to recover from 50 to 100 per cent of costs related to bedbug treatment or prevention, to a maximum of $2,000. More information is available at the toll-free bedbug hotline at 1-855-3MB-BUGS or online at www.manitoba.ca/bedbugs . Ð Compiled from a Government of Manitoba news release.
