19^th Annual SPMABC Conference

February 1 and 2, 2013

Conference Schedule of Events

Executive Plaza Hotel

405 North Road

Coquitlam, BC

More details to follow ASAP.

REGISTRATION FORM

LOWER MAINLAND

The next training session will be held on Wednesday September 19, 2012 at 7pm at the following location:

The Executive Plaza Hotel
405 North Road
Coquitlam

Topic(s): Legislation – Changes for rodenticides – (labeling, new tier requirements for stations)
Speaker: Shaun Dhaliwal  – PMRA
Credits: TBA

Cost: $10 for members (receiving re-certification credits) and $150 for non members

Pre-registration is required. Please email info@spmabc.com with registration details including company name, individuals attending (first and last names), and if they are registered for re-certification credits. Payment will be required at the door.
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ISLAND

Island Training / Meeting

September 26th, 2012 at 4pm at the following location:  Best Western 6474 Trans Canada Highway, Duncan, British Columbia V9L 6C6

Topic(s): Legislation – Changes for rodenticides (labeling, new tier requirements for stations)
Speaker: Shaun Dhaliwal – PMRA
Credits: TBA
Cost: $10 for members (receiving recertification credits) and $150 for non members.  Payment must be at the door.

June 20 –  Lower Mainland

September 19 – Lower Mainland

September 26 -  Vancouver Island

November 21 – Lower Mainland

More details to follow closer to each meeting.  We look forward to seeing you there !

President’s Message

Following Pest Management Canada 2012

From March 8 – 10^th, Pest Management Canada 2012 was held at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. This was certainly a spectacular setting for our annual technical and educational conference!

As we look back on this past year, we can easily see that we are a much stronger and more unified group of professionals. We now have a very strong partner in Ontario (with SPMAO), and we were well-represented at their annual conference in January. We also were very warmly received at the Quebec conference in early November, a beautiful setting just outside of Quebec City. The Atlantic, Alberta and B.C. associations have also been very supportive of our mutual goals and activities, with the newest association in Manitoba coming together very quickly this past year, due to the efforts of some very dedicated individuals.

Our ongoing partnership with NMPA has seen a strengthening of our relationship, as well as our levels of communication, with government regulators across Canada. We had a very fruitful meeting with officials at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) in March, where we helped to identify needed bed bug products, we reviewed the recent Rodenticide Re-Evaluation & Risk Mitigation measures, and continued to discuss the activities & priorities of our industry. We were well represented by Richard Murphy (of Aetna) at the Pest Management Action Committee meeting in January of 2012. We have a place at the table of the NAFTA meetings, to help identify termiticide needs & solutions for Canada. We are also currently working closely with provincial regulators across Canada, to expand on our initial meetings in New Brunswick to adopt training credits for recertification of technicians. At present, this is not standard across Canada and the need to ensure current and relevant training for PMPs has been identified as a priority. In summary, CPMA and NPMA are working each and every day to represent each of you, to ensure that your voice is heard to influence various regulators for the benefit of our industry.

A personal priority of mine has been to make available more of our training and support material in French. A big project this past year was to translate and create French-language documents of the NPMA produced Bed Bug fact sheets for various industries (schools, health care, multi-unit housing, residential, etc.). We are currently looking at prioritizing additional information and resources for translation., which we hope to make available on our website, where practical.

Continuing these joint efforts, communicating with our members on a regular basis and seeking their input, will help to stimulate the discussions to ensure that our association continues to “over deliver” services that we offer, as well as information & benefits.

Pest Management Canada 2012 is now behind us, and I am sure when the final tally comes in, this will be our most successful conference ever. Our keynote speaker, Mr. Bola Fagbamiye, left every attendee with a memorable and impactful message of “Pride & Professionalism”, and Dr. Laurel Hansen presented the results of her 2011 Canadian Ant Survey. In addition, we had other impactful presentations from Brad Bartlett, Dr. Dini Miller, Mike Givlin, Jeff Weir, Alfie Trelevelen, Brett Johnston, Michael Botha, Miro Gajovic, Jim Fredricks, Steven Graff, Jennifer Curleigh, Sam Kennedy and Dr. Chelsea Himsworth. We have already begun initial planning for Pest Management Canada 2013, our next annual conference which will be held in Toronto.

We could not be a successful and effective association without the support and active participation of our supplier community. Year after year, these corporations and individuals commit their time, energy and money to support our industry and our goals. Here in Vancouver we SOLD OUT our exhibitor trade show area, we received record sponsorship commitments…and we have increased our association’s supplier memberships. We thank each of them for their continued support!

I also want to thank each and every volunteer, who takes the time to be active in their provincial or national association. At CPMA, we have been fortunate to have had very strong support over the years, and this past year was no exception. In particular, I want to thank Dominique Stumpf (of NPMA) who works tirelessly behind-the-scenes every day of the year to keep us on track and moving ahead seamlessly. In addition, our three appointed members serve the association through their own personal commitment and investment. Karen Furgiuele-Percy, Randy Hobbs and Sharon Izzo graciously offered to stay on for my first year as President, so I would like to thank them for their support over the past THREE years. In addition, I would like to welcome our three new appointed members; Darcy Olds (Supplier rep), Pierre St. Louis (Business Development) and Karen Furgiuele-Percy (Government Affairs)…and our new “President-Elect”, Steven Graff of Abell Pest Control.

Sadly, we lost a member of our professional family recently, with the sudden passing of Don Cook, owner of Hawkeye Pest Control in Alberta. Don was a past President of APMA and was an active member of our association for a number of years. Our sincerest condolences go out to Don’s family, and we will be sure they know that Don was loved and will be fondly remembered by his “pest control” family from across Canada!

Best Wishes to all for a busy and successful summer season!

Bill

Bill Melville

President – CPMA

Vancouver Pest Control Professional Rat Survey

Are you a pest control professional who operates or has operated in the B.C. Lower Mainland? Does your professional practice include rat control? If so, please consider completing this short online survey.

This survey is part of a University of British Columbia (UBC) project the purpose of which is to understand the ecology of rats in Vancouver and the health risks that they may pose to people through the transmission of infectious diseases. We are asking you to complete this survey because we believe that your professional opinions will help us to develop a better understanding of rats and rat infestations in and around Vancouver.

This survey should take about 30 minutes to complete, and by participating you will be entered in a draw to win a $100 gift certificate from Amazon.ca, Wal-Mart, or the Keg. Your responses will be confidential and will be stored in a secure server at UBC. Your company’s name will not be available to anyone except the researchers and will not be disclosed in any report or publication. However, we will acknowledge your company’s participation in publications resulting from this survey if you indicate that that is your wish.

Please note that this project is part of a PhD thesis being conducted by C.G. Himsworth DVM at UBC. If you have any questions, or desire further information about this study, please contact Dr. Himsworth at cgh050@interchange.ubc.ca.

Sincerely,

Dr. D. Patrick (Principal Investigator/Supervisor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 604-822-3910)

and

Dr. C.G. Himsworth (Co-Investigator/Graduate Student, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 778-886-2677)

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK TO PARTICIPATE (please do not complete the survey if you have not operated in the B.C. Lower Mainland or if your professional practice does not include rat control):

https://survey.edudata.ca/es/czE0Nw/YzIzMQ/

There has recently been a surge of news regarding bed bugs being associated with MRSA and VRE. It is important to clarify that these strains of bacteria can be found on many surfaces and it is not surprising that bed bugs could be one of them. It has long been known that HIV, hepatitis, and many other pathogens can survive in/on bed bugs. What has not been shown is any correlation of transfer of these pathogens from one person to another via bed bugs.

The most recent study that has caused this media frenzy can be found here (CDC Website).

The patients in this study were from the Downtown Eastside (DTES) where roughly 50% of skin and soft tissue infections contain MRSA.  It is then no surprise that bed bugs in close quarters with these people could also carry the bacteria on their bodies.

Sincerely,

Sean Rollo

President of the SPMA of BC

LOWER MAINLAND

The next training session will be held on Wednesday June 22nd, 2011 at 7pm at the following location:

The Executive Plaza Hotel
405 North Road
Coquitlam

Topic(s): WCB – Fall Arrest, Respirator Fit, Equipment Safety
Speaker: Michael Strain – WSBC
Credits: 1.0 in Safety

Topic(s): Posting and Notification Requirements
Speaker: Sean Rollo – Orkin PCO Services
Credits: 1.0 in Legislation

Cost: $10 for members (receiving recertification credits) and $25 for non members

Pre-registration is required. Please email info@spmabc.com with registration details including company name, individuals attending (first and last names), and if they are registered for re-certification credits. Payment will be required at the door.

Please remember to display your business card on the dash of your vehicle.

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ISLAND

Island Training / Meeting – Wed. May 4th

Wednesday May 4th, 2011 at 7pm at the following location:

Topic(s): TBA
Speaker: TBA
Credits: TBA
Cost: $10 for members (receiving recertification credits) and $25 for non members

The 18th Annual SPMA of BC Conference was a huge success!!!  Thank you to all of our sponsors, member companies, and executive members for all of their support and dedication.  All of our speakers have graciously allowed us to post their presentations online for your to view or download.  These presentations are NOT to be reproduced, distributed, or used in any way without express consent of their author.

The conference will be held on Friday February 4 and Saturday February 5, 2010 at the Executive Plaza Hotel

This year we have a great headline speaker….Dini Miller.

Dini Miller is the Urban Pest Management specialist for the state of Virginia. The urban pest management position is predominantly extension with additional research and teaching responsibilities. She is currently implementing a statewide School IPM training program. Dr. Miller’s current research projects focus on bed bug biology and control of cockroaches, ants and subterranean termites, and the cost/benefit analysis of IPM in Virginia public housing.

One of her projects is looking at the efficacy of bed bug management products and strategies:

Virginia Tech is currently one of two universities in the nation that is rearing bed bugs for research. Bed bugs promise to be a very important area of research because they are blood feeders, prolific, and difficult to control. The liability issues associated with bed bug presence have already resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars being awarded to people who have been bitten by bed bugs. My research has focused on evaluating the efficacy products labeled for bed bug control and those that have potential as a bed bug management tools.

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