Structural Pest Management Association of Ontario

Join Facebook Live Chat: Pests Don’t Understand Social Distancing. Dr. Mike Bentley, entomologist for the NPMA, will share how changes in our home environments can actually be inviting pests in. During this Facebook Live broadcast, Dr. Bentley will explain how various factors could potentially increase pest encounters around the home, like that mountain of cardboard boxes that has piled up from too many home deliveries. No judgement here! We’re all in the same boat. Tune in at 11:00 AM eastern on Thursday, April 2nd. https://www.facebook.com/pestworld

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SPMAO Update on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) SPMAO is actively monitoring the situation around coronavirus disease (COVID-19) around the world and in Canada. The well-being of our members and clients remains our top priority. We will continue to follow the relevant guidelines provided by both Health Canada and the World Health Organization https://www.who.int//novel-coronavir/events-as-they-happen regarding the proper management of this issue and we will adapt our respons...e as the situation evolves. The Government of Canada website https://www.canada.ca//2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.ht, which is updated daily, provides regular updates and guidance on COVID-19.

From Lab to Label Webinar - RSVP at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp CropLife Canada is pleased to offer a webinar to explain how a pesticide makes it from the lab to the label. This can be a complex topic to explain to people outside the industry, but we can help by providing you with a look at how a pesticide goes from being discovered in the lab to becoming a registered product for use in Canada. WHERE: Webinar - (Information to follow.)... WHEN: April 1, 2020 - 1:00-2:00pm EDT PRESENTER: Terri Stewart, Director, Science and Regulatory Affairs, Chemistry for CropLife Canada Please RSVP by March 30, 2020. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp

Pest Control deemed Essential Service! Province of Ontario List of Essential Workplaces - https://www.ontario.ca/page/list-essential-workplaces 40. Businesses that support environmental management/monitoring and spill clean-up and response, including environmental consulting firms, professional engineers and geoscientists, septics haulers, well drillers, pesticides applicators and exterminators, management of industrial sewage/effluent (eg for mining operations), and environmental laboratories;