{"id":524846,"date":"2026-03-09T16:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/524846\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:15:12","slug":"bed-bugs-lead-to-temporary-closure-of-westmount-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/524846\/","title":{"rendered":"Bed bugs lead to temporary closure of Westmount Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Westmount Public Library has been temporarily closed after inspections found evidence of bed bugs in multiple areas of the building.<\/p>\n<p>City officials say an initial inspection on March 6 detected bed bugs in parts of the library. A follow-up inspection Monday uncovered additional traces beyond the adult computer section, prompting the decision to shut down the entire facility for treatment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Westmount-bedbugs-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471936\"  \/>Sign indicating that the Westmount Public Library in Montreal is temporary closed due to bedbugs on March 9, 2026. (Martin Daigle, CityNews) <\/p>\n<p>The building will remain closed while extermination work is carried out.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say inspections conducted at Victoria Hall and the Heritage Greenhouses found no evidence of bed bugs, and both locations remain open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Westmount-bedbugs-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471935\"  \/>Westmount Public Library in Montreal is temporary closed due to bedbugs on March 9, 2026. (Martin Daigle, CityNews) <\/p>\n<p>The closure does not affect the library\u2019s digital services, including access to e-books and online databases. City officials say updates will be provided as the treatment process continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Westmount Public Library has been temporarily closed after inspections found evidence of bed bugs in multiple areas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-524846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}