📍 St Catharines, Ontario
applied for an order to terminate the tenancy and evict ARISHA BERGSMA (the 'Tenant') because: • the Tenant, another occupant of the rental unit or someone the Tenant permitted in the residential complex has wilfully caused undue damage to the premises. The Landlord also applied for an order requiring the Tenant to pay the Landlord's reasonable out- of-pocket costs the Landlord has incurred or will incur to repair or replace undue damage to property. The damage was caused wilfully or negligently by the Tenant, another occupant of the rental unit or someone the Tenant permitted in the residential complex. This application was heard by videoconference on April 29, 2026.
It is ordered that: 1. The Landlord’s application is dismissed. May 22, 2026 ____________________________ Date Issued Jitewa Edu Member, Landlord and Tenant Board 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor Toronto ON M7A 2G6
This Landlord application — Eviction — Damage to property — was dismissed.
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