HOMEOWNERS NEED HELP

Pascal Gauvreau and Chantal Tremblay are living through a homeowner's
nightmare.

Shortly after buying their dream home two years ago on Hunter Road the
couple were told by a neighbour that the home had once been used as a
marijuana grow-op.

Eight months after moving in, Gauvreau, Tremblay and their five
children were forced to move from the house, after mould was discovered.

Unable to pay both a mortgage and the rent on their new residence,
they declared bankpruptcy and the banks bolted the doors, leaving them
with nothing but what they got out when they moved.

Gauvreau and Tremblay have been unable to secure a lawyer to fight
their case in court, trying to prove that both realty companies
involved allegedly knew about the drug bust and failed to disclose the
fact when the purchase agreement was being drawn up.

The couple bought the house six months before such disclosure was made
mandatory in Thunder Bay, and are left without a leg to stand on, so
it seems. The lawyers in town have said they have too many conflict of
interests to go against the realtors.

Is the legal community in Thunder Bay that wrapped up with the realty
community that no one is willing to take on this case?

Gauvreau and Tremblay did not grow marijuana in the house. They are
the unwitting victims in all of this.

Bankruptcy or not, someone needs to step forward and lend a helping
hand.