[Ost-news] Dead ducks tar Canada's image, PM says

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Dead ducks tar Canada's image, PM says  
JOHN COTTER  
The Canadian Press  
May 2, 2008

EDMONTON -- Alberta is under heavy pressure to strengthen its environmental  
standards as the fallout from the death of 500 ducks in a toxic wastewater pond  
gets stickier than the province's oil sands.  
Images and stories of the dying waterfowl have been appearing on news outlets and  
blogs around the world, prompting Prime Minister Stephen Harper to suggest that  
the dead ducks have tarred Alberta's and Canada's international image.

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