1.0 link 216904 <![CDATA[Canadian City Will Stop Dumping Poop Into Puget Sound For Olympics]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/canadian-city-will-stop-d_n_216904.html SEATTLE &mdash; For years, the British Columbia capital of Victoria has dumped tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage every day into the waters separating Washington state and Vancouver Island.

The resulting bad publicity stood in contrast to the city of prim and proper homes, shops, gardens and tea rooms worthy of its royal namesake. Victoria promotes itself as a tourist center, a gateway to the wild forests and rugged marine coast of Vancouver Island.

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