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Protests dog Alberta PR campaign

Conservationists will be rolling out an advertising campaign and dispatching polar-bear-suit-clad protesters this week in an attempt to derail Alberta's mission to Washington that is aimed at propping up the province's environmental image south of the border. Ron Stevens, Alberta's deputy premier and Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations, said he will stress his province's commitment to "environmentally sustainable development of the oil sands" when he meets with U.S. government officials, industry representatives and policy analysts this week.

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