Thanks to a Canada Day celebration gone wrong the town of Kirkland Lake, Ontario has earned the nickname 'Blood Lake'. On July 1, 2011 the city council surprised the citizens by dying their lake red. According to the company that supplied the industrial dye, the lake was only supposed to remain red for a week. Now almost 50 days later, the lake hasn't returned to its original colour. Host Peter Oldring spoke with Mayor Les Pearson.


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