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A northern B.C. couple was unsuccessful in their bid to protect themselves, their three children and over a dozen animals from the noxious gases poised to be emitted by a natural gas well adjacent to their home. But while their effort to halt operations at the well failed in court, observers say the case highlights potentially fatal problems in provincial rules regulating gas wells.

A long-awaited update to Canada’s main environmental law is set to come into force after passing through both the House of Commons and the Senate. 

The largest and most precise study yet done on acid emissions from Alberta's oilsands suggests they could eventually damage an area almost the size of Germany. "This work is a warning," said Paul Makar, an Environment Canada scientist and lead author

An Ontario waste disposal company is fighting a court order to destroy documents that the federal government says were accidentally released through access to information legislation.