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Sour gas next door: B.C. couple asked the courts for protection but lost

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.