When Jill Parry walks out the door of her New Denver home near the shore of Slocan Lake in the B.C. "The Village of New Denver has served us an injustice by putting a huge, smelly, concrete outhouse right there. 'I accept that an odour from the outhouse would have an effect on the property value,' says a decision by the Property Assessment Appeal Board. (Jill Parry)A November decision by the Property Assessment Appeal Board (PAAB) confirmed the outhouse did reduce the property value, by up to 15 per cent. Earlier this year, New Denver Mayor Ann Bunka told CBC the village had to act when it installed the outhouse.

Source: CBC News November 16, 2017 22:41 UTC