Students at a Winnipeg elementary school were forced this week to go to alternative locations for classes due to a rather pungent problem.
A skunk moved into the crawl space at Stevenson-Britannia School and its scent was wafting through the entire building on Silver Avenue between Berry and Hampton streets.
“Although there are no toxins with the smell of skunk, we know that this is uncomfortable for most,” said a message sent to parents on Tuesday from principal Jane Couch and vice-principal Norm Gould.
The smell was first detected on Monday and had grown worse Tuesday, so a decision was made to find alternative locations
