London Free Press

Frustrated homeowners may get break on costly sewer hook-up order

5 min read

Ingersoll landowners disgruntled over a potential $17,000 charge to switch from septic systems to a municipal sewer pipeline have persuaded local politicians to consider options other than a mandatory hook-up. After 55 Ingersoll property owners fumed upon receiving letters requiring them to link to a sewer pipeline at a maximum cost of $17,646 each, Oxford […]

London Free Press

SIMS: Rick DeJager’s still ‘golfing, working, breathing’ – and ever so grateful

7 min read

Rick DeJager doesn’t call himself lucky. “I’ve been very fortunate. I have good care,” the 65-year-old lifelong Londoner said as we sat in the sunshine with his wife Colleen on his backyard deck. DeJager and his landmark south London restaurant Tiger Jack’s has been a fixture of the city’s restaurant scene since it opened in […]