London Free Press

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

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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 […]

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Union backs Queen’s Park audit of Thames Valley school board after retreat scandal

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The provincial audit of region’s largest school board in the wake of an executive travel controversy is a welcomed step that can help restore public faith in a critically important institution, one union leader says. Ontario’s education minister announced a sweeping audit of the Thames Valley District school board executive operations after a three-day retreat […]