Tag: Hanover
Police charge teen for false report of assault
Hanover police charged a teenaged girl with public mischief after police say they were misled. Police investigated a report Wednesday of an assault on the teen, said to have taken place last Saturday involving a male and female, a news release from Hanover Police Service said. Police said they were told that on the evening […]
Family dispute in Hanover leads to shooting and attempted murder charge
A family dispute led to a close-range shooting with a flare gun in Hanover Friday morning, according to police. According to a police media release, a shooting occurred just after 10:15 a.m. at the 200 block of 9th Street in Hanover. Investigators determined that an ongoing dispute between family members resulted in a 72-year-old male […]
Work continues to bring brothers who fled Russia to Hanover
Russian brothers Danil and Roman Korenkov, who escaped Russia after they were arrested and fined for their protest in support of jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny, are living in a Warsaw hostel awaiting local efforts to bring them to safety in Hanover. The 22-year-old twins are in daily contact with Hanover Mission Church Pastor David […]
Attack to host Colts in exhibition game at Hanover’s P&H Centre
The Owen Sound Attack will head south to Hanover in search of a new den for one of two “home” exhibition games this September. The Attack announced they’ll host the Barrie Colts inside the P&H Centre in Hanover on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, with game time set for 7 p.m. Details regarding tickets for the […]
Town of Hanover receives $266K in latest OLG host payment
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) recently made a first-quarter payment totalling $266,088 to the Town of Hanover for hosting Playtime Casino Hanover. The first-quarter payment covered the months of April to June. Since the gaming site opened in February 2001, Hanover has received $21,734,167. The payments to host communities are based on a formula […]
Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film returns to the area this weekend
The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film is returning to Durham and various locations in Grey and Bruce counties from July 14 to 22 to present a series of screenings, performances and exhibitions of contemporary art. This year’s festival has the theme of rural partnerships. According to a media release, The 2023 Fabulous Festival of Fringe […]
Man gets four years for fentanyl trafficking involving overdose death
A 40-year-old Hanover man was sentenced Wednesday in Walkerton to four years in prison for trading fentanyl for lottery tickets to a mother of four who died of a fentanyl overdose. John Kevin McPhee pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in February to trafficking fentanyl in Hanover on Dec. 11, 2020. An autopsy […]
Town of Hanover receives federal funding for outdoor rink
The Town of Hanover has received a non-repayable contribution of $11,254 from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) for an outdoor ice rink. The ice rink will be located at the Kinsmen Ball Park during the winter months. In a news release, the town said the […]
West Grey council supports proposed battery storage project
West Grey council is throwing its support behind a proposed battery farm south of Hanover. Grant Johns and Bogdan Dinu of the Halton-based Shift Solar Inc. made a delegation at the West Grey council meeting Tuesday morning and presented their plan to build a 100-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) on 40 acres of leased […]
Eighteen-year-old Hanover man charged in stabbing, victim airlifted to trauma centre
An 18-year-old Hanover man is facing assault and weapons charges after a stabbing late Wednesday night. According to a Hanover Police media release, officers responded to reports of a stabbing and a man bleeding on the sidewalk near the 300 block of 11th Avenue in Hanover at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday night. Officers found a 30-year-old […]