Scene of drowning death in Saugeen River near Hanover, February 2016. (Kirk Scott photo)Scene of drowning death in Saugeen River near Hanover, February 2016. (Kirk Scott photo)
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Firefighter Training Inquest Verdict

A verdict is expected on Thursday in a coroner's inquest looking into the deaths of two Ontario men during firefighter training exercises, one of them in Hanover.

Adam Brunt, a firefighting student, drowned in February 2015 while training in the ice on the Saugeen River. Five years earlier, Gary Kendall, a veteran volunteer firefighter, died during ice rescue courses near Sarnia.

The inquest has lasted two weeks.

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