Ottawa Valley buries a native son

Shortly past noon Wednesday, two OPP cruisers bolted across Highway 17, lights flashing, forming a makeshift road block.
The reason became instantly clear: police were making way for the funeral procession for 18-year-old Brandon Thomas Hanniman, one of two Renfrew Timberwolves Tier 2 hockey players who died as the result of a single-vehicle crash on Calabogie Road on Oct. 27.
For 30 minutes-plus, police monitored the flow of cars turning left onto 17 from Forester’s Falls Road, next to th