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Global News
04-06-2025
- Climate
- Global News
‘Dangerous time': Some Manitobans return home, others flee flames as wildfires continue
With an evacuation order partially lifted as of Sunday, a number of evacuees — around 350 of them — have been allowed back home in the RM of Alexander. But while things seem to be easing up, the municipality's mayor says it's still an uncertain time, and he's urging area residents to do their part in preventing any further spread of flames. There remains a fire ban in place for the entire RM. 'There's no fireworks, there's no travelling in the back country, there's signs out on the trails, even, that say please do not enter — it's a fire ban, don't do it,' Brisco told Global Winnipeg. 'It's a very dangerous time, and we don't need to be going back to fight any more fires. The rest of the province is doing that now, and we need to help them and keep our forest fires away.' Story continues below advertisement In order for residents to return to their homes, Brisco said they must have registered with the municipality's Connect Emergency alert system, which he said notifies residents of the latest emergency news without a lot of bells and whistles. 'Connect is an important tool for us to get the word out immediately for emergencies. We use very few words on it — it is to say there is imminent danger, and you must evacuate.' Although he said no structures in the RM, to his knowledge, have been lost due to fire, Brisco encourages all of those who have returned or who plan on returning in future to keep a bag packed should another emergency arise. 1:35 Wildfire evacuees find support in Manitoba, Ontario As of early Wednesday, the province said Mathias Colomb Cree Nation is now completely evacuated, and military efforts continue to help with the evacuation of of Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Story continues below advertisement Wildfires remain out of control near Pimicikamak, as well as those near Tataskwayak Cree Nation, Flin Flon, Bakers Narrows, Sherridon, and Mathias Colomb. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The Nopiming and Whiteshell areas are also faced with ongoing out-of-control fires, although some parts of the Whiteshell have reopened to homeowners and cottagers. Meanwhile, voluntary evacuations — due to poor air quality — are underway at Wanless and Opaskwayak Cree Nation. The province said there are 27 active fires across Manitoba, putting the year's total so far — 111 — well above the average of 88 at this time of year. 0:30 Prairie wildfires: Federal government will match donations to the Red Cross, minister says Firefighters from Brandon are making the 15-hour-drive up to the Lynn Lake fire zone in an effort to help fire crews on the front lines with some much-needed support and relief. Story continues below advertisement Chief Terry Partlow told Global Winnipeg the teams from Brandon are focused on protecting key infrastructure, like Lynn Lake's hospital and water treatment plant, to ensure they stay standing. 'We've been sending up teams of five staff and rotating those out,' he said. 'They'll go up for six days at a time and come back out, and we'll have another team… we have had a lot of staff step up and say they're willing to assist and help out.' Manitobans, Partlow said, are all in this together, no matter where they live in the province. 'When the premier identified this is a state of emergency now for our province, we felt the need to act and provide as much assistance as we could.'
NZ Herald
23-05-2025
- Health
- NZ Herald
How Kane Brisco keeps ‘pretty proactive with the top paddock': Farmstrong
'Good mental fitness requires great physical support. 'All the things you need to do to look after the top paddock, so to speak, require physical actions and living a good physical life. 'It's really difficult to have one without the other, to be honest.' This idea is seen in Farmstrong's toolkit, which has lessons learnt from the world of elite sport. However, that doesn't mean it's difficult to follow, as the toolkit offers farmers practical and down-to-earth advice. 'If I can do it, anyone can, I'm a pretty typical Kiwi bloke,' Brisco said. As a keen ex-rugby player, Brisco is a big fitness fan, but he said that wasn't the only way to build mental wellbeing. 'I always write out some of the old thoughts from the top of my head that are perhaps causing some frustrations.' Catching up with others also helps. 'Socialising's really important, being part of the community and your friends' group,' he said. As the saying goes, 'a problem shared is a problem halved,' so talking it out with friends and family can help with feelings of going it alone in farming. Brisco said he'd been through this a couple of times in his farming career. 'You think you're the only one, and you think you're the worst farmer in New Zealand or the district or whatever, and you feel like a bit of a failure,' he said. 'But when you go out and actually talk to other people, there's always someone else that's got the same problems, or in fact has it worse, and that can really take a mental load off.' The Farmstrong Toolkit helps people manage frustrations and setbacks, teaching them to maintain focus and perspective in difficult situations. A recent drought in Taranaki had Brisco using his tools for tough times. 'It's nothing I haven't been through before, I'm a big believer in approaching challenges with the right mindset,' he said. 'That gets you through going pretty good and sees you well out the other end. 'I'm pretty proactive with the old top paddock these days, mate.'
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
28-year-old Brookville grad ordered to pay $2M in Ponzi scheme case
May 21—A 28-year-old former Brookville man has been ordered to pay more than $2 million for his alleged involvement in a $146 million Ponzi scheme. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has ordered Brisco to pay a $350,000 civil monetary penalty and approximately $1.65 million in restitution to victims of the fraudulent scheme. Brisco is listed as a resident of Hawaii on court documents, though his current address is unknown. However, he is listed as the founder and CEO of Rolly Receipts LLC, an Arcanum-based paper distributor and ATM company, according to the company's website. Rolly Receipts specializes in environmentally friendly thermal receipt paper. Brisco answered a call to the company's phone number Tuesday afternoon, though he declined to comment on the case. The order against Brisco stems from a January 2023 complaint filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which accused him and his companies Yas Castellum LLC and Yas Castellum Financial LLC of conspiring with others in the operation of multiple interconnected Ponzi schemes, allegedly dating back to spring 2020. Co-defendants in the case included Tin Quoc Tran, of Texas; Francisco Story, of Utah; Fredirick Safranko, of Ontario, Canada; Michael Sims, of either Florida or Georgia; and SAEG Capital General Management LP, of Utah. The original complaint alleged that beginning in April 2022, co-defendant Tran "directly accepted at least $144 million from approximately 913 pool participants," some or all of which was intended for trading. "However, Tran did not send any pool participant funds to a trading firm; rather, he misappropriated some of the pool participant funds by using them to pay invoices, a loan, individuals not involved with the commodity pool, and to subsidize his unrelated businesses," according to the CFTC. For his part, Brisco is said to have operated two fraudulent commodity pools and solicited pool participants to deposit funds for trading leveraged or margined retail forex or retail commodity transactions. But the funds were not traded as promised, federal court documents show. As part of the scheme, Brisco allegedly made "misrepresentations and omissions" about historical trading profits, how pool participant funds would be maintained and traded, and who would do the trading, the order claims. Court documents assert Brisco operated his first commodity pool through his company Yas Castellum LLC from October 2020 to May 2022, fraudulently soliciting funds from at least 43 pool participants, who deposited more than $470,700 into the pool. Rather than sending the funds to be traded, Brisco is alleged to have directed the funds to bank accounts controlled by co-defendant Tran, and to a third-party entity. When the National Futures Association began looking into Brisco's company in early 2022, he was informed of "serious concerns about his lack of oversight and control of investor funds." Brisco subsequently repaid pool participants and vowed to the NFA his intent to leave the financial services industry altogether. But court records claim just months later, in June 2022, Brisco formed a new company to conduct a similar commodity pool. Despite this new company never registering with the CFTC, at least 66 pool participants deposited around $1.9 million into the commodity pool, documents state. Brisco returned approximately $280,000 of these funds to these pool participants through withdrawal payments, court records show, but around half of the funds were misappropriated, with Brisco allegedly paying himself for "trading profits that did not exist." In total, Brisco allegedly failed to repay more than $1.6 million to pool participants.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Court dismisses request for judicial review in case of Windsor police officer who made convoy donation
An Ontario court has upheld a decision made by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission in the case of a Windsor officer who was found guilty of discreditable conduct over a $50-donation to convoy protesters in 2022. In May 2023, after a six-day hearing, a Windsor Police Service (WPS) hearing officer ordered Const. Michael Brisco to forfeit 80 hours of pay as a penalty for his donation to the 2022 protest against pandemic mandates. The donation was made on Feb. 8, 2022, the day after protesters began blocking access to Windsor's Ambassador Bridge. Brisco's name was found in a database of donors made public after the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo was hacked. Brisco appealed to the Commission, challenged the finding of discreditable conduct, saying the hearing officer failed to apply a standard of "clear and convincing evidence" in arriving at the finding. The Commission dismissed Brisco's appeal. Brisco subsequently sought judicial review of the Commission's decision. In his request, Brisco raised four submissions in this court: That the WPS did not meet its burden of demonstrating on clear and convincing evidence that the Freedom Convoy protests were "illegal", as described in the notice of hearing, at the time of his donation. That the Commission unreasonably concluded the limitation on his freedom of expression under the Charter was proportionate. That the Commission erred in failing to address his abuse of process argument. That the Commission erred in failing to recognize and consider the s. 2(c) Charter value of freedom of peaceful assembly. In a ruling on Wednesday the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed Brisco's application. Justice J. O'Brien says the Commission did not err in accepting the hearing officer's finding that the protests were "illegal", as described in the notice of hearing. "Because Mr. Brisco's challenge to the Commission's Charter s. 2(b) balancing rested on his argument that the protests were not "illegal", the second ground of review also fails," O'Brien wrote in the ruling. "I further conclude the Commission's decision not to hear the abuse of process argument for the first time on appeal was reasonable. Finally, the Commission was not required to consider the Charter value of freedom of assembly."
CBC
07-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Court dismisses request for judicial review in case of Windsor police officer who made convoy donation
Social Sharing An Ontario court has upheld a decision made by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission in the case of a Windsor officer who was found guilty of discreditable conduct over a $50-donation to convoy protesters in 2022. In May 2023, after a six-day hearing, a Windsor Police Service (WPS) hearing officer ordered Const. Michael Brisco to forfeit 80 hours of pay as a penalty for his donation to the 2022 protest against pandemic mandates. The donation was made on Feb. 8, 2022, the day after protesters began blocking access to Windsor's Ambassador Bridge. Brisco's name was found in a database of donors made public after the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo was hacked. Brisco appealed to the Commission, challenged the finding of discreditable conduct, saying the hearing officer failed to apply a standard of "clear and convincing evidence" in arriving at the finding. The Commission dismissed Brisco's appeal. Brisco subsequently sought judicial review of the Commission's decision. In his request, Brisco raised four submissions in this court: That the WPS did not meet its burden of demonstrating on clear and convincing evidence that the Freedom Convoy protests were "illegal", as described in the notice of hearing, at the time of his donation. That the Commission unreasonably concluded the limitation on his freedom of expression under the Charter was proportionate. That the Commission erred in failing to address his abuse of process argument. That the Commission erred in failing to recognize and consider the s. 2(c) Charter value of freedom of peaceful assembly. In a ruling on Wednesday the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed Brisco's application. Justice J. O'Brien says the Commission did not err in accepting the hearing officer's finding that the protests were "illegal", as described in the notice of hearing. "Because Mr. Brisco's challenge to the Commission's Charter s. 2(b) balancing rested on his argument that the protests were not "illegal", the second ground of review also fails," O'Brien wrote in the ruling. "I further conclude the Commission's decision not to hear the abuse of process argument for the first time on appeal was reasonable. Finally, the Commission was not required to consider the Charter value of freedom of assembly."
