Financial manager avoids more jail time

A financial manager who defrauded his clients out of more than a million dollars has been sentenced, according to CBC.

Quinton Sponagle of Upper Vaughn was ordered to pay his 200 victims $1.1 million. Sponagle pleaded guilty in December to fraud by not investing their money and pocketing it himself.

Sponagle was sentenced to a year’s probation and time served in custody already. That includes 19 months he spent in a prison in Panama while fighting extradition. He was released on bail a month after being returned here in late 2014.

Westray Disaster anniversary

Ceremonies were held this morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the Westray disaster.

26 miners were killed when methane gas and coal dust ignited, sending a huge fireball through the mine on May 9th, 1992. A special ceremony was held this morning at 6:45am at the Westray Miners Memorial Park.