Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun
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CRESTON — The practice of polygamy sets neighbour against neighbour, parent against child, politician against politician and even some husbands against wives in this southeastern B.C. town.
It’s not that townsfolk here are polygamists. But Creston’s proximity to the fundamentalist Mormon community of Bountiful, where some men unabashedly have more than [...]
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Polygamy court case shines spotlight on Creston’s divisions
Posted in Canada on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This polygamy story has barely started
Posted in Canada on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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If nothing else, Attorney General Wally Oppal’s dogged pursuit of the Bountiful religious sect’s leaders has resulted in some of the oddest bail conditions ever imposed in B.C.
Winston Blackmore, leader of one faction in the commune, was released yesterday on condition that he stop getting married until the polygamy issue is sorted out.
He’s reputed to [...]
2 leaders of polygamist group arrested in Canada
Posted in Canada on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Two top leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada have been arrested and charged with practicing polygamy, British Columbia’s attorney general said Wednesday.
Attorney General Wally Oppal said Winston Blackmore is charged with marrying 20 women, while James Oler is accused of marrying two women.
“This has been a very complex [...]
