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Lawsuit filed over polygamist sect school in BC
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Source: The Calgary Sun
A court-appointed official from the U.S. is trying to take over a private school in B.C. run by the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Bruce Wisan, appointed by a U.S. court to protect the assets of the Church, has launched a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court.
He is hoping [...]
Polygamist may get more than $10,000 in ‘dividends’
Thursday, June 26th, 2008From: globeandmail.com
Prominent polygamist Winston Blackmore and his family could receive more than $10,000 this month from the B.C. government in so-called dividend cheques. Others in the polygamist community of Bountiful with fewer wives and smaller families will receive less, but government payments could still be substantial.…
The B.C. government is sending $100 to every man, woman [...]
Critics accuse B.C. of delaying action until after 2009 election
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Via: globeandmail.com
More police work and research on polygamy in British Columbia are unnecessary delays that threaten to tie up the contentious issue until after next May’s provincial election, Nancy Mereska, co-ordinator of an Alberta-based anti-polygamy group, said yesterday.
“Research could take another year to get through it all. I could send you a list of books [...]
Polygamists’ secrets laid bare
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008Via the Calgary Herald
The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect by Daphne Bramham The fatal flaw in polygamy is arithmetic, writes Vancouver Sun columnist Daphne Bramham. Given that a society normally produces as many boys as girls, what does a polygamous community do with all the [...]