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« Previous EntriesPolygamist 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 [...]
Polygamy prosecutor wants Bountiful probe reopened
Monday, June 16th, 2008Yes indeed folks, now it’s Canada’s turn to trample all over some of it’s citizens. If the USA can do it so can they.
Via: globeandmail.com
The special prosecutor looking into polygamy in British Columbia says he intends to ask the RCMP to reopen their investigation into the polygamous religious community at Bountiful to find out [...]
Canadian province probes polygamous sect
Thursday, June 5th, 2008From: CNN.com
British Columbia’s attorney general has ordered a third investigation into the Canadian branch of a polygamous sect — even though the first two such efforts failed over questions about whether polygamy is illegal in Canada.
Attorney General Wally Opal on Monday called for a special prosecutor to look into allegations of sexual abuse and sexual [...]
Polygamist leader says BC attorney general guilty of religious persecution
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Apparently Canada wants to jump on the bandwagon now.
Via: The Canadian Press:
Winston Blackmore, one of two religious leaders in Bountiful, said B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal appears determined to involve himself and his government in religious persecution against the sect.
Oppal announced Monday that he’s appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the possibility of criminal [...]
Raid on ranch reverberates into Canada
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Be on the lookout Bountiful. Notice what I highlighted in bold below (and then pay attention to the following sentence). For a large majority of people, the “news” becomes established fact, and people will tend to cling to those “facts” even if later, contradictory information is presented to them. Such is the [...]
Polygamist Bountiful, B.C. thrives, despite the law
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Recent news reports/stories would indicate that Canadians are rather eager to have a raid of their own.
Via CTV.ca
Tucked away in the shadow of fortress-like mountains of southeast British Columbia, the town of Bountiful has managed to somehow avoid the wrath of Canadian law for over 50 years despite openly practising polygamy.
Despite Canadian [...]
B.C. pressed to crack down on polygamists
Saturday, April 26th, 2008From TheStar.com
Life would be much easier for British Columbia’s Attorney General Wally Oppal if a call came in to authorities just like the one allegedly made by a teenage bride in the polygamous community in Texas.
Under mounting pressure for the government to take action on the polygamous marriages in the commune of Bountiful in [...]
Winston Blackmore not worried about police raid in B.C.
Friday, April 25th, 2008Via cbc.ca
The leader of a polygamous sect in B.C. says the recent seizure of children from a similar group in Texas won’t change things in his community in Bountiful.
Winston Blackmore says the situation in Texas has probably put pressure on Attorney General Wally Oppal to make changes in Bountiful, but the polygamist who’s rumoured to [...]
Ex-fundamentalist fears ’scandal from Hell’
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Considering how this Jessop woman was duped (if indeed she was) by Rosita Swinton, I would be very cautious about any of her “beliefs.”
Ex-fundamentalist fears ’scandal from Hell’
It will be “an international scandal from hell” if Texas officials determine that some of the Canadian children taken from the polygamous compound in Texas were [...]