Bountiful

• Year in jail, 18 months probation for ex-B.C. polygamist leader in child bride case

  A judge handed the decision down to James Oler in a Cranbook courtroom on Thursday.

  Aug 29, 2019
  
• Former Bountiful sect leader James Oler guilty in child bride case

  Oler was self-represented and did not call any witnesses or make a case in his defence during the retrial.

  May 17, 2019
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial for man in child bride case

  The Crown appealed the verdict in the case of the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bountiful, B.C., which practises polygamy.

  Aug 21, 2018
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• ANALYSIS: Canada’s problem with polygamy

  Polygamy is illegal in Canada. This is why.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2018
• Two get jail time in B.C. child bride case

  A former husband and wife from the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C., are going to jail for taking a 13-year-old girl into the United States to marry the now-imprisoned leader of their sect.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2017
• Judge to impose sentence in B.C. child bride case

  A B.C. judge is expected to sentence today a man and woman who took a 13-year-old girl into the United States over a decade ago to marry the now-imprisoned leader of a polygamous sect.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2017
• Verdict in decades-long B.C. polygamy case: Winston Blackmore, James Oler found guilty

  Winston Blackmore has been found guilty of practising polygamy. 

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2017
• Crown wraps arguments in B.C. polygamy trial

  The prosecution in the trial of two B.C. men accused of having multiple wives has wrapped up its case.

  News

  May 4, 2017
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• Accused in polygamy trial didn’t know wife was 15

  The trial of a British Columbia religious leader charged with polygamy heard Monday that the accused told police he didn't know a teenage girl's true age when he married her.

  News

  Apr 25, 2017
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• Is Bountiful polygamy trial the right legal move?

  If many within the FLDS practice polygamy, why are only two men charged? This question cuts to the heart of why the trial may ultimately prove to be a costly waste of time.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2017