Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Legal uncertainty protects sect leader with 20 wives

2 May 2008

Pressure grows on Canadian officials to shut commune

Winston Blackmore, who is believed to have 20 wives and at least 100 children, is the head of a religious sect in British...

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How the 'Bishop of Bountiful' gets away with polygamy

12 Aug 2007

Tucked away in the quiet, southeastern corner of British Columbia, Winston Blackmore presides over a polygamist colony called Bountiful, where he lives with his estimated 20 wives and their more...

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King in an open display of Emotion

6 Jun 1998

Steven King, who will be back in Hong Kong for the opening of the 1998-99 racing season, is confident he can win today's Group One A$1 million Stradbroke Handicap (1,400 metres) at Eagle Farm.

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Race caller Raphael to miss Derby Day duties

22 Feb 1998

STRESSED-OUT Jockey Club race caller David Raphael has returned to Australia for a two-week rest paving the way for Richard Hoiles to call the $6.5 million Hong Kong Derby on March 1.

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Sandmesh surfaces into centre field

9 Sep 1996

A ball hadn't been bowled, or even kicked for that matter, yet the hoary issue of the state of the sandmesh racing surfaces somehow managed to get itself back into centre field.

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Jeffs brands sandmesh surface 'con job'

31 Aug 1996

Former Hong Kong clerk of the course John Jeffs yesterday branded sandmesh as the greatest 'con job' ever perpetrated on racing.

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