CRESTON, B.C. - Lawyers involved in the case of two men accused of practising polygamy in a small B.C. community may be looking for a change of venue if the controversial case goes to trial.
Winston Blackmore and James Oler, religious community leaders in Bountiful, B.C., attended the 10-minute hearing and the case was put off until Feb. 18.
Linda Mueller, a spokeswoman for the B.C. government, says there was a brief discussion about changing the location of a trial, which would currently be heard in the small town of Creston, about 700 kilometres southeast of Vancouver.
Blackmore is accused of having up to 20 wives and Oler two wives.
Bountiful has about 1,000 residents and has been the subject of several investigations involving allegations of polygamy, sexual abuse and trafficking of teenage brides across the Canada-U.S. border to sister communities in the United States.
The 52-year-old Blackmore and Oler, 44, are the leaders of two rival factions of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bountiful.
