The term “Mail Order Bride” originated on the American frontier in the 19th century. At that time, the number of men on the frontier far outnumbered the number of available women, and lonely farmers ...

SASKATOON – Three to six months of e-mails, a 14-day visit to Russia and a new wife. That’s the promise of Mark Scrivener, a Martensville man who on Jan. 1 this year opened a Canadian branch of the ...

Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term "mail-order bride" was treated as a punch line—something outdated, ...

Many men, especially those from Western countries, are driven to find foreign brides to create strong family values. Indeed, with the advent of international dating, it became easy to find a partner ...

Mark Scrivener, a Martensville, Sask., man on Jan. 1 this year opened a Canadian branch of the Volga Girls mail-order bride service. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...

In Maria Reva’s captivating novel Endling, the mail order bride trope intertwines with themes of survival, war, and environmental peril in contemporary Ukraine. This story follows three resilient ...