{"id":210686,"date":"2025-09-08T17:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/210686\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:04:12","slug":"queen-of-canada-returns-to-court-in-swift-current-sask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/210686\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Queen of Canada’ returns to court in Swift Current, Sask."},"content":{"rendered":"

A dozen supporters in white hats showed up to greet the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” on Monday morning as she returned to court in Swift Current, Sask., for a bail hearing after spending the weekend in custody.<\/p>\n

As she made her way up the\u00a0court steps, Romana Didulo\u00a0assured her supporters she would return home if she was\u00a0granted bail. If not, she said, she would be sent to Regina, then on to a facility in Prince Albert.<\/p>\n

“For the\u00a0team, secure the royal puppies and the funds, you know who to get ahold of,” Didulo said as she stood to face the media. She said she will be seeking a jury trial and natural law.<\/p>\n

“You know they have no jurisdiction.\u2026 Zero.”<\/p>\n

WATCH |\u00a0‘Queen of Canada’ gives orders to followers and says she’s seeking jury trial:<\/strong>\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

‘Queen of Canada’ gives orders to followers and says she’s seeking jury trial<\/p>\n

Heading into Swift Current Provincial Court in Saskatchewan Monday morning, Romana Didulo, who calls herself the \u2018Queen of Canada,’ told her followers, who were standing outside in support, to “secure the royal puppies and the funds,” and announced she will be seeking a jury trial. She faces two charges after a raid on the cult’s compound Wednesday and is representing herself.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old cult leader was remanded after she made her first appearance in provincial court on Friday on charges of failing\u00a0to comply with an undertaking and intimidating\u00a0a justice system participant.<\/p>\n

She had been living with members of the cult in a decommissioned school in Richmound, Sask., about 365 kilometres west of Regina, when it was raided by RCMP\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Ricky Manz, who owns the former school in Richmound, was arrested last week on the same charges and held in custody until his bail hearing, also scheduled for\u00a0Monday.<\/p>\n

The condition of the undertaking they are both alleged to have breached is that they were not supposed to contact each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The intimidation charge stems from a July investigation in Richmound, RCMP have said.\u00a0Information discussed during court Friday indicated\u00a0the charge is allegedly related to intimidating four people, including a police officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Didulo and Manz were two of 16 people who were arrested by RCMP following the Wednesday raid. Everyone was released without charges, then Didulo and Manz were rearrested and charged.<\/p>\n

\"ManRicky Manz owns the former school in Richmound, Sask., where the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’ and her group have lived for two years. (Adam Bent\/CBC)<\/p>\n

Since the cult set up base in Richmound \u2014 a village of about 120 people \u2014 there have been\u00a0complaints from locals, who accuse the group of harassing people and plotting to take over the town.<\/p>\n

RCMP said they raided the cult’s compound last week after receiving a report that one of its occupants had a firearm. Police said they seized 13 imitation semi-automatic handguns, ammunition and a large number of electronic devices.<\/p>\n

Order to vacate building<\/p>\n

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has now deemed the former school unfit for habitation. The health authority posted an\u00a0order to vacate Friday, after it found the building was not connected to a municipal sewage system.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0social media post on Friday<\/a>\u00a0included photos of what appeared to be the health authority’s order posted on fencing around the building.<\/p>\n

In an email to CBC on Friday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority confirmed the order, saying it had “gathered sufficient evidence regarding health concerns and compliance issues\u00a0\u2026\u00a0to determine there is a risk to public health safety,” and that the building was deemed “unfit for human occupation.”<\/p>\n

As a result, the health authority issued an\u00a0eviction order for\u00a0anyone still occupying the building, the email said.<\/p>\n

RCMP said at least three other people are expected to be charged in the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LISTEN |\u00a0‘Queen of Canada’ cult leader arrested:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Front Burner\u2018Queen of Canada\u2019 cult leader arrested<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, 16 people \u2014 including Romana Didulo, the cult leader known as the \u201cQueen of Canada\u201d \u2014 were arrested in the tiny Saskatchewan village of Richmound. RCMP released them the following day, but then re-arrested two unidentified individuals.
\nDidulo and her followers have been holed up in a decommissioned school there for two years. Their presence has been a source of ire for many locals, and ratcheted up divisions between the townspeople.
\nToday: What happens when a cult comes to town \u2014 especially in a time of such intense societal polarization?\u00a0
\nOur guest is Rachel Browne, an investigative journalist and documentary maker who is currently working on a podcast for CBC about the impact that the \u201cQueen of Canada\u201d has had on this tiny village.
\nFor transcripts of Front Burner, please visit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/frontburner\/transcripts [https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/frontburner\/transcripts]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dozen supporters in white hats showed up to greet the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” on Monday morning…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":210687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-210686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115169766100746853","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}