Richmound, Sask., residents ask for province’s support in wake of ‘Queen of Canada’ cult
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Residents from a village that spent two years plagued by the presence of a cult are asking for the provincial government’s assistance.
Romana Didulo — better known as the “Queen of Canada” to her followers — set up residence in a converted school in the Village of Richmound for nearly two years.
The village has a population of approximately 120 people and is located 365 kilometres west of Regina, near the Alberta border.
Didulo and her followers disrupted the lives of many Richmound residents including Shauna Sehn, who came to the legislature on Wednesday.
Sehn said the cult harassed residents and made threats, and situation became so bad that the city’s administrator quit in December 2024.
The replacement who was hired only lasted from April to July, Sehn said.
“It’s embarrassing to have to have it posted on the internet that our village office is closed now due to ongoing harassment.”
In September, the converted school was raided by the RCMP. Didulo and some of her followers have been charged, and that legal process is still before the courts.
Although the cult is now gone from Richmound, Sehn said the village continues to deal with the effects.
That includes an increasingly large bill — as much as $75,000 — for things like legal fees and other expenses. That could grow if it becomes necessary to demolish the former school.
“The financial impact is too severe for a tiny community of ours that has only about 120 residents, and that’s 120 residents, not 120 taxpaying properties,” Sehn said.
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