Saskatchewan village celebrates new beginning without ‘Queen of Canada’ cult
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The earth didn’t give way easily as Mayor Brad Miller drove his shovel into the sod on Saturday.
A fitting reminder that even as the Village of Richmound, Sask., turns the page on years marked by the presence of the Kingdom of Canada cult, some ground takes time to reclaim.
“Let’s stay together and grow together,” Miller said while symbolically breaking ground on the proposed site for a community greenhouse, in the shadow of the old school building that once housed Romana Didulo and her followers.
The village of 120 people, about 365 kilometres west of Regina, held a street party on Saturday to mark a new era and fundraise for the project.
“It feels really good,” said Arlene Miller, an event organizer and wife of the mayor. “We had so many sleepless nights. I just want to forget all that now and just move forward.”
Miller gathered local kids together during the party to plant seeds in a cup they could take home.
“We kind of wanted to tie it into the greenhouse,” she said. “Let’s plant some new beginnings.”
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