Preliminary hearing for self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’ rescheduled

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New dates have been set for the preliminary hearing for the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada,” Romana Didulo.

Didulo is charged with failing to comply with an undertaking and intimidating a justice system participant. The charges were laid in September 2025 after a raid on a compound in the southwest Saskatchewan village of Richmound, where Didulo was living with members of her cult.

The group had been occupying a former school in the village for about two years until the RCMP conducted their raid on Sept. 3. Richmound is located about 365 kilometres west of Regina.

Didulo has elected to be tried by a jury, so a preliminary hearing must be held first. That hearing was set to begin on March 2.

However, Didulo was in Swift Current provincial court on Wednesday for pre-trial discussions, and the preliminary hearing was rescheduled to begin April 13.

One of the reasons for the delay is that the Crown prosecutor on the case, Curtis Wiebe, was appointed on Monday to be a provincial court judge in Prince Albert. That means all of his cases need to be assigned to new prosecutors.

A man wearing a blue suit stands in front of a brick building as he speaks into four microphones being held by reporters. — Curtis Wiebe is shown in a file photo from September 2025, when he was the Crown prosecutor handling Romana Didulo’s case. This week, Wiebe was appointed to be a provincial court judge. (Alexander Quon/CBC)

Didulo is scheduled to returned to court on March 4 for more pre-trial discussions.

She was among 16 people who were arrested in September. Police ultimately charged five of them, including Didulo and Ricky Manz, the owner of the former school.

Manz also has a next court date of March 4. Like Didulo, he was charged with failing to comply with an undertaking and intimidation of a justice system participant. Manz also faces charges of assault, resisting arrest and uttering threats that stem from an alleged incident in July 2025.