--- title: "Saskatchewan Mayor Quits Now That ‘Queen of Canada’ Cult Has Left His Village" description: "Brad Miller, who led Richmound through three years of threats and sleepless nights, says he will resign on Oct. 15" author: "rews desk" published: 2026-09-30T22:54:07.527Z modified: 2026-10-01T02:50:24Z url: https://rews.cc/a/saskatchewan-mayor-quits-now-that-queen-of-canada-cult-has-l-02dd03 language: en tags: ["cult", "politics", "crime", "qanon", "saskatchewan", "us"] publisher: "Rews (https://rews.cc)" --- # Saskatchewan Mayor Quits Now That ‘Queen of Canada’ Cult Has Left His Village *Brad Miller, who led Richmound through three years of threats and sleepless nights, says he will resign on Oct. 15* By rews desk · September 30, 2026 · https://rews.cc/a/saskatchewan-mayor-quits-now-that-queen-of-canada-cult-has-l-02dd03 ## In brief - Brad Miller, mayor of Richmound, Sask., will resign on Oct. 15, about halfway through a four-year term - The village of 118 people was occupied for two years by the “Queen of Canada” cult led by Romana Didulo - The group refused to pay utilities, discharged raw sewage into a playground and threatened residents with public executions - RCMP raided the school housing the group on Sept. 3, 2025; charges against Didulo were stayed in March - Residents behind a domed greenhouse project say the village is rebuilding and hope it opens by July Brad Miller, the mayor of a Saskatchewan village that spent two years contending with a cult whose leader calls herself the “Queen of Canada”, is stepping down on Oct. 15, now that the group has been forced out. Mr. Miller was elected mayor of Richmound seven years ago and is about halfway through a four-year term that runs to November 2028. The village, roughly 60 kilometres northwest of Maple Creek near the Alberta border, has 118 residents. “We fought a lot of battles and wars, and I think it’s just time,” he told CBC News. “Somebody else can step up and take the reins, and maybe turn a new leaf.” Richmound made national headlines on Sept. 15, 2023, when Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed Queen of Canada, and her Kingdom of Canada followers moved into an empty school in the village. Ms. Didulo is a QAnon conspiracy theorist who began building a following during the pandemic. For two years, the group refused to pay its utility bills, pumped raw sewage into a children’s playground and threatened Mr. Miller and others with public executions. Mr. Miller was vocal about the strain on the village and pressed the government and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for help throughout. It was never the only problem on his desk. He also dealt with property fraud, disputes over the seniors center and the financial fallout of the pandemic. “Nobody knows the hours that I put in,” he said. “It was day after day, week after week, month after month. And I don’t think anybody should have to go through that.” The R.C.M.P. raided the school on Sept. 3, 2025, after receiving a report that one of its occupants had a gun, and arrested and removed members of the group. The Saskatchewan Health Authority declared the building “unfit for human habitation” and issued a public health order forcing the occupants to leave. Ms. Didulo was charged with failing to comply with an undertaking and intimidating a justice system participant. The Crown stayed the charges in March, a decision Mr. Miller said left him very disappointed in the justice system. Doug Steele, the member of the provincial legislature for Cypress Hills, said Mr. Miller deserved credit for how he handled an unprecedented situation for the community. “I think Brad needs to be commended for how he handled it, you know, \[being\] blindsided with this,” Mr. Steele said. Since the group’s eviction, the village has largely returned to normal. Scott Earl and his wife, Mel, who moved to town a week before the cult did, are helping with the reset: Mr. Earl is the project co-ordinator for Grow Together, an effort to build an all-seasons domed greenhouse where villagers can volunteer and take home part of the harvest. The nearest grocery store with fresh produce is a 50-minute drive away. The project began with a $10,000 grant to address food insecurity and is about two-thirds of the way to its current fundraising goal, Mr. Earl said. The group is placing an order for the structure this month and hopes the greenhouse will be running by July. Mr. Earl said he was sorry Mr. Miller would not see the opening as mayor. “He was an ambassador for the town — always friendly, engaging, willing to put the best efforts for the village forward,” he said. Mr. Miller plans to stay in Richmound with his wife and watch the village’s next chapter from the sidelines. “Well, for the village of Richmound, I feel great that we finally won the war,” he said. “And I think there’s a bright future.”