{"id":152012,"date":"2025-09-18T05:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/152012\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T05:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:34:14","slug":"three-more-people-charged-in-kingdom-of-canada-investigation-in-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/152012\/","title":{"rendered":"Three more people charged in \u2018Kingdom of Canada\u2019 investigation in Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romana Didulo, a conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada,’ leaves provincial court after she was granted bail in Swift Current, Sask., on Sept. 8.Heywood Yu\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan Mounties have charged three more people in their investigation of the Kingdom of Canada, a group likened to a cult that has been clashing with area residents. <\/p>\n

RCMP said in a news release Wednesday three women face charges of obstruction of a peace officer in Richmound, a village west of Regina. <\/p>\n

They were named as 72-year-old Lise Beauchamp, 37-year-old Melony Vanderbrink and 63-year-old Nancy Jancke. <\/p>\n

RCMP said the women did not provide their names and dates of birth upon request after they were arrested Sept. 3 during a raid of the compound and nearby campers. <\/p>\n

The women are to appear in court Nov. 20 in Leader, Sask.<\/p>\n

The spiritual group, likened by critics to a cult, is led by a self-styled \u201cQueen of Canada,\u201d Romana Didulo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Didulo was among those arrested<\/a> earlier this month and has been charged with breaching a court order and attempting to intimidate a justice system participant.<\/p>\n

Didulo made another court appearance on her charges Wednesday and is set to have her preliminary hearing March 2 in Swift Current.<\/p>\n

She is also scheduled to attend court Nov. 5 to ensure she has all relevant information for her trial. Didulo has elected to have her case heard by a jury. <\/p>\n

Didulo gained prominence during the \u201cfreedom convoy\u201d three years ago in Ottawa, where she argued against COVID-19 vaccinations and gained notoriety for attempting to burn the Canadian flag.<\/p>\n

She and her followers, in a caravan of campers, later settled in Richmound at a privately owned decommissioned school building. The group has been accused of harassing residents and disregarding bylaws, although Didulo has said they are peaceful.<\/p>\n

During the RCMP raid this month at the building, Mounties seized 13 imitation semi-automatic handguns along with ammunition and electronic devices. RCMP have said they obtained a search warrant to enter the property on the belief someone inside had a firearm. <\/p>\n

Health officials have declared<\/a> the building unfit for human habitation and are banning anyone from living there. Didulo has also been ordered by a judge to stay 50 kilometres away from Richmound. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Romana Didulo, a conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada,’ leaves provincial court…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-152012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-news","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}