{"id":804275,"date":"2026-07-15T21:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804275\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:18:22","slug":"queen-of-canada-trial-date-for-man-who-hosted-kingdom-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804275\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Canada: Trial date for man who hosted Kingdom group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The man who owns the property in which the self-proclaimed \u201cQueen of Canada\u201d and her followers resided will go on trial early next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ricky Manz is charged with one count of failure to comply with a release order condition, one count of intimidation of a justice system participant, and one count of failure to comply with an undertaking condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He is also facing seven additional charges relating to previous incidents, including assaults, resisting arrest, mischief, uttering threats, and obstructing municipalities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DH4S4ZWPU5B53L3IYLEGETQ3D4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/>Queen of Canada arrest RCMP arrested the self-proclaimed &#8220;Queen of Canada&#8221; in Richmound, Sask., in September 2025. (Gareth Dillistone \/ CTV News) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Wednesday at Swift Current Provincial Court, the Crown and defence agreed to set the four-day trial for Jan. 5-8, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Both counsels appeared by phone and decided on the trial dates jointly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Manz allowed the group\u2019s leader Romana Didulo and her followers to reside at the school in the town of Richmound, Sask., for almost two years. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4I2VYCWCKZC4JD4IWSHMZ4OTRM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/>Queen of Canada arrest RCMP arrested the self-proclaimed &#8220;Queen of Canada&#8221; in Richmound, Sask., in September 2025. (Gareth Dillistone \/ CTV News) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Saskatchewan RCMP arrested both Didulo and Manz, along with a dozen others, on Sept. 3, 2025. At the time, police reported that 13 imitation, semi-automatic handguns, along with ammunition and electronic devices, were seized during the search of the group\u2019s compound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Didulo was charged with one count of failing to comply with undertaking conditions and one count of intimidating a justice system participant. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, both charges were dropped by the Crown earlier this year, a month ahead of a preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Manz is not currently remanded into custody. He is set to make his next appearance in Swift Current Provincial Court on Jan. 5 for the trial. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LMZBQGFB6HERE52CK3PVOPJ3ZE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"531\"\/>Romana Didulo, a conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed &#8220;Queen of Canada,&#8221; waves while leaving provincial court after she was granted bail in Swift Current, Sask., Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Heywood Yu Romana Didulo, a conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed &#8220;Queen of Canada,&#8221; waves while leaving provincial court after she was granted bail in Swift Current, Sask., Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Heywood Yu <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With files from CTV News\u2019 Donovan Maess, David Prisciak, Caitlin Brezinski and Cole Davenport<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man who owns the property in which the self-proclaimed \u201cQueen of Canada\u201d and her followers resided will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-804275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804275","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=804275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}