Residents of Richmound, Sask., and other supporters protested on Sept. 24, 2023 against the presence of Romana Didulo in the village. (Image Courtesy Vanessa Johnson)

By CHAT News Today

Residents of southwestern Saskatchewan village protest unwelcome ‘QAnon figure’

Sep 25, 2023 | 11:52 AM

RICHMOUND, SK – Residents of a small village in southwestern Saskatchewan about 100 kilometres from Medicine Hat used their trucks yesterday to protest a woman who calls herself the legal Queen of Canada and has amassed a following among the alt-right conspiracy fringe.

Romana Didulo, the leader of a fringe conspiracy group who was forced out of Kamsack, Sask., on Sept. 13, has been camped out on a resident’s property in the village of Richmound since last week at the community’s closed school.

The U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League describes Didulo as a “Canadian Q-Anon figure” who has called for “violent action” against those who help administer COVID-19 vaccines to kids.

When Didulo arrived in Kamsack, about 200 individuals from the town and nearby First Nations confronted the group and escorted them out of town.

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Mayor Brad Miller told CHAT News last week that village officials are monitoring the situation and figuring out what their next steps will be.

At first, Richmound resident Vanessa Johnson thought the group wouldn’t stay very long. However at the protest yesterday she was told the conspiracy group would be having a rally mid-October, leading her to believe the set-up is more permanent.

“We do not want these things here. It is uncomfortable for our children and it is uncomfortable for our community members, says Johnson.

She adds, “I think that there is no room in our society for people that would enforce decrees upon people like shoot to kill. Violence is never the answer and even in this protest, we cannot do anything to violently get her out, and we wouldn’t because that’s not the kind of people I believe we are.”

Miller and Saskatchewan RCMP both say because the group hasn’t done anything illegal there’s not much that can be done about their presence.