A photo shared on social media on Aug. 8, 2025 of the sewage water from the former school site. Courtesy/Arl Brad Miller(Facebook)

By Canadian Press, Jesse Gill

SEWAGE

Village of Richmound still dealing with sewage water after cult members removed from former school site

Sep 24, 2025 | 8:31 AM

Nasty sewage water still seeps into a large puddle near the entrance of a school-turned-compound that housed members of a cult in the southwest Saskatchewan village of Richmound for the last two years.

Although the “Kingdom of Canada” cult was driven out earlier this month after a police raid, the village’s Mayor Brad Miller said the sewage water remains.

Miller said the sewage water began pooling outside the building after the village cut the compound’s water and sewage system last year for unpaid bills as a last resort to drive the cult members out.

Cult members then began dumping water overflowing from its toilet and sinks around the building.

But it wasn’t the sewage water that forced R-C-M-P to raid the compound on Sept. 5, 2025.

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Mounties say they obtained a search warrant to enter the property on the belief someone inside had a firearm.

Police seized several weapons in the raid and have since charged several cult members and their leader.

Miller, who has been living in the village of about 200 people for nearly 40 years, describes the late-night raid as one of the happiest moments of his life.

And although the leader of the “Kingdom of Canada” has been ordered to remain 50 kilometres away from Richmound, Miller said he still worries daily that she will return.

In early September, Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP said the province and its health authority were slow to respond to the occupation of the compound in Richmound by a conspiracy theorist and her followers.

The NDP said the Saskatchewan Health Authority should have investigated immediately when the sewer system and water were cut off to the property in Richmound, instead of waiting months.

The health authority did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the call for a review at that time, while the Justice Minister Tim McLeod said investigations can take time.