Hayden Michaels

Relief for Richmound and the village residents. 

Mayor of Richmound, Brad Miller, has received various messages following Romana Didulo's Monday court appearance, celebrating her conditions. 

Chief among them is the order to remain at least 50 kilometres away from Richmound. 

"That's the best thing I've ever heard in my life," said Miller. "If you walk around each town in the area, the people probably have pretty big smiles on their faces. Hopefully, she moves right out of Saskatchewan, or even Canada."

Relief for Richmound and the village residents. 

Mayor of Richmound, Brad Miller, has received various messages following Romana Didulo's Monday court appearance, celebrating her conditions. 

Chief among them is the order to remain at least 50 kilometres away from Richmound. 

Saskatchewan RCMP have arrested Romana Didulo, only a day after her arrest in Richmound, with her now facing at least one new charge.
 
Didulo and Ricky Manz were both apprehended on Thursday for failing to adhere to an undertaking condition that they not contact each other or others arrested in this investigation.
 
Didulo faces charges of one count of failing to comply with an undertaking condition and one count of intimidation of a justice system participant.
 

An early morning raid of the former Richmound School resulted in the arrest of the self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' Romana Didulo.

Saskatchewan RCMP confirmed 17 individuals, including Didulo, were arrested during the execution of a search warrant at the former school.

RCMP have provided an update on the arrests made in Richmound early on Wednesday morning. 

RCMP confirmed 16 individuals were arrested in this investigation. These arrests were made during a search warrant execution of the former Richmound School.

One of those arrested was Romana Didulo. All arrests were completed by 6 a.m. RCMP were not able to identify any other individuals. There are no reports of any resistance during the arrests at this time.

The Swift Current Museum is currently exhibiting The Suitcase Project in its temporary exhibit space.

The display is a statement on the impact felt by Japanese Canadians and Americans who, during WWII, were placed in internment camps. The display features those individuals' descendants, being fourth and fifth generation Japanese Canadians and Americans. They were asked by the project's lead, Kayla Isomura, to pick what they would pack if forced to immediately leave their homes.

Three RM of Swift Current Fire Department firefighters have returned home after various tours up north fighting wildfires.

RM of Swift Current Fire Department Fire Chief Pete L'Heureux, firefighter Louis Cherpin, and firefighter Joni Hofer all spent time up north for the summer, lending aid to communities.

Southwest Saskatchewan got whalloped by thunder and lightning on Tuesday Night and Wednesday morning. 

Over 1,300 lightning strikes were recorded by Environment and Climate Change Canada in the span of six hours. That's roughly 200 an hour, or between three and four strikes every minute.

Meteorologist for ECCC, Crawford Luke, revealed that the storm tracked just 30 kilometres northeast of Swift Current, avoiding the city.

The Ministry of Highways held a press conference in Swift Current, discussing investments into the local highway infrastructure.

During the meeting, it was announced that more than $53 million has been invested in southwest Saskatchewan highway projects. Of that total, $12.2 million has gone into the maintenance and upgrading of 25 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Swift Current. This also includes five culverts to the west of Swift Current, near Waldeck, as well as paving work out towards Herbert. 

Harassment and intimidation of office staff have led the Village of Richmound council to close the village office to the public.

Outside of pre-arranged appointments and village council meetings, the doors will not be open to the general population.

The measures ensure that the Village is providing a safe working environment, in compliance with the Saskatchewan Health and Safety and Employment Standards Acts.