{"id":5136,"date":"2020-12-09T22:14:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T03:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5136"},"modified":"2020-12-09T22:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T03:14:34","slug":"calgarys-march-for-freedom-draws-thousands-despite-threat-of-1200-covid-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5136","title":{"rendered":"Calgary\u2019s \u201cMarch For Freedom\u201d draws thousands despite threat of $1,200 COVID fines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thousands of Alberta protesters risk $1,200 fines to March For Freedom in downtown Calgary\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kP9Q3vDt5BA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/rebel_news_plus?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/podcast?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/campaigns?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take Action<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/shop?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shop<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/donate?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donate<\/a>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>On Saturday, I was at Calgary City Hall to cover the weekly \u201cMarch For Freedom\u201d rally, where several thousand people showed up to protest Calgary\u2019s coronavirus restrictions imposed by their tyrannical Mayor Naheed Nenshi.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Little did they know, it wouldn&#8217;t take long for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to follow Nenshi&#8217;s lead. On Tuesday, Kenney announced\u00a0<strong>province-wide gathering limits and business closures<\/strong>\u00a0in our already economically battered province.\u00a0<br><br>Protesters met at Calgary\u2019s City Hall before marching through the city\u2019s downtown core, then reconvening back at the plaza for speeches.\u00a0The protest was technically illegal, but those in attendance were undeterred \u2014 despite Calgary police sending out\u00a0<strong>$1,200 fines<\/strong>\u00a0to those in attendance last week.<br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/thousands_of_alberta_protesters_risk_1200_fines_to_march_for_freedom_in_downtown_calgary?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=7\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to watch my full report and find out why these brave Canadians risked getting a fine to go to the protest.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/thousands_of_alberta_protesters_risk_1200_fines_to_march_for_freedom_in_downtown_calgary?e=5045b662f03737f70cfc320ff61dca55&amp;utm_source=therebel&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sgr_calgaryrally_12&amp;n=8\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Alberta was the last bastion of freedom in this country until Premier Kenney\u00a0<strong>caved to political pressure<\/strong>\u00a0and betrayed Albertans with the same copy-cat policies devastating every other province in the country.\u00a0If this is happening here in Alberta, what hope is left for the rest of Canada?\u00a0<br><br>Yours truly,\u00a0<br><br>Sheila Gunn Reid\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Listen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Take ActionShop&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donate&nbsp; On Saturday, I was at Calgary City Hall to cover the weekly \u201cMarch For Freedom\u201d rally, where several thousand people showed up to protest Calgary\u2019s coronavirus restrictions imposed by their tyrannical Mayor Naheed Nenshi.\u00a0\u00a0 Little did they know, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2581,1539],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5137,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions\/5137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}