{"id":5202,"date":"2020-12-17T11:26:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5202"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:26:52","slug":"end-the-lockdown-mega-rally-in-kelowna-draws-2000-joyous-freedom-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5202","title":{"rendered":"END THE LOCKDOWN MEGA RALLY IN KELOWNA DRAWS 2,000 JOYOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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END THE LOCKDOWN MEGA RALLY IN KELOWNA DRAWS 2,000 JOYOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS<\/strong>
KELOWNA. December 12, 2020<\/strong>.\n “This is the biggest freedom rally the Okanagan has ever seen,” Dave \nLindsay shouted as he greeted the over 2,000 people who had gathered \nhere for the Mega END THE LOCKDOWN Rally at noon. They came from Lilooet\n and Kamloops, from Salmon Arm and the Lake Country, from Vernon and \nArmstrong, from Keremos, Penticton, Okanagan Falls and Oliver. One \ncaravan even drove up from Vancouver. As the cavalcade from Salmon Arm \nand Vernon drove down the highway their honking horns and anti-Lockdown \nbanners drew many thumbs up and supportive honks.
The\n rally opened with the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer. Singer and \nsongwriter Jacqueline-Rose warmed up the crowd as latecomers continued \nto stream in.
Then,\n Dave Lindsay of Penticton, Chairman of C.L.E.A.R. (Common Law Education\n and Rights Initiative), who has organized the weekly Kelowna Rally \nsince April had the crowd cheering with an attack on Bonnie Henry, \nBritish Columbia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health: “Bonnie Henry is \ntrying to steal Christmas from us. Have as many people in your house as \nyou want to.” “And,” he added to laughter and more cheers, “Bonnie the \ncommie will never get another Christmas present!”
Mr.\n Lindsay noted: “COVID has divided families and it’s divided mine.” He \ncharged that the government’s position is a mass of lies and \nmisinformation. “The PCR test they use ha 10 major flaws. It can have an\n up to 95% error rate. So, why are we using this test?The death rate in \nB.C. was going down before masks were made mandatory in indoor public \nspaces. Now, the death rate is going up!”
In\n a nurses’ case, several years ago, “Bonnie Henry gave testimony that \nmasks  are not effective,” but now she’s imposing them on British \nColumbians. “Bonnie Henry, you’re not a hero,” Mr. Lindsay concluded and\n the crowd took up a chorus of “lock her up!”
Ted\n Kuntz, President of Vaccine Choice Canada, also spoke. He outlined the \nterrible damage done to his son by a vaccine and the years of suffering \nbefore the lad’s premature and untimely death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanking the R.C.M.P. for helping the rally co-ordinate its march, Mr. Lindsay directed the crowd out from Stuart Park for a parade through the downtown part of Kelowna. Police blocked off one side of the road. The freedom fighters, including many couples with children and even some with babies in strollers stretched more than 10 city blocks. The joyous crowd, with not a mask in site, frequently broke into chants of “freedom” “no more lockdowns!” and, at several points, “Oh, Canada.” Many people along the route gave a thumbs up, many passing cars honked in approval. A few signalled disapproval, including one old lady, masked and alone in her car, who flashed the middle finger at the freedom parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After\n the parade many of the freedom fighters lined the sidewalk along Harvey\n Street where traffic inbound to Kelowna crosses over a bridge spanning \n Lake Okanagan.
The\n afternoon, however, ended on a sour note when rally organizer Dave \nLindsay was presented with a $2,500 fine by the R.C.M.P., a fine that \nthe court-wise Mr. Lindsay intends to challenge vigorously.
Once again, CAFE, which has backed all END THE LOCKDOWN protests since they began in Vancouver in mid-March, attended with a number of supporters from up and down the Okanagan.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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