A wide variety of protesters came for the freedom rally in Vancouver, and it was hard to spot a single mask in the crowd of almost 1,000. The event on Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 18 was against mandatory masks and vaccines, but the people who attended had a wide variety of interests according to their signs and their outfits. Similar protests happened in other Canadian cities over the weekend, like in Toronto, where even the grim reaper showed up. Editor's Choice: The Canada-US Border Closure Has Been Extended & This Time It's Until November The protest mainly took place at the Vancouver Art Gallery's šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square. Freedom Rally losers pic.twitter.com/SBYHoUzu02— Kevin Cawthra (@KevinCawthra) October 17, 2020 But there were marches that wound through the city shutting down major streets as well. Anti-mask rally in Vancouver. Chanting "walking for your freedom" pic.twitter.com/njkSoZuG7I— Beckers Grave (@SisterJawbreakr) October 17, 2020 There were people interested in conspiracy theories like 5G and QAnon. #VANCOUVERFREEDOMRALLY pic.twitter.com/G1NuReZwbV— 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 (@ajhtweeting) October 18, 2020 They also had many speakers, including school kids, voicing their opinions. 11-year-old kid crushes it at Vancouver’s mega freedom rally pic.twitter.com/xLzn6nhfRA— Dan Dicks (@DanDicksPFT) October 17, 2020 Plus, there were members of Soldiers of Odin there, a known white supremacist group. ps Vancouver ppl the soldiers of Odin are at the “hugs not masks freedom protest” be careful out there pic.twitter.com/90nEaWwTZi— Spark 👻 (@lenaIuthorr) October 18, 2020
