Deborah Murphy says the rallies will continue until vaccine mandates are lifted.

The size of yesterday's loud but peaceful crowd grew to about 600 and featured several speakers. Murphy says the list was longer but it was reduced after the fire broke out at Ramanda Cochrane.

"I could start early in the morning, and if you want to get testimonies up all day long, it would happen," says Murphy. "We have people who want to come and speak, and they're all important."

Among the speakers reaching out to Murphy was Chris Schaefer. of Edmonton, who has been teaching and conducting respirator fit testing for over 20 years. 

Schaefer calls the masks being worn "breathing barriers" that do more harm than good. Unlike real respirators that include engineered inhalation and exhalation valves, he says the masks being worn expose the wearer to high carbon dioxide and low oxygen levels.

"I'm doing the best that I can to speak to as many different people as I can so we can end the tyranny that's going on and not just get back to normal but have a better, brighter future than we've had in the past."

In contrast, the Alberta Health Services COVID Scientific Advisory Group Evidence Report of May 2021 maintains wearing a non-medical or cloth face mask is an important part of current public health measures to help reduce the community spread of COVD-19.

There was a local nurse who left her profession, a firefighter who has been placed on unpaid leave because he refused to be vaccinated, and an advocate for 200-plus parents and their children calling the school situation unacceptable.

The crowd bellowed when Murphy spoke of the truckers who got it all started.

"They have inspired people around the world right now, giving them hope, bringing a smile back into their faces, and they're starting to celebrate."

Even at the Cochrane rally, there was some dancing at the Centennial Plaza before the speeches began.

"This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land," said Murphy. "We were dancing because we know in our spirits that the grassroots people have to be listened to, not those we elect."

Murphy organized the first one on Jan.30 because she believed Cochrane needed a rally of its own. People were already travelling elsewhere.

"There's a team of us doing it now. It's not just me, there's seven of us."

The day previous a Slow Roll convoy assembled at Cochrane Ranche Historic Site and travelled Hwy. 1A for several laps.