

Marilyn Burns, an Edmonton personal injury lawyer and leader of the Alberta Advantage Party, was also in attendance.

This is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public,” he told Edmonton city council last November, which earned him repudiation from the medical community. “There is utterly unfounded public hysteria driven by the media and politicians. Roger Hodkinson, an Edmonton pathologist, and CEO of a company that provides “Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) to insurance companies, employers, and lawyers.” He has also steadfastly maintained that COVID is a hoax and that masks and social distancing do not work. “It seems that there are a number of people in Athabasca that are uncomfortable with the concept of a rally right now,” Pedersen wrote in a Facebook post. “There will be a panel of presenters … individuals from all perspectives will be welcome to submit a question in writing and the panel will address it.” The two-hour event put on by Benita Pedersen April 29 at Riverfront Park was re-branded as an information session after Athabasca town council voted April 20 to send Pedersen a letter requesting she cancel the planned rally due to the already high COVID-19 case numbers in the region and the intentional disregard of mandatory public health restrictions instituted by the provincial government. ATHABASCA – The latest anti-mask rally in Athabasca had a soundtrack made up of heavy metal music and a cacophony of car horns.
