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Dan the Man Dan Mangan and Astral Swans bring their unique stylings to the Key City Theatre
TREVOR CRAWLEY PHOTOS
Dan Mangan stopped by the Key City Theatre on Tuesday night for the finale of a brief tour throughout the province. Mangan, a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter, is a two-time Juno award-winning artist who shared the stage with Matthew Swann of Astral Swans, which opened the show.
Council to look at downtown patio policy City looking to revisit its policies on allowing outdoor patios in downtown core
ARNE PETRYSHEN
Cranbrook city council will have opportunity to revisit policies dealing with downtown outdoor patio seating. At the moment businesses downtown are not permitted outdoor patios. Past councils have looked at the policies and kept the status quo. Coun. Ron Popoff said that he and Mayor Lee Pratt had at-
tended the Downtown Businesses Association meeting prior to the Nov. 16 city council meeting and the prospect of patios was brought up. “They mentioned that there was a desire to develop some enabling policies, bylaws or whatever that may be for seasonal outdoor public patios,” Popoff said. “Certainly we see those in all the other commu-
nities around this area and broader, it just makes us wonder why we don’t have those yet in Cranbrook.” Popoff said he was just putting the thought forward as an “ask” at the moment. “Is it possible for staff to take this away as some winter homework and come up with some sort of an idea of what kind of project that might look
like for staff to take on and see how that fits within our priorities,” he said. ‘Maybe we might have some sort of leadership enabling documents so that next spring, those in the business community — downtown or other — who want those outdoor patios, we would have something for them ready to go.”
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Recognizing community leaders TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The B.C. Achievement Foundation is soliciting nominations for deserving individuals who have raised the quality and character of communities in the province. Potential nominees are described as individuals who have made significant contributions to
their communities in areas such as—but not limited to—arts and culture, sports and recreation, multiculturalism, environment, health care, education, civic duty, business, community volunteerism philanthropy and youth and seniors’ leadership.
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