The City of West Kelowna has cited public safety reasons to deny a permit for a concert by American Christian singer Sean Feucht, who is outspoken in the Make America Great Again movement.

The city said in an emailed statement on Wednesday that the permit for a concert in Memorial Park on Saturday had been sought by the Burn 24/7 Canada Worship Ministries Society.

“The city, with assistance from the RCMP and West Kelowna Fire Rescue, reassessed the safety and security plans submitted by the organizer and determined the potential public safety risks have not been appropriately mitigated,” it said.

West Kelowna in the B.C. Interior was the latest Canadian community to reject a concert by Feucht, who ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate for Congress in 2020 and has been criticized

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