A café owner in the B.C. southern Interior city of Nelson has been pushing for the city's first-ever weed-smoking patio. Earlier this week, the city council rejected Brenton Raby's application.

Yaherb Culture café was established in downtown Nelson just after marijuana was legalized in 2018, anticipating the day when consumption sites would be permitted. 

Seven years later,  smoking and vaping cannabis on public patios is permitted in B.C., in places where smoking and vaping tobacco is already al…