A bylaw prohibiting new places of worship on one of Outremont's main streets has been upheld. Residents voted Sunday in a referendum whether to overturn the ban on Bernard Avenue, a tree-lined strip dotted with restaurants, cafés and residential buildings. Voters in Montreal's Outremont borough cast their ballots in Sunday's referendum. A vote in favour of the Bernard ban would therefore effectively block any new synagogues in the borough. She pointed to Parc Avenue, located just outside the Outremont borough boundary, where synagogues recently opened up on a "block that was completely abandoned and neglected before.

Source: CBC News November 20, 2016 22:15 UTC