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Montreal police intervene on illegal gatherings, ramp up presence in Outremont and Plateau-Mont-Royal
COVID-19 and would continue to do so.Rabbi Reuben Poupko, chair of CJA Quebec, told Global News he was troubled by what happened over the weekend.“I can’t begin to tell you how deeply painful and distressing it was to see the pictures from Outremont,” Poupko said.Quebec banned religious gatherings in its latest round of lockdowns earlier this month, but reversed the ban on Thursday after outcries from religious groups.“We had just earlier that day received permission from the government to re-open houses of worship and a lot of people trusted us to follow rules and to adhere to them.