KITCHENER A local group known as We Are All In This Together is delivering food and hope for area restaurants. At the start of the pandemic, the Restoules wanted to support a friend s restaurant. And just like that we had 150 orders and we were like, oh, we are on to something, said Jennifer Restoule. The family tapped into five different neighbourhood groups in Waterloo Region, starting the We Are All In This Together group, now known as WAAITT. It offers our local restaurants a bit of hope, said Travis Restoule. About a dozen restaurants have participated. More than 24 volunteers deliver meals each week to members like Maureen Bartlett, who has been receiving them since the start.
EDMONTON What started out as a few painted rocks in a north Edmonton park has turned into a community pick-me-up project providing hope and encouragement during the ongoing pandemic. Thing is, nobody knows who started the rock snake. I ve never seen anybody put any rocks out,” said local resident Susan Lo. “I ve seen teenaged girls around and I m thinking maybe it was a school group or something.” The 700-plus rock snake is a mystery to Lo – but a welcomed exhibit nonetheless. She says she started noticing the painted rocks during her daily walks last summer and has watched it grow over the course of the pandemic.