The city of Pointe-Claire has broken ground on an orchard that will serve as a memorial for COVID-19 victims and a garden that will provide food for people in need. Susan Weaver, a resident of the West Island municipality, came up with the idea for the project in March. West Island Mission, a non-profit organization, will use the produce from the garden and the orchard to help families in need. (Jean-Claude Taliana/CBC)City partners with local food bankWest Island Mission is a local food bank that gets many of its fruits and vegetables from gardens in Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Dollard-des-Ormeaux. When the mission reached out to Pointe-Claire about doing something similar, plans for a memorial orchard were already taking shape.

Source: CBC News July 17, 2021 20:03 UTC