Manitoba Hydro is working to have larger outages fixed by Friday night, but smaller ones may take a bit more time. <\/p>\n
A Manitoba MLA is joining forces with a Winnipeg city councillor and multiple community organizations to assist people impacted by lengthy power outages following a significant storm in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
NDP MLA Billie Cross, who represents the Seine River constituency, has partnered with Coun. Markus Chambers (St. Norbert-Seine River) and several other organizations to host a food drive on Tuesday to help St. Norbert residents who need food following the lengthy outages.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a huge loss when you lose your fridge and your freezer, and with the cost of groceries nowadays, it\u2019s tough on folks,\u201d Cross said in an interview on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The storm, which Manitoba Hydro said caused the worst summer storm damage on record, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in Manitoba. The St. Norbert, neighbourhood was hit particularly hard by the storm, with some residents remaining without power, and having to dispose of food from their fridges and freezers.<\/p>\n
Cross said she had been observing residents of the neighbourhood working to help each other following the storm, and she wanted to help them by organizing a food drive.<\/p>\n
So far, Manitoba Harvest, the St. Norbert Farmers Market, the Manitoba Islamic Association, the St. Norbert Gurdwara and several other organizations so far have stepped up to host a food drive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is people coming together, but it doesn\u2019t surprise me. This is St. Norbert,\u201d Cross said. \u201cThis is a community that works hard together. They play hard together. They take care of one another.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cross said the food driver is only for residents of St. Norbert. It takes place at the St. Norbert Farmers\u2019 Market on Tuesday from 5-7 p.m.<\/p>\n