News in brief: Kilter joins Stone Angel Brewing

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Kilter joins Stone Angel Brewing

Fort Garry is amassing a wealth of craft breweries under one roof.

Kilter Brewing, a new player on the local craft beer scene that had intended to establish itself on Sherbrook Street, will join Stone Angel Brewing at 1875 Pembina Hwy. this summer.

In mid-May, Kilter Brewing announced it would no longer be moving to West Broadway after its agreement with the landlord of 80 Sherbrook St. fell apart.

Across town, Stone Angel Brewing had recently welcomed Devil May Care (another new craft brew duo) to its space, based on a co-operative agreement to share the brewhouse and tap room.

According to a post on Kilter’s website, they will immediately begin brewing tiny prototype batches that will be served in the taproom alongside Stone Angel and Devil May Care’s offerings. The company will continue to search for its own standalone space, the post reads.

Fort Garry Legion poppy campaign pulls in $43K

The Fort Garry Legion (1125 Pembina Hwy.) was able to distribute $43,000 to various community organizations serving veterans following the 2018 poppy campaign.

According to the branch, funds were given to the Royal Canadian Legion – Veteran’s Transition Network in aid of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Cadet Corps., the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Cadet Corps., Riverview Health Centre Foundation, Misericordia Hospital Foundation, University of Manitoba faculty of nursing research, St.Amant Centre Foundation, Meals on Wheels of Winnipeg, Victoria Hospital Lifeline Foundation, St. Boniface Hospital Research Foundation, and others.

The Legion also recently celebrated the installation of two defibrillators in the club donated by the Investors Group office at 1345 Waverley St. and UNIFOR Recreation Council Manitoba.

Pictured are: Ted MacDonald of the Fort Garry Legion, Mark Armstrong (UNIFOR), Charlene Armstrong, Patty Deschamps (UNIFOR), David Shillingford (Fort Garry Legion), Harry Peterson (UNIFOR and Fort Garry Legion) and A J McAulay (UNIFOR).

Stefanson takes over department of families in cabinet shuffle

Tuxedo MLA Heather Stefanson will be overseeing the province’s family services and housing files following a cabinet shuffle on Aug. 1.

Stefanson, the former Minister of Justice, was reappointed Minister of Families during a major retool of the provincial cabinet.  

“The energy, experience and enthusiasm these ministers will bring to their new portfolios will ensure progress continues on our task of making Manitoba the most improved province in Canada,” premier Brian Pallister said in a statement. “We are harnessing key ministers to refocus on that work at this critical point in our mandate.”

Stefanson will continue to serve as deputy premier.

Updated mandate letters will be provided to the cabinet before the commencement of the fall legislative session, the province said.

Manitoba Hydro addressing over billings

Manitoba Hydro is apologizing to customers who’ve received an inflated bill this month due to “extraordinary temperatures.”

Hydro said some customers may have received a bill in July that showed an estimated usage much higher than can be explained by the increased use of air conditioners and fans.

“What we are finding is the extraordinary temperatures across southern Manitoba this summer are affecting our estimate calculations for customers who don’t have a lot of meter readings associated with their accounts,” Paul Chard, director of customer care for Manitoba Hydro, said in a statement.

“Without enough meter readings to establish a customer’s history of energy usage, our billing program puts more weight on weather factors, such as cooling load. However, the number of hot days this year is so far outside our system’s range of experience that, in some cases, it is generating estimates considerably higher than actual consumption.”

Customers with new accounts or those with less than eight readings in the last 24 months appear to be affected most.

“We certainly appreciate that these higher than usual bills can be concerning for our customers to receive,” Siobhan Vinish, vice-president of marketing and customer service, said. “I want to apologize to anyone who received a high bill in error and thank them for their understanding as we work to make it right.”

Hydro is encouraging people who received a significantly higher than expected estimated bill to read their meter and call Manitoba Hydro at 204-480-5900 or 1-888-624-9376.