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By Maggie MacIntosh Local Journalism Initiative\u00a0 Manitoba\u2019s newest scholarship fund is for First Nations students who want to join the health-care workforce. The Southern Chiefs\u2019 Organization, Business Council of Manitoba and provincial government are contributing a combined $450,000 on 150 new post-secondary awards over the next five years. Grand Chief Jerry Daniels called the bursaries, 30 of which will be granted annually to students from SCO member nations, an important part of the political organization\u2019s \u201chealth human resources strategy.\u201d \u201cOur nations want more of our people delivering health care,\u201d Daniels said in a news release Tuesday. SCO has earmarked $150,000 for the project and automobile businessman Larry Vickar is donating $75,000. The province is matching those contributions to the Indigenous Education Awards. Local business leaders have been donating to the… <\/p>\n

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By Maggie MacIntosh Local Journalism Initiative\u00a0 Manitoba\u2019s newest scholarship fund is for First Nations students who want to join the health-care workforce. The Southern Chiefs\u2019 Organization, Business Council of Manitoba and provincial government are contributing a combined $450,000 on 150 new post-secondary awards over the next five years. Grand Chief Jerry Daniels called the bursaries, 30 of which will be granted annually to students from SCO member nations, an important part of the political organization\u2019s \u201chealth human resources strategy.\u201d \u201cOur nations want more of our people delivering health care,\u201d Daniels said in a news release Tuesday. SCO has earmarked $150,000 for the project and automobile businessman Larry Vickar is donating $75,000. The province is matching those contributions to the Indigenous Education Awards. Local business leaders have been donating to the... <\/p>\n

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