Manitoba recruiting doctors

The government health authority in the Canadian province of Manitoba has contracted a headhunting firm to attract, recruit and hire physicians to fill job vacancies for family doctors in Eastern Manitoba.

The area, which includes the towns of Ashern, Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa, Pine Falls, Teulon and Whitemouth, often relies on international medical graduates to fill employment opportunities.

Read news story in Winnipeg Free Press.

Mediterraneans find warm welcome in Manitoba

"It's like a dream," says former Athens Symphony cellist Stefanos Boukis of his new home in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Greek emigrants Boukis and wife Lia Andronikou say their dreams have come true through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).

The MPNP's easy process of immigration to Canada for skilled workers and entrepreneurs allowed the family to move to Manitoba, buy a house, create a music school, and enjoy the opportunity to grow their family in a safe and stable country.

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