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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Health Minister Audrey Gordon who was accompanied by Labour and Immigration Minister Jon Reyes and Ken Borce, chief of clinical operations, CancerCare Manitoba, announces that Shared Health “provided letters of interest to 348 candidates who passed interviews in the cities of Manila, Cebu or Iloilo during a recruitment mission to the Philippines in February.” Minister Gordon reported that almost 90% of the candidates accepted the job offers and are now in the process of immigrating and have initiated the licensing process. Minister Gordon said, “Individuals are expected to begin arriving in Manitoba as early as late this summer, with arrivals increasing in fall.” See Danielle Da Silva story 230627 - Tuesday, June 27, 2023.