Non-profit groups, charities to qualify for Manitoba summer student funding

Local non-profit groups and registered charities will receive up to $31,000 in funding if they hire summer students.

Non-profit groups can apply to receive a $5,000 wage subsidy per student they hire, up to five students, and hiring one student will see them receive an additional $6,000, said Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister.

Local groups can apply through an online portal that will go live on June 16, said Pallister.

Asked about the the need to self-isolate in Manitoba for inter-provincial travel when other western provinces don’t, he said more information about that will come next week.

The press conference comes as no new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in the province on Tuesday.

More than 50,000 Manitobans have now been tested for COVID-19.

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