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Finalists will be announced next week, and the winner will be announced during International Education Week, the week of November 14-18. So make sure you check the for the latest updates, and give us your vote!

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Manitoba to Offer Free Health Care to International Students

(from the Winnipeg Sun)

A national student organization is cheering the Manitoba government's move to extend free health care to people from other countries who are in the province for a high school or post-secondary education. And the Canadian Federation of Students doesn’t buy any argument that the shift to put its international colleagues under Medicare is a change that the province can't afford.

Marakary Bayo, chairman of the federation's Manitoba branch, said Wednesday that free medical care is "another step toward a fairer" education for foreign students who, he claimed, put about $90 million into the local economy last year. "It's just totally fair. They contribute to the local economy — they create jobs and stuff," he told the Winnipeg Sun. "It won't cost much to the province."

The inclusion of ºÚÁÏרÇø — currently more than 3,200 of them in Manitoba, from countries such as China, India and South Korea - under public health insurance will take effect next April 1. The free coverage will also be given to foreign students' spouses and dependents.

Read the full story in the .