The Manitoba government has created a new $5,000 bursary program for emergency medical responder students, according to a news release on Wednesday.

Students who receive the bursary will enter a one-year return-of-service-agreement once they are hired, which will require them to work in rural Manitoba.

The province is offering financial help to make enrolling in a course more appealing, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said in the release.

“We’re putting trainees in rural municipalities, where they can get hands-on experience on real-world emergency calls and fall in love with rural Manitoba,” the minister said.

By the fall of 2026, approximately 50 to 60 emergency medical responder students are expected to graduate, complete the Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators exam and be

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