Oswald also said she plans to address the backlog of Winnipeg licensed practical nurses trying to get into the Red River College program to upgrade to become a registered nurse. [...] it dipped down to 1,121 in 2003 and dropped further to 802 in 2004, largely due to sizable increases in the number of nurses graduating, as well as a major improvement in the wages paid to nurses, which slowed the brain drain to higher-paying jurisdictions like Alberta and Ontario.

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