"Manitoba Immigration Minister Nancy Allan is back from a working visit to Iceland and several hundred Icelanders might not be far behind her"

Manitoba er eitt af fylkjum Kanada. Höfuðborg Manitoba er Winnipeg, og fólksfjöldi árið 2008 var 1.207.959.

Nice! Everything's going as planned. Here's the latest article from the Winnipeg Free Press on the coming influx of Icelanders to Manitoba:

Allan spent several days in the capital of Reykjavik last week putting the final touches on a special immigration initiative to connect unemployed Icelanders with jobs in Manitoba.

The program was conceived after a significant number of inquiries were made via the Icelandic embassy and consulate in Ottawa and Winnipeg, and directly to businesses and officials in Gimli, the unofficial Icelandic capital of Canada.

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Allan said there was so much interest generated by her visit, the Canadian embassy was overwhelmed.

"They already added extra staff to handle the inquiries," she said.

The embassy is hosting a seminar for interested applicants today which will be broadcast live on the Internet via the website sjonvarp.khi. It is at 9 a.m. Winnipeg time, 3 p.m. Iceland time.

Between 200 and 300 people are expected at the seminar. Allan said there will be a much better understanding of how many people are truly interested after it takes place.

I also got a bit tired of waiting for the Icelandic Wikipedia to start an article on their own on Manitoba so I started it using content from the one on Alberta. Now maybe people will start to add to it.