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Child-care workers at provincially funded centres in Manitoba are getting what Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt called the largest boost to their wages in the province's history, with some seeing hourly increases as high as $5.

A new wage grid, retroactive to April 1, is being supported by an added $60.4 million from the provincial and federal governments ($56.2 million federally and $4.2 million provincially), Schmidt announced Friday in Winnipeg.

Licensed and provincially funded early learning and child-care facilities are eligible for the funding, as well as a two per cent increase to base operating grants.

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