Life after the pandemic: What advocates say women need to regain lost ground
Women have left the workforce at higher rates than men during COVID-19, prompting experts to call for issues like childcare to play a central role in economic recovery.
View ArticleNorth end Halifax communities welcome road safety changes but wonder why it’s...
Reduced speed limit and marked crosswalks are some of the new safety measures coming to Halifax north end streets.
View ArticleProposed legislation would open adoption records in Nova Scotia
The new act also includes measures to protect he privacy of the adoptee or the birth parent, with each having the option to file a disclosure veto.
View ArticleCanada’s federal budget: A financial expert breaks it down
From Canada's proposals on a national daycare program to introducing a new digital services tax, financial expert Preet Banerjee takes a closer look at the 2021 federal budget.
View ArticleB.C. budget expands $10-a-day childcare, boosts pay for early childhood...
The NDP government's 2021 budget sees childcare spending climb by $233 million over three years, to a total of $2.3 billion by 2023-2024.
View ArticleNew Brunswick mother ‘really hopeful’ about Ottawa’s childcare promise
"I think it is a gamechanger for families in Canada," says Catherine Cross, the executive director of the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Nova Scotia
View ArticleSaskatchewan parents, advocates welcome potential $10-a-day childcare
Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland committed to bringing childcare fees to an average of $10 a day in regulated centres by 2025-26.
View ArticleAlberta pumps brakes on national child-care program
Less than 24 hours after Canada's finance minister rolled out what advocates are calling a historic investment in child care, Alberta's premier is opposing it.
View ArticleCOVID-19: MLHU expanding vaccination to eligible child-care workers
The health unit says eligibility will expand to those in unlicensed child-care settings 'once this direction has been provided by the provincial government.'
View ArticleChildcare, school staff, first responders in Fraser Health can book...
The plan is to complete the immunizations over the next 10 days.
View ArticleCity council approves final design for child-care centre to address Penticton...
The city applied for and received a $2.9-million grant from the provincial government and the Union of BC Municipalities to build the child-care centre in Kiwanis Park.
View ArticleChild-care advocates call on Sask. government to sign federal child-care...
A number of voices within Saskatchewan are urging the provincial government to announce a child-care agreement with the Canadian government.
View ArticleManitoba Métis Federation opens newest childcare centre in Dauphin
The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) is celebrating the opening of its newest childcare centre, Michif Children's Place, in Dauphin.
View ArticleFall River families left in lurch after province delays licensing for child...
Parents say they're frustrated with the government's failure to provide a license to this daycare and that while they support universal childcare, they need childcare now.
View ArticleFamilies struggle to find child care as Nova Scotia licensing freeze prevents...
'We made our program consultant aware in May that we were planning on doing this and for all intents and purposes had their go-ahead to do so,' says a daycare owner of lost spaces.
View ArticleOSNS Legacy Foundation launches with $250,000 pledge; Penticton
The OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre launched a foundation with an ambitious fundraising goal.
View Article‘Gift of Giving Snow Globe Auction’ launches in support of BGC Okanagan
A large and unique snow globe collection has been placed up for auction to raise money for BGC Okanagan, formerly known as The Boys and Girls Club.
View ArticleOkanagan Similkameen Neurological Society hosts 42nd annual Share a Smile...
The Okanagan Similkameen Neurological Society's Child and Youth Development Centre held its 42nd annual Share a Smile Telethon on Sunday
View Article‘I am worried’: Childcare operators work to navigate latest COVID-19 surge
Manitoba child care centres are expressing concerns as they navigate the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some warn they may have to close due to outbreaks.
View ArticleSole childcare provider in Naramata, B.C. raises over $10K to keep centre open
The Naramata Child Development Centre made a public plea for financial help in early December. Its goal was to raise $10,000 by Christmas.
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