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An event held in Halifax on Sunday saw mothers and caregivers join forces to advocate for better child care and midwifery support in Nova Scotia. As Vanessa Wright reports, the gathering comes amid calls to address long waitlists for both services.

As Canada’s child-care plan continues to make progress towards $10-a-day service for families nationally, affordability targets have been surpassed — but a new report shows parents and caregivers are having difficulty finding care, depending on where they live. As Sean Previl reports, parents are feeling “left in limbo” as some can’t go back to work...

A child client’s artwork featured on new Five Counties Children Centre corporate thank you cards; a new respite care centre offers part time services for youth and adults with developmental disabilities; the United Way “Day of Caring” kicks off; Skytracker weather. Teresa Kaszuba has the details.

“A Winnipeg parent weighed in on the details of Manitoba’s $10-a-day childcare strategy on Thursday. She said the strategy only covers care costs while the child is in school but does not offer coverage for breaks like holidays and in-services.”

Chief Clinton Key speaks in Vancouver on Tues. March 21, 2023, about taking new steps to control child and family welfare services for Key First Nation members. The Saskatchewan nation’s announcement comes after the disappearance and tragic death of 13-year-old Elli O’Soup while in the care of B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development.

A five-year-old boy was attacked by dogs and died on the Whitefish Lake First Nation, north of Edmonton, earlier this week. As Sarah Komadina explains, the child was in the care of Alberta Children’s Services and his family has been left with serious questions.

Daycare is more than just a space to watch your child. It’s a rich social environment supporting all aspects of a child’s development. The City of Peterborough has joined 47 other municipalities across the province in raising awareness of licensed child care services. Manager of Children’s Services Sandra Robinson spoke with Noor Ibrahim about affordable...

Children’s Services Minister Rebecca Schulz joins Global News Morning Calgary via Skype to discuss the province’s new affordable child-care deal with Ottawa.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday that the government would be investing $542 million to Indigenous communities “to exercise full jurisdiction over child and family services.” Trudeau said it was vital for addressing “the unacceptable injustices that too many kids and families have faced in the care system.”

The province is working to re-open up to 15,000 licensed child care spaces to provide options for core service workers in Alberta. Silvana Benolich reports.

The deadline for child care providers to apply for Ontario’s $10/day program has been extended to Nov. 1. Shanley McNamee, The City of Toronto’s General Manager for Children’s Services, joins Marianne Dimain to discuss why daycares aren’t opting in and what this extension means for parents in Toronto.

After unveiling a plan that includes tax cuts for the middle class, child care refunds for low-income households and big dollars towards mental health services and transit, the PC Party is on the campaign trail drumming up support for June. As Shallima Maharaj reports, while leader Patrick Brown insists the numbers add up, there’s concern...

After an almost six-week battle between the City of Toronto, many other Ontario municipalities and the Doug Ford government, the premier announced on Monday he would be reversing retroactive cuts to municipal services such as child care, land ambulance and most notably public health. Jamie Mauracher reports.

On Monday, the Ford government announced that it would go ahead with municipal funding cuts to public health and child care. However, there will no longer be cuts to paramedic services. Katrina Squazzin has local reaction.

On Tuesday, the city of Vernon hosted an information and consultation session, at which it asked the public for input regarding child care services.

For parents in Saskatchewan navigating the child services industry can be a stressful waiting game. Reduced child care fees thanks to government subsidies have eased that stress for some, but for others trying to get in on the savings…they are left with some difficult decisions.

Many people working in essential services are seeking child care through the handful of daycares that remain operational. Tim Roszell has more.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced during Tuesday’s coronavirus briefing that the province is taking decisive action to protect the most vulnerable in developmental services, child welfare and victims shelters by providing CA$40 million to help these community organizations with COVID-19-related cost such as purchasing masks and gloves to protect care workers and other frontline workers.

According to Alberta’s relaunch strategy, daycares could reopen as early as mid-May. As Tracy Nagai reports, essential services daycares say they’ve been able to provide a safe space for children throughout the pandemic.

Calgary parents are dealing with an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases at daycares. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, there are currently eight child-care facilities listed on the Alberta Health Services outbreak list.