Francophone facility opens dozens of new child-care spaces in St. Norbert

St. Norbert now has dozens of new child-care spaces, thanks to the expansion of Les Toupies Inc., a francophone child-care facility at École Noel-Richot.

The Manitoba government says it spent more than $385,000 on the project, which added 72 new child-care spaces.

“Les Toupies Inc. offers infant, preschool, and school-age day child-care programs in the French language, which is essential for francophone children and families,” said Families Minister Rochelle Squires in a news release.

The expanded centre opened on Nov. 8, with seven child-care classrooms totalling 3,226 square feet. It also includes a kitchen, staff room, storage and office space.

The expansion enables Les Toupies Inc. to support early learning and child-care programming.

The site will accommodate an additional 16 infants, 40 preschool children and 16 school-age children — a total of 127 spaces.

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“We are so grateful to be able to accommodate families in need of daycare spaces in our francophone community,” said Marilyn Bosc, executive director, Les Toupies Inc.

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