Alberta Daycare
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Alberta child care facilities take part in rolling closures to protest $10-a-day programA number of Alberta child care facilities shut their doors Tuesday, protesting what they say are problems with the $10-a-day child care program.EducationJan 30
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Alberta government announces $28M for more affordable private daycare spacesApplications are open to new and existing licensed non-profit and private facility-based child-care programs and family day homes interested in creating new child-care spaces.PoliticsOct 10, 2023
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Should Alberta reconsider its child care funding agreement?As part of the Alberta-Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, operators are required to provide audits.EducationJun 5, 2023
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Trudeau, Kenney promise $10-a-day child care across Alberta within next 5 yearsPremier Jason Kenney said Alberta child-care fees will drop by an average of 50 per cent by early 2022 and families will pay an average of $10 a day by 2025/26.CanadaNov 14, 2021
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‘Vital to our economic recovery’: Alberta and Ottawa renew child care agreement, boost subsidyAlberta and Ottawa have renewed a child care agreement that will see a subsidy boost for working parents and build up the early childhood workforce.EducationJul 23, 2021
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Conversations continue over whether Alberta will sign on to federal child-care programThe federal Liberals committed to bringing child-care fees to an average of $10 a day in regulated centres by 2025-26, at a cost of $30 billion over the next five years.EconomyJul 9, 2021
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Alberta child care facilities facing COVID-19 outbreak spike. Here’s whyAlberta child care facilities are experiencing a spike in COVID-19 outbreaks. According to Alberta Health data, more than half are in Calgary.EducationMay 17, 2021
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$25-a-day daycare pilot program introduced by Alberta NDP ends April 1"When we first told families that they were going to get this decrease on their fees, we had parents in tears," said YMCA GM Candace Stecyk.MoneyMar 25, 2021
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Alberta government announces one-time $561 child benefit for working parentsAlberta parents who use childcare will soon be able to apply to receive a one-time payment of $561 per child through a new Working Parents Benefit.PoliticsFeb 24, 2021
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Edmonton zone daycare with COVID-19 variant going ‘above and beyond’ AHS guidelinesThe daycare was initially notified of a positive COVID-19 case on Jan. 19. At that time, the owners shut down the entire facility for 10 days.EducationFeb 4, 2021
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