The province is offering up to $17.8 million in grants to child care centres and approved family day homes as they prepare to open as part of Alberta's relaunch strategy.

An Edmonton daycare operator is asking the provincial government to modify rules to allow her and others to reopen with additional precautions.

Some Alberta parents have been left to juggle their finances after a subsidy aimed at helping stay-at-home parents was cut in the provincial budget.

Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel says a government led by him would provide vouchers and tax credits to help families with kids in daycare or after-school care.

The Alberta government has announced a $50,000 grant for a project to strengthen the profession of early childhood education.

Alberta is adding 100 more Early Learn and Child Care (ELCC) Centres to the $25-a-day daycare program and on Wednesday, most of the locations were unveiled.

The federal and provincial governments announced on Thursday they're committing $136 million over the next three years towards early learning programs in Alberta. 

Thousands of additional Alberta parents will soon enjoy paying $25 a day for child care.

Twenty-two early learning child-care centres across Alberta will participate in the three-year, $25-a-day daycare program, creating nearly 1,300 affordable spaces.

The Opposition Wildrose party is questioning the viability of an Alberta government plan to create one-thousand affordable daycare spaces next year with a maximum daily fee of 25 dollars a child.