BC Daycare

• B.C. mom says daycares should not charge non-refundable deposits for wait-lists

  Emily Gawlick, executive director for the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), told Global News that charging parents to be placed on a wait-list is a common practice.

  Economy

  Jan 24, 2023
  
• Daycare in Central Okanagan announces unexpected closure

  Building Blocks Educare has two locations in Kelowna. One will close on Feb. 28 due to economic uncertainty while the other has been sold to another daycare business.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2023
  
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• B.C. daycares report delays in funding approval as more $10-a-day spaces announced

  The B.C. government is committed to providing 3,750 spaces as part of the 2021 budget but that number has to increase to 12,500 spaces by the end of this year

  Politics

  Mar 24, 2022
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• Penticton, B.C. childcare facility on track to open by fall of 2022

  On Wednesday, city officials and local community members gathered for a brief site tour of the new childcare facility in Penticton, B.C.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2022
• ‘A huge juggling act’: B.C. parents struggle daily with COVID-19 and daycare

  Daycare owners tell Global News they understand the pressure parents are under as the COVID-19 crisis continues, and says they are feeling the struggle too.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2020
• Election fact check: Do BC Liberals fund enough new workers in $1.1B child-care plan?

  The BC NDP has championed universal child care since 2013, and now the Greens and Liberals have rolled out election plans for heavily subsidized child-care spaces.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2020
• ‘The math doesn’t make sense’: daycares anxious on eve of NDP childcare rollout

  "There's a lot more questions that have come up now that the contracts are out. The math doesn't make sense."

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2018
• 1 year after Baby Mac’s death in a daycare, little has changed

  "The commitment I made was that Baby Mac's death would not be in vain."

  Jan 18, 2018
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• Parents of baby who died in Vancouver home want daycare system overhauled

  The parents of a toddler who died at an East Vancouver daycare last week are advocating for a reformed childcare system in the province.

  Jan 26, 2017