Daycare

• New Ontario safety rules welcome after crash, not blanket solution: daycare coalition

  The province promised changes Thursday evening after a vehicle drove into a Richmond Hill daycare at pickup time on Wednesday, killing a toddler and several injured.

  Canada

  Sep 15
  
• Average child care wait 17 months in Manitoba: survey

  Childcare is also increasingly affecting parental employment, with 37 per cent turning down a job and 52 per cent delaying returning to work due to trouble finding child care.

  Canada

  Sep 2
  
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• Half of provinces won’t hit 2026 $10-a-day child care target, report says

  The $10-a-day child care program, announced in 2021, was a signature policy of former prime minister Justin Trudeau and had a 2026 goal to implement services nationwide.

  Canada

  Jul 9
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• B.C. daycare owner and operator charged with assaulting children

  Abbotsford police said that in October 2024 their major crime unit launched an investigation of children being assaulted at the daycare in East Abbotsford.

  Crime

  Feb 6
• 7 apparently connected Toronto daycares reverse plan to opt out of $10-a-day plan

  Seven Toronto daycares that told parents they would be opting out of the national $10-a-day program as of Jan. 1, have now decided to stay in the subsidized system.

  Canada

  Feb 3
• 14 Toronto daycares leave $10-a-day program; half of them appear connected

  "We're sort of forced to stay in the daycare for now," Johnson said. She has not yet been able to find a space in another daycare offering the reduced fees. 

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2024
• Flexible daycare in Vancouver says it’s at risk of closing

  Storybook Buddings offers parents up to 40 hours per month of flexible daycare, with as little as an hour's notice for drop-off. 

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2024
• Advocate calls on Alberta to opt out of $10-a-day child care plan

  An advocacy group is calling on the Alberta government to withdraw from the federal government's $10-a-day child care plan.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2024
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• Sask. childcare accessibility continues to be a struggle despite increased funding

  In May 2024 it was announced Saskatchewan would receive $27.7 million in funding from the federal government.

  Canada

  May 22, 2024
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• Langley city council could ban more daycares in downtown core

  There are four daycares in the downtown section - three on the one-way street - and council members are worried about the effect of more daycares on retail businesses.

  Politics

  May 21, 2024