Daycare Spaces

• B.C. daycare operator says provincial red tape could close facility

  Stefanie Swinnard has run The Stage Musical Theatre Academy for more than a decade and after the pandemic, she planned to open daycare and after-school programs.

  Education

  May 1
  
• Nova Scotia to meet 2026 targets for daycare under federal funding deal: officials

  Nova Scotia is on track to create 9,500 new daycare spaces by March 2026 under an agreement with the federal government according to Education Department officials.

  Canada

  Jan 17
  
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• 100-plus childcare spots open in Penticton, B.C., with more to come

  OneSky Community Resources will operate a new centre that opened Friday on Edmonton Avenue. The facility will have six child-care rooms, office space and kitchen equipment .

  Education

  Sep 8, 2023
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• Rentals, daycare space needs still high in Kelowna but developers stepping forward

  Kelowna currently has below a 0 .6 per cent rental vacancy rate and city and increasing it is key to keeping rental rates under control. The new building on Gordon Drive will help.

  Economy

  Jun 28, 2023
• Nova Scotia to create 1,500 new daycare spaces by the end of this year

  Nova Scotia says it will create 1,500 new early learning and child-care spaces by the end of the year, as part of the child-care agreement signed last summer with Ottawa.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2022
• Families struggle to find child care as Nova Scotia licensing freeze prevents spaces opening

  'We made our program consultant aware in May that we were planning on doing this and for all intents and purposes had their go-ahead to do so,' says a daycare owner of lost spaces.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2021
• New $10-per-day plan a breath of fresh air: Manitoba Child Care Association

  The news that Manitoba has signed on to the federal government’s $10-per-day child-care plan is music to the ears of the Manitoba Child Care Association.

  Education

  Aug 10, 2021
• More licensed home-based child care providers needed in Saskatchewan

  The Canada-Saskatchewan Early Learning and Child Care Agreement provides funding for the creation of new licensed child care spaces in the province, officials said.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2020
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• ‘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
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• Liberals announce new child-care agreement, but who will it help?

  The federal government has unveiled major new child care investments. But who will this money help, and is it enough?

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2017