Nova Scotia Child Care

• N.S. NDP calls on province to submit child-care plan to access millions in funding

  Money for child-care in Nova Scotia would surpass $120 million, but the NSNDP says the province missed the deadline to receive the payment.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2023
  
• N.S. announces wage bump for most early childhood educators in regulated settings

  Early childhood educators will see raises between 14 and 43 per cent, depending on classification levels and experience, retroactive to July 4, 2022.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2022
  
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• N.S. daycare operators say sector in crisis amid staff shortages, rising costs

  Nova Scotia has promised daycares across the province a wage compensation program this fall to improve the pay of early childhood educators.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2022
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• Nova Scotia to offset 25 per cent fee reduction for child-care providers

  Nova Scotia said it will offset the 25 per cent fee reduction for parents which was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the provincial government.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2022
• Private daycares get more time to consider options as N.S. lifts deadline

  Operators who didn't like the options the province offered could continue operating privately but would forgo any funding they're currently receiving from the government.

  Education

  Jan 21, 2022
• Nova Scotia, federal government, cut child care costs by 25 per cent this month

  According to a March 2021 report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, families in the Halifax area pay between $853 and $957 per month for child care.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2022
• N.S. parents waiting hours for 811 callbacks as students return to school

  "I think it's good for people to screen and get through, but the process has to happen quickly, and right now it's not happening quickly."

  Health

  Sep 16, 2020
• Nova Scotia child-care centres facing layoffs to stay afloat until September

  Child-care centres in Nova Scotia opened two weeks ago, and centre directors say they are already feeling the pinch.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2020
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• Parents frustrated over wait-lists for care at new elementary school in Halifax

  A lot of parents say they're scrambling to arrange childcare for their children due to lengthy wait-lists for the EXCEL before and after school care program.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2019