Penticton Childcare
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City council approves final design for child-care centre to address Penticton childminding shortageThe city applied for and received a $2.9-million grant from the provincial government and the Union of BC Municipalities to build the child-care centre in Kiwanis Park.PoliticsMay 6, 2021
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City of Penticton granted funding to build new facility to address child care crisisThe city has received $2.9 million to replace the Edmonton Avenue Centre with a new child care facility.NewsSep 19, 2020
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Penticton, B.C., parents scramble to find child care as city develops action planThe City of Penticton says staff will compile data on the childcare shortage and present the findings and an action plan to city council in December.Aug 11, 2020
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Lack of affordable, quality child care is a crisis in Penticton: parentsChild-care operators say the industry is facing a labour shortage with a lack of early childhood educators in B.C. and pay is a major sticking point.CanadaJun 27, 2019
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‘We’re very frustrated with the government;’ aspiring Penticton childcare providers in red tape limboAspiring Penticton childcare providers are lambasting the NDP government for failing to grant funds to open the much-needed centre,Oct 9, 2018
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