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Female leaders call for progress on $10-a-day child care in B.C.
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (220+ words) A coalition of women in B.C., made up of former MPs and MLAs and current leaders, is calling for progress on the $10-a-day child care plan. Former MLA Katrina Chen, who helped develop the program, says it's been life changing for…...
Families reeling after Alberta ends child-care subsidy | CBC News
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (664+ words) Some Alberta parents were'caught off guard by changes announced Thursday that will raise their daycare bills by hundreds of dollars a month starting' April 1. "It's shocking," said Robyn Sloboda, a Grande Prairie resident with two children in daycare. "We're really…...
Chronic understaffing, high burnout: Child welfare system in B.C. is in 'crisis,' investigation finds | CBC News
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (622+ words) Chronic understaffing'and the excessive workload and burnout that comes with it have the people'in'charge of protecting British Columbia's most vulnerable children'in'a state of'crisis, the province's representative for children and youth'says. Jennifer Charlesworth's report'says'it is the latest'in'decades of studies laying out…...