5+ hour, 53+ min ago  (790+ words) An effort to address Banff's critical child care shortfall could see policy changes to reduce a more than 200-person waitlist. Banff's elected officials are having municipal staff look at potential grants to help facilitate new daycares or day homes and…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (523+ words) A tiny guest attended Monday's Fredericton council meeting in what could be a first-of-its-kind display of the increasing role women are playing in leading the municipality. Coun. Cassandra LeBlanc sat at her usual place at the council table, where she…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (599+ words) KidsAbility is laying off 21 more workers after a first round of layoffs saw 37 employees let go in October 2025, but the organization says services will not be impacted. In an emailed statement to CBC News, KidsAbility said "these decisions were not…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (532+ words) Parents could breathe a sigh of relief when they learned planned fee increases at a Kingston, N.S., daycare will no longer go ahead, after additional funding was granted by the province. On Monday, CBC News reported that families at Stepping Stone…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1023+ words) An upcoming update to the federal-provincial $10-a-day child-care program is missing important improvements for early childhood educators, according to an advocate in the sector. For Patrice Gordon, one of the most glaring gaps in the document that regulates the program…...

11+ mon, 1+ day ago  (746+ words) New Brunswick's child and youth advocate blasted the provincial government Thursday over what he calls the largest cut to the child welfare budget in decades." In a report Thursday, Kelly Lamrock"said Social Development's $208.3-million budget for this year"falls…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (838+ words) Working mom of two Jen Boyter says she was shocked when she pulled out a letter from her child's backpack informing her that their daily daycare rates would be going up significantly. Her kids attend Stepping Stone Preschool and Child…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (615+ words) Construction is underway on a new child-care centre in Halifax designed to support kids with disabilities and complex medical needs, but the project may not proceed as planned after the province denied additional funding requests." The YWCA Halifax is in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (466+ words) A union that represents some daycare workers in Nova Scotia says the province is withholding millions of dollars in wages dating back as far as two years. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) estimates 3,500 early childhood educators across the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (116+ words) Sask. parents blindsided by eligibility change to $10-a-day daycare'CBC Sask. parents blindsided by eligibility change to $10-a-day daycare Some parents are discovering that their children don't qualify for $10-a-day daycare, despite being told that they would. It only affects kids…...