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Province Seeking Clarity on How Ottawa's $5. 4 B Childcare Investment Can Be Spent
8+ hour, 30+ min ago (156+ words) The education minister says he is waiting to hear the finer details on how billions of dollars in new money for childcare from Ottawa can be used. Last week, the federal government announced $5. 4-billion over the next two years to…...
Province Funding New Corner Brook Daycare at MUN Campus
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (156+ words) The Marina Redmond Centre in Corner Brook, (VOCM News) A new childcare centre is being set up in Corner Brook. The provincial government is providing $665, 000 through its Operating Grant Program for the centre, which will be located in the Marina…...
Province Responds After Toddler Wanders Away from Child Care Centre
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (20+ words) The Minister of Education says a recent incident in which a toddler wandered away from a child care centre in. .....
YWCA Highlights Child Care Concerns After Local Operator Files for Creditor Protection
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (185+ words) The YWCA is concerned about the impact on families now that a private child care operator in the metro region is seeking creditor protection. Pitter Patter operates 259 child care spaces at four locations in the metro region, and the latest…...
Questions Raised About Commitment to $10-a-Day Childcare
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (183+ words) Assurances by the provincial government that $10-per-day daycare will continue for another year are raising more questions than answers. People who work in the sector were of the understanding that inexpensive child care was in place for 10 years " from 2021 to…...
Parent Defending Daycare That Was Shut Down by Government
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (242+ words) Parents are coming to the defence of a daycare in metro which has been shut down for two weeks because of violations of the legislation under which they operate. Paradise Daycare and Preschool was ordered closed by government just before…...