5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (400+ words) Winnipeg 4" C, Partly cloudy with wind In the recent provincial budget, Manitoba took an important step toward reducing child poverty and strengthening our early learning and child-care system. By eliminating the $2-per-day fee for the lowest-income families receiving subsidized child…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (621+ words) Winnipeg -8" C, Sunny The Manitoba government was ill-prepared to meet its commitment to create 23, 000 non-profit child-care spaces when it signed a $1. 2-billion, five-year agreement with the federal government in 2021. Provincial auditor general Tyson Shtykalo came to that conclusion after he…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (877+ words) Early childhood educators are getting historic raises that amount to as much as $5 more per hour. | The Manitoba and federal governments announced a new wage grid for the local early learning and child-care sector Friday. | It sets out hourly targets…...