childcare

Canada

Saskatchewan one of two provinces holding out on signing new federal child-care deal

Saskatchewan is one of only two provinces that has not yet signed a federal agreement for child-care funding. The other…

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US Election 2024

Rosen, Ernst tag team bipartisan childcare bill to expand access, affordability

Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat from Nevada, is taking proactive steps to address the ongoing childcare crisis that is impacting…

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Canada

Advocacy group welcomes reduction in child-care fees

Child Care Now, Canada’s national child care advocacy association, has expressed its approval of the recent reduction in child-care fees…

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Health

Ontario bans drug consumption sites near schools, child-care centres

Ontario has banned supervised drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and child-care centres. Ten facilities across the province will…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia eases its child-care subsidy qualifications

Nova Scotia has eased its child-care subsidy criteria so that more families are able to qualify for the assistance. The…

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Nova Scotia

$10M project will expand Mount Saint Vincent child-care centre amid ‘tremendous’ need

Melanie Waye has seen what quality child care can do. Waye’s son, Xander, attends the child study centre at Mount…

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Nova Scotia

YWCA Halifax proposes building inclusive, accessible child-care centre

The YWCA Halifax proposed building a child-care centre that would serve kids with disabilities last July, seeking $3 million in…

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Canada

Child-care costs are dropping across Canada. But some families are still waiting years for spaces

Ashima Arora was three months pregnant when she began looking for child care in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. Today, Arora’s son…

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Halifax

Families on wait-list but province on track to meet child-care deal targets, committee told

Officials with the Education and Early Childhood Development Department are adamant about meeting the province’s commitment of providing regulated $10-a-day…

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Halifax

New child-care expansion funding programs target Nova Scotia not-for-profits and family homes

HALIFAX, N.S. — Two new child-care programs launched by the Nova Scotia government aim to increase the number of spaces…

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