Guidelines under development for reopening child care centres
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The Provincial Government has outlined a plan for the gradual lifting of restrictions currently in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the plan, regulated child care services can reopen as of May 11 under...
Quebec's move to reopen schools sows confusion, fear among parents
Elementary schools will open again next month, but not everyone plans to send their kids
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For weeks, parents in Quebec have been told to keep their kids close to home, off the...
You can’t reopen the economy without child care
As coronavirus lockdowns ease up, parents must choose between child care and work. Policymakers don't get it.
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Catherine Carberry would love to go back to work. The staffing agency...
Conditions for re-opening select licensed child care centres
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Child care centres being considered to accommodate the needs of essential service workers will be required to be in compliance with applicable zoning, health and safety legislation. This includes all...
Italians prepare to return to work, if they can find child-care
With businesses opening but schools and day care still closed, parents are wrestling with how or whether to return to their jobs
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ROME—More than four million Italians are getting...
May opening of elementary schools, daycares 'a necessary decision,' says Quebec education minister
Physical-distancing measures include classes limited to 15 students, one child per seat on school buses
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Education Minister Jean-François Roberge detailed how elementary schools and...
Experts say child care needs consideration in reopening plans
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REGINA -- Kelly Knowles has many questions about returning to work, including where her son would go.
The Regina hairstylist contacted his daycare after the Saskatchewan government announced last week that some...
A women's worth in a pandemic
One in three jobs held by women in the U.S. is deemed “essential” right now. Will we value that labor after the crisis has passed?
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At recent protests demanding that states drop stay-...
The men pushing to open the economy clearly don't need child care
There’s no way to send people back to work without providing safe, affordable child care, but the men in charge don’t seem to care.
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Waffle House reopened. I’m comfortable enough in...
Millions of dads are stuck at home - which could be a game changer for working moms
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Globally, more than 1.3 billion children are out of school because of the coronavirus pandemic. Parents are frazzled. Children are antsy. And the whole thing is proving a major shock to society.
