North End child care group building permanent home after 6 years of fundraising
Little Stars Playhouse on Selkirk Avenue will have spaces for 28 kids, infants
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A centre for North End kids and families will soon have a home of its own. The first shovels full of...
Quebec childcare unions want regular wages resumed, pandemic changes overturned
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MONTREAL -- Childcare unions are demanding the province resume regular wages for workers in their industry, overturning changes put in place during the pandemic.
The Fédération des intervenantes en petite...
Limited secondary transmission of SARS-COV2 in child care programs — Rhode Island, June 1–July 31, 2020
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Limited transmission of COVID-19 found in U.S. childcare study, CDC says
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Transmission of COVID-19 from children or adults to other people in Rhode Island childcare programs occurred on only a limited basis, a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on...
Economic and fiscal snapshot 2020
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Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May urge Trudeau to help women and immigrants hurt by COVID-19
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Recent immigrants saw jobs disappear quicker and rebound more slowly than Canadian-born people this spring, while child-care centre closures meant that women dealt with more unpaid work at home and saw their...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Childcare is 'infrastructure for families'
In her speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) discussed Joe Biden's economic vision and his plan for affordable quality childcare for all.
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To follow in Freeland’s footsteps child care must be a national priority
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This week, upon accepting her historic appointment to become the minister of finance, Chrystia Freeland encouraged women across Canada to “keep going” and continue to break glass ceilings of their own.
It will...
Furey doubles down on $25-a-day child care on 2nd day of business
New premier says he's focused on adaptable back-to-school plan and economic diversification
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In his first full day as premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Andrew Furey said he is...
Affordable and accessible childcare in BC
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC's Sharon Gregson discusses what progress has been made in terms of affordable and accessible childcare with host Stephen Quinn
