Owners’ association questions province’s decision to keep daycares open and warns of losing spaces as razor-thin profit margins are obliterated B.C. preschools and daycares remain open during spring break and lack substantial coronavirus pandemic guidance, says Amanda Worms, BC Child Care Owners
Flu season is in full swing, and local child care experts say if your kids are sick, they should stay at home — even if that means you, as a parent, need to take time off work as well. Tracy Fotiuk, executive director of Winnipeg’s Sugar n’ Spice day care, told 680 CJOB there’s a […]
In B.C., child care is nearly impossible to find and expensive to boot. Vancouver alone is short 16,274 spaces. Help is coming, albeit slowly Updated: June 14, 2019 Vancouver is thinking outside the box to boost licenced childcare spaces Kartiki Deshpande and her family love Vancouver, so there’s
Child care operators say the annual process to opt into a fee reduction program is again riddled with confusion and delays, a year after the NDP government first launched the strategy to tackle affordability. Amanda Worms with the B.C. Child Care Owners Association warned parents fees could jump by
Almost half of Canadian children live in “child care deserts” where there aren’t enough spaces in licensed daycares to go around, a situation that may force parents to leave their jobs at least temporarily to care for their kids, a new report suggests. The study, released Thursday by the Canad
Child care information for parents, providers and partners For Parents Lower child care costs If you’re a parent with one or more children in licensed care, you may be eligible for fee reductions starting April 2018. To be eligible, your licensed child care provider has to opt in to th
Looking in the best childcare center and what it needs to provide. Today’s economy now demands that both parents work and dedicate time to their children equally. The need for parents to work has increased over the last few years and society now is more open to provide work positions for mother ev
A look into the Daycare market The daycare market in Vancouver, Surrey and Lower Mainland mainly consists of businesses that provide child care services for toddlers and children. While most focus on children aged at the preschool level, some offer services for children a little bit older. The beaut
Choosing the best daycare that fits both for you and your child is an arduous task. Just like any job hunt or school application, the search needs to be done carefully (and ahead of time). “The best” is relative, and solely depends on what the toddler’s parents are looking for. It could be any
A Home Away from Home Child care can work wonders for parents. It allows them to go to work and not have to worry about their child being home alone or in the hands of an inexperienced babysitter. Sending them to a child care is their best bet, but one that is worth it. Not […]