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Childcare
Kelowna child development centre fighting closure by provincial government
Kelowna’s Starbright Children’s Development Centre has been helping preschool children with special needs for 57…
Parents fight back against B.C. defunding Kelowna child development centre
There’s an old adage: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Parents with children at…
Why an Okanagan family is moving back to Vancouver to find childcare
The state of childcare in the Okanagan seems to have reached a crisis point and…
‘MORE THAN OUR MORTGAGE:’ Kelowna daycare boosted rates to $1,700 per month
Parents at a Kelowna day care are looking for answers after fees were raised $800…
The BC experiment that could transform child-care work
In 2021, the federal government promised $30 billion over five years to create tens of…
Kelowna’s Childhood Connections fighting to keep its doors open
Childhood Connections, a not-for-profit organization in Kelowna that offers several childcare resources, has lost its…
$2 million for new school-based daycare slots in Penticton
There are new childcare spaces at a daycare on elementary school grounds in Penticton. The…
Majority of BC residents support $10 a day childcare, but more spaces needed: poll
BC residents overwhelmingly support $10 a day daycare although less than 10% of all licensed…
Kamloops daycare with hundreds on waitlist plans expansion
A Kamloops daycare planning an expansion has a waitlist nearing 1,000. Children's Circle Childcare Centre…
More childcare spaces in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – West Kelowna families in need of childcare will have new options by…
The lengths some Kamloops parents must go just to secure daycare
KAMLOOPS – Emily Anderson didn’t need day care for her son until he was a…