Tag: daycare
over 1 year ago
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Toronto parents less likely to see reduced daycare fees than almost anywhere else in Ontario

For-profit daycares opted out of $10/day child care program at much higher rate than non-profits, a Star analysis found.

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over 1 year ago
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Hoping for $10-a-day child care? Here’s how many Toronto daycares opted in to the federal program

While most of the city’s 1,054 licensed child care providers have joined, 169 providers — 16% — opted out or did not ...

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over 1 year ago
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How intense pressure from for-profit daycares has transformed Ontario’s rollout of $10-a-day chil...

Ontario has stripped some checks and balances from its funding rules, which observers say threatens to compromise the...

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over 1 year ago
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Ontario weakened its $10-a-day child care funding rules. Now the federal government is demanding ...

Provincial education minister’s office says cost controls remain in place and will ensure child care fees are lowered.

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almost 2 years ago
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Just Another Day

What began as just another day for the McLellan family in Strathroy, Ont. would end with young Nathaniel clinging to ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Graduation Day

What began as just another day for the McLellan family in Strathroy, Ont. would end with young Nathaniel clinging to ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Shattered Faith

What began as just another day for the McLellan family in Strathroy, Ont. would end with young Nathaniel clinging to ...

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almost 2 years ago
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A mother fights back

What began as just another day for the McLellan family in Strathroy, Ont. would end with young Nathaniel clinging to ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Suspicion

What began as just another day for the McLellan family in Strathroy, Ont. would end with young Nathaniel clinging to ...

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almost 2 years ago
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The Daycare

What began as just another day for the McLellan family in Strathroy, Ont. would end with young Nathaniel clinging to ...

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about 2 years ago
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Child-care deal for Ontario ‘happy news’ for families, but will there be enough spots?

Advocates, analysts applaud the deal but are skeptical that spaces can meet demand, and that promised wage increases ...

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about 2 years ago
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Insiders say Ottawa will add millions in funding to convince Ontario to join national day-care pr...

Ottawa is looking at spending hundreds of millions more to create additional child care spaces in a move to secure On...

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about 2 years ago
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Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford agree $10-a-day child care deal for Ontario parents is coming ‘soon’

It’s the clearest signal yet that the Ontario government is finally set to sign a deal with Ottawa to deliver $10-a-d...

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about 2 years ago
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With deadline looming, why hasn’t Ontario signed a child-care deal yet?

With the end of the fiscal year looming — which could mean losing this year’s funds — and parents in other provinces ...

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about 2 years ago
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$10-a-day child-care deal for Ontario is ‘very, very close,’ Doug Ford says

A “confident” Premier Doug Ford says a deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deliver $10-a-day child care to Ont...

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about 2 years ago
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Insiders say Ontario is ‘very close’ to deal for $10-a-day child care

Ottawa and Queen’s Park are “very close” to a deal on $10-a-day child care, the Star has learned.

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about 2 years ago
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Confusion reigns as daycares, parents sort through latest COVID rules

Public health units will no longer dismiss whole daycare cohorts based on a single confirmed case, but some operators...

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about 2 years ago
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Parents want COVID tests for kids in daycare as potential staff shortages loom

“The sector is really in the biggest crisis that we’ve been in since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Amy O’Neil,...

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over 2 years ago
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Hurry up, Kathleen Wynne tells Tories as negotiations for child-care funding continue with Ottawa

As provincial and federal officials quietly negotiate on $10-a-day child care, former premier Kathleen Wynne is pushi...

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over 2 years ago
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Is Ontario within reach of a deal for $10 daycare?

There is mounting optimism at Queen’s Park and in Ottawa that Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can...

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over 2 years ago
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Insiders say Ottawa and Ontario officials will meet next week to hammer out a daycare deal

The governments of Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are finally sitting down to formally negotiate...

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over 2 years ago
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Ontario would be ‘shortchanged’ by Ottawa’s $10-a-day child-care proposal, Doug Ford says

Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland are holding back-channel talks aimed at reaching a deal...

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over 2 years ago
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Justin Trudeau calls on Doug Ford to make a daycare deal after Alberta signs up

Pressure is mounting on Premier Doug Ford to hammer out a child-care deal with Ottawa after Alberta Premier Jason Ken...

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over 2 years ago
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Ontario has 3.5 billion reasons not to sign on to Ottawa’s daycare plan — for now

The federal Liberal and the provincial Progressive Conservative governments have publicly staked their turf when it c...

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almost 3 years ago
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A third of Ontario schools still have dangerous levels of lead in drinking water – two years afte...

The most recent data shows one in 10 water quality tests from Ontario schools and daycares found lead levels above He...

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almost 3 years ago
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Man in alleged possession of child pornography had daycare running out of his home, police said

Police said they are still investigating whether the man has any involvement with the operation of the home-based day...

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almost 3 years ago
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Toronto’s new daycare COVID-19 testing program provides a child-friendly way to test — and get a ...

Repeated trips to the testing centre have become a torturous reality for every daycare family. As families hot spots ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Ottawa ready to spend billions to boost non-profit, regulated child care across Canada

Ahmed Hussen’s vision for the federal plan for a national child-care program would direct $9.2 billion a year of fede...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘People were in tears’: Jubilation among child care advocates turns to focus on the work ahead

Child-care advocates are rejoicing that Monday’s federal budget includes an unprecedented $30 billion to go towards b...

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almost 3 years ago
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With COVID-19 rising in daycares in COVID hot spots, ‘If you can keep your kids home now is the t...

Meanwhile, advocates are calling for child-care staff to be immediately prioritized for vaccination — a move that wou...

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almost 3 years ago
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Child-care workers in hot spots say they should be vaccinated alongside teachers

Early childhood educators are only eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine if they work in a school with school-aged children.

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about 3 years ago
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More kids pulled out of Toronto-area daycares during the pandemic than any other part of the coun...

A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds a “strong correlation” between higher child care fe...

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about 3 years ago
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Ontario allowing some before and after-school programs to expand hours

The change was welcomed by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada and the YMCA, but opposed by some child-care advocates ...

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about 3 years ago
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Ontario’s child-care sector needs more support to survive COVID second wave, advocates say

A coalition of advocates is calling on the province to provide “stability funding” to child-care centres, reinstate t...

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about 3 years ago
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City looks to provide emergency child care to essential workers during post-holiday remote learni...

Child care programs for infants, toddlers and preschoolers will continue to operate as normal during this time, the c...

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over 3 years ago
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Parents, advocates and city staff unite in opposition to Ontario’s proposed changes to child care

In two separate reports there was unanimous opposition to the proposed changes, which include allowing child-care ope...

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over 3 years ago
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Ontario is proposing ‘sneaky’ changes to child care

Grouping infants and toddlers together, reducing staffing ratios and lowering qualification requirements for some sta...

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