Parents coping with lost day care spaces

Empty classes filling up with daycare kids

City moves ahead with density bonus

Child care kept on the agenda: Children’s Centre directors appeal to Village for support

Bad timing for service cuts

Daycare feels optimistic

Daycare spaces likely to remain tight; Economic crisis has no impact on services

Doing what comes naturally

Child care survey underway: Deadline is Dec. 31 for input on present and future child care needs

Social Planning Cowichan looks for feedback

MLA urges immediate investment

Daycare makes every effort to be green

Canada is tied for dead last when it comes to supporting child care

Unicef’s recent child care report

Condo developments adding childcare spaces

We all pay for poverty; B.C. needs a plan -- and the political will -- to tackle homelessness and lift up the poor

National strategy needed to help welfare incomes, says report

B.C. needs to tackle child poverty: report

SPARC report examines East Side moms

Harper a dangerous ideologue

BC's Children’s Representative says she's concerned over a memo that was distributed to workers in the Ministry of Children and Families this week

City plans strategy for child care

December 6, 2008: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Political Science 101 -- and beyond

Committed to quality care

Brighouse gets new quake-proof school

Mother's hopes for better life curbed; Mom with 5-year-old daughter struggles to make ends meet after moving to Kelowna from Vancouver

Rallies support coalition

Meeting a daycare need

Homes 'disgraceful'

Canada needs a national child care strategy now, advise paediatricians

Poll suggests education spending inadequate

Gilpin families need help: Without after-school care, families tell board, they will have to move from area

When the parent-work balancing act gets queasy

As  province maintains a sunny outlook, hope dims for children living in poverty

CHILD CARE: WCC programs closing this week
Staffing challenges continue; recruitment so far unsuccessful

B.C. watchdog wants improved services for special needs children
November 27, 2008

The truth about single moms

Government must step up

Too many B.C. children living below poverty line

B.C. child poverty a disgrace: Routley

Child-care 'hub' planned

Spring Creek daycare to close Friday

Daycare expansion almost complete

Okanagan kids are all right; Study shows Central Okanagan children healthier, smarter than average

Child poverty rate will grow, advocates warn

Old promise fails to end child poverty

Report card on child poverty proves misplaced gov’t priorities

Budget consultation report falls short: BC needs to invest in social services infrastructure

B.C. records worst child-poverty rate for fifth consecutive year

Advocate says Canada still failing on women's equality- UN report on progress made in last five years will be released next week

B.C. the worst in Canada for child poverty

Longtime trustee ready for new role: Vision/COPE election landslide creates new dynamic at school board

Our kids deserve better

BC has the worst child poverty rate in Canada

1 in 9 Canadian kids still live in poverty: Report

Report: 1 in 9 Canadian kids grows up poor; Group will call on Ottawa to raise child tax benefit, spend more on child care

Companies gain by paying living wage

Tories mum on poverty

B.C. government still studying all-day kindergarten despite economic downturn

Not so fast with expanded kindergarten, education minister says

UN report a 'condemnation' of Liberal failures on women's issues: NDP

Child centre opens

Make full-day kindergarten optional say candidates

Real economic solutions require listening to those who are affected; Investment in energy systems, environmental infrastructure, education and skills training needed

Child Care Bottleneck a Hot Voter Issue: Wait lists are long but empty classrooms stay off limits for care. Stressed parents are fuming.

Good food, good fun, and sincere thanks

More women in Harper cabinet, but still a one-man show

Vancouver's Shelagh Day honoured by Governor General

DNV looks at childcare 'hubs'

Ministry drops social from name

Making inclusive education a priority

Municipal elections too important to ignore

Day in the life

B.C. priorities: Is Campbell getting it right?

Province, WB weigh in on child care: WCC director welcomes help, but says staffing picture still looks grim

Nechako defies enrolment trend

Does decent child care only mean moms must stay tied to apron strings

Plans must include marginalized people

Canadians want to wage war on poverty: survey

Rich get richer, poor get poorer

B.C. lags behind on rights

Keep schools open during 2010 Games

Thoughts on the expansion of early learning in School District #46

Families deserve our support

Daycare not a luxury

Reason to hope for Spring Creek day care parents: Province asked to extend certification exemption for six months

Death of an ideal

Public sector workers hope to rebound, says BCGEU chief; Library Workers Settle

Four councillors look to return to N. Cowichan table

Growing income gap a warning to leaders
OECD report shows rift in Canada increasing at quick rate

What now?
An open letter to Linda Reid, Minister of State for Child Care, and Reid’s response

Two WCC programs threatened: Spring Creek infant, toddler streams face closure unless staff shortage is resolved

Staff shortage forces closure of Spring Creek programs - No certified staff for children from three months to three years

Daycare closure will be felt by all

Something has to give

A family crisis affecting all

'Tiresome' parents still awaiting child care

Government must support child care for parents

The price of childcare

Think of the children

Last call for election letters

Whistler Children’s Centre

Conservatives not so pro-family

Better transit top wish; Vital Signs survey also ranks housing, child care

Harper's attacks on women's rights
Women have reason to fear another Harper government

Province's kindergarten plan will put pressure on schools: SD 60

Harper has kept half his promises

Housing woes top ills list again; Report card sees upside in support for arts, festivals and charitable giving

Child care is good investment

'It's like a big traffic accident'; Nervous families worry how crash will affect them

Saanich-Gulf Islands town hall lively; Lunn, Liberal rival Penn hear cheers and jeers along ideological battle lines

'A powerful group': How parties are courting the female factor

Bad Olympics idea

Ucluelet community centre construction begins

Election Talk Forum: Issue of importance to me in the federal election - DAYCARE

Federal parties promising to pony up for families

NDP would hike corporate taxes, put money in child care and cities

10 tell us the questions they'd ask; From health care to child care, from amateur sports to greenhouse gases, local personalities pass on questions to Do It Better

NDP leader takes Kamloops by storm

Where they stand: Child Care

Corporate social responsibility means paying a living wage

BCTF urges more spending on education

Critics deride potential school closures during Games

Candidates sound off on the economy

All-women forum not a threat to men, democracy

Learning early lessons; If an ambitious education plan gets the OK, four- and five-year-olds in British Columbia will be able to spend full days in kindergarten classrooms, starting next September

Provincial Liberals 'out of touch' on child care, charges MLA

James fires at Campbell before applauding delegates

Layton blasts carbon tax: 'got to move much faster'

Pay raises for top officials still a hot topic

Vote against selling the school to the city

Older moms on the rise

Mothers of disabled children juggle work schedules: StatsCan

Childcare conference next month to boost community support

Re-born Harper hard to pin down

Daycare not child's play

Packed agenda for local politicians

Ed2go offers six-week on-line courses

Tough luck, kids

One doctor's perspective: Who is going to bat for our children?

Plenty of issues for voters to ponder

Woman power could decide Tory fate; Green leader hopes for Liberal shift as her party takes on Tory cabinet minister Peter MacKay

Does MLA get democracy?

Liberal candidate calls for tax on oil companies

Lack of day-care spots driving parents to extreme measures: Lining up overnight among ways frantic adults seek spots for kids

Candidates need to stand up for kids this election

Making Kids Comfortable With Kindergarten

New community centre for Elkford

Another set back for childcare; School District votes down City's offer to buy Max Turyk building

A step in the right direction

NDP promises child care; Tories would stop selling cigars to kids

Day 11: Big dollars for daycare, but trouble for a Tory

Liberal childcare plan: even more beer and popcorn for parents?

Liberals unveil B.C. election platform; Policies seek to erode NDP support

Residents are happy with life in Royal City

Much accomplished during last four years

Layton proposes major childcare program

Kitimat welcomes new child care

All-day school for three-year-olds a silly idea

Student migration around district creating pressure on Valley schools enrolment in Valley's schools

Child-care crisis an election issue

NDP slam Libs for cancelling fall session; MLAs' time better spent out talking to citizens, de Jong says

B.C. Legislature won't sit this fall

Advocates looking to ease child-care crisis

New ideas on way for old schools; A pilot project would see education and community services in the same building

Expanding kindergarten: An idea worth pursuing

Daycare promise again?

Dissecting Perks

Open letter to MLA Bill Bennett

Schools to become hubs; Vancouver school board wants to add daycares

High-quality after-school care is a good investment

Five schools promised a 'new life'; Pilot project to deliver education, services year-round to all ages

Kids Care survey coming to the Elk Valley

Four-day week has lower costs and higher morale

Advocates look to help ease child-care crisis

The Labour Day blues

Hard work, sacrifice and commitment; It's Labour Day: Let us reflect on what has made B.C. a great place to live

After-care isn't a luxury, it's a necessity; Families struggle to find programs to care for their children after the bell rings

B.C. has the highest rate of child poverty; Labour Day time to consider how children benefit when parents earn a living wage

Unions are changing as society changes

Empty daycares are seeking operators

Shift workers feel strain of irregular schedules; Wonky sleep patterns, lack of family time among complaints, study finds

The week

New columnist celebrates surviving another month

Equality slowly making its way into the home: Husbands and wives challenge old notions about household roles

Education critic's concerns find some sympathy here

After-school care in Vancouver hits crisis point

Food bank sees up to five new clients daily

Survey eyes expanded kindergarten; Children as young as 3 could be off to school

What has MP James Lunney done for the area?

Teachers' union boss reserved on early kindergarten

School board's Baxter to run again, Wiebe won't

Education Starts Early
B.C. is giving kids a Strong Start

Kindergarten for three year olds a great idea

Success By 6 adds two; Child development program taps new coordinators

Getting by getting harder for those in 'casual' jobs

Early kindergarten proposal gets kudos; 'This could be the most important development in social policy in this generation'

New locations found for SSCS child care
Programs were threatened by September closure of old community centre

Sebastian points to local areas of need, where surplus could be put to use

Kindergarten idea a big commitment

Kindergarten idea sparks space concerns

Positive sign

City's child care can't meet demand

Childcare situation in Cranbrook is dire

Aid for mentally disabled adults cut if IQ over 70
'Interim' order quietly signed by premier, minister

Important education

More time to talk about kindergarten options

Taxpayer group arguments not based in logic

EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CONSULTATIONS EXTENDED

Expanded mandates bring big school changes

CUPE BC calls for universal kindergarten for 3-5 year-olds

Kindergarten debate reopened

Classrooms approved for daycares

Couple upset after overseas agency charges would-be nanny $3,500 fee

It takes a nation to raise a generation

Limited access frustrates parents; Younger kids get one class a day

Forum coming on Kindergarten change proposal

Talks begin on full-day kindergarten proposal

School closures no risk to new classes: officials; Plans to expand kindergarten will require more space

B.C. should not abandon its disability support system

Childcare services not keeping pace with demand: parent survey

More than nap time
Kids may be ready for more kindergarten - but are the grown-ups?

Partnerships could work, says Cooper

Trustees call consultation timeline flawed

Kids pay price for B.C. school underfunding

Ministry 'flipping' on closures

When is it too early for school? Province considers full-day kindergarten for four-year-old children by 2010

Full day kindergarten hot educational topic; Government also looks into offering free full day pre-kindergarten

The E Word: Harper hostile to equality

City plan examines social sustainability; Housing, child care among issues that will be explored in new strategy

DIVIDED AND COMPROMISED: Cabinet Changes Contradict Commitment to Community Living

B.C. reverses view on school closures

Child care cash ‘definitely not enough’

Quebec leads the country in stay-at-home fathers

Denying income inequality won't make it go away

It's time to change our attitudes about daycare

Transit pass a ticket out of welfare; 'Expected-to-work' beneficiaries need transportation to look for a job, which will benefit all in the long run

Denmark vs. B.C.’s daycare values

More cash urged for day care: Labour Congress seeks to improve B.C.'s failing grade

Teddy Bear operator sought
Daycare may stay open until ’09; space’s long-term destiny undecided

Right reasons needed for school daycares

Government gets low grade for child care

Federal gov't, most provinces failing on daycare

Vancouver Filipino women are finding a voice
Conference to explore issues of eduction, identity, work, family, and more

Quality, affordable child care not in Canada

New labour leader takes on gag law; Union boss wants to take on laws passed by the provincial Liberal government

One big issue missed by province: fighting poverty

Daycare seeks city’s OK

Negative daycare decisions

Daycare to remain open, for now
Millennium Place Society to issue request for proposals for third party to operate day care

Daycare helps at-risk kids

EDITORIAL: Essential in every way
THE ISSUE: Child Care. WE SAY: It's as essential a service as health care or education

Providers face staffing crisis, Local daycare workers struggling with low wages

District gets daycare pact, Society assumes role of operating facility

Four Cowichan schools get a reprieve; Somenos, Koksilah, Tansor and Mill Bay elementaries stay open to cheers, tears

No one should have to choose between kids and a career

No one should have to choose between kids and a career

Families lives remain on hold while board waits for advice

Last-ditch Cowichan childcare plea made

'Living wage' climbs to $16.39; Families feeling increased pressure as costs skyrocket

Parents to urge schools be kept open

Poor pay outweighs demand for child care

Foolish change in child care regulations

The things that Campbell will ignore a year from now

Critic leads child care forum

Child poverty rate in city one of B.C.'s worst

Who can afford parenthood?

NDP want B.C. to follow Quebec

Nelson mulling City Hall day care

Capital-area child-care projects include former Lampson school

Daycare no child's play

It takes more than a village

B.C. has worst child poverty

Pre-school education pondered for schools

City to review its childcare policy in May; Council decides thorny zoning issues will be part of discussion

Caregivers need more than just respect this Child Care Month

University women explore issues

Fraser Valley incomes rise and fall

Task force explores child-care options

Right-wing rule means rich gain while poor pay

Child care is a community issue

Women still earn less than men for same work, census says; Sizable pay gap persists and widens with age, despite rise in women's education levels

Childcare Design Guidelines dropped

NDP in town for day care fact gathering; Common Complaints: Wages Too Low, Funding Not Stable

Very little licensed daycare space in Vancouver

Income inequality on the rise: census

Almost 900,000 Canadian children living in poverty, StatsCan finds

Manitoba childcare plan offers lesson for Campbell Liberals

Dollars & Sense; Whether you have kids or not, quality childcare is at the heart of a healthy economy

KGH staff help food bank

Day-care work not on their agenda
Child-care centres struggle for staff as students seek higher-paying opportunities elsewhere

Province funds new childcare upgrades

Study highlights welfare problems; Income assistance cut for arbitrary reasons

BCGEU child care organizing team member meets with local workers

Should three-year-olds be in school all day?

Does daycare fit with Millennium Place? Issue not as simple as daycare or no daycare

CUPE convention supports sustainability resolutions

Welfare system ineffective, study concludes
Poorest people in B.C. left scrambling to survive, move out of poverty

Webpoll - Do you need daycare for next year?

Okanagan mayors discuss growth

Destination daycare eyes expansion
Closure of Teddy Bear Daycare offers opportunity

Not an option

Buildings have number of money-making uses

Childcare service hits new low

Parents tired of hearing same old lines

Forum addresses child-care concerns

Coast Child Care Gets Boost

Round table on child care

Petition aims to retool school use; Gov't urged to rethink formula based on 'bums in seats'

Quality childcare is about more than making sure the kids are kept busy while parents are at work

TRU students say child care should use Bizpal approach

Groundbreaking turns heartbreaking for working parent

Enrolment down, daycare demands up

Lets Make It Happen

Opposing signs on downtown Eastside

Programs impacted

Richmond parents line up for days to get daycare for kids: One of the lucky ones

Daycares get affordable rent in district schools

Mom camps out for daycare spot

Teen child-care 'crisis'

Meeting to focus on child care workers' issues; Attracting and retaining employees becoming more and more difficult, say child care advocates

Tories lagging in child care: report

New budget fails women

Teddy Bear parents, officials to meet tonight: Petition opposes daycare closure

24 hours

Save schools for future, government told

Daycare shortage part of welfare trap

City day-care workers … to join union

NDP wants legislated program for universal child care

Mayor hosts forum on childcare situation

Cash concerns stall project - Temporary child-care facility proposed

Confirm schools as viable

Conservative priorities are wrong

MP: Act on employment report

Lack of child care blocks women from the workplace

Kids thrive in childcare centres

Educational Supports for Income Assistance Clients

Child Care Provider Issues

Our Future; Childcare is not just a problem for parents with young kids, it impacts us all

Petition launched to save MY Place daycare
With daycare capacity elsewhere, society looking at meeting needs of arts and culture sector

Standardized tests he'd like to see

Petition presented to Liberal MLA Richard Lee

Women lose ground on pay

Students won't go hungry; School board will not cut lunch program for over 200 children

Surrey Families Need Access to Affordable Child Care

Daycare grasping for staff

Daycare closure necessary, despite concerns: officials
Whistler mom unhappy with decision to close Teddy Bear in June

Tories script faithful

Business turns eye to child care, transportation; Regional chambers of commerce push issues onto provincial agenda

Former school to house new child-care spaces

Low wages causing widespread recruitment problems in community social services--study

Early-learning success is crucial for all of society

Politicians debate best learning environments for kids under 5

MLA tackling 'patchwork' care

Early childhood educators make impact

Employing more women helps economy work; Investment banker's study says making it easier for women to enter paid workforce would solve many difficult social problems

Canada ranks last when it comes to public spending on regulated child care

Advocate says Province is failing kids

Alternate school calendars approved for one more year

Childcare in crisis advocates tell brass

Men working fewer hours: StatsCan

Women streaming into medicine, but avoiding surgery; Majority of first-year medical students in Canada are female

NDP critic weighs in on challenges of child care

Waitlists for child care a growing problem - despite government claims

A lot wrong with SD79 proposed school closure

Critic gets earful on Valley childcare

Parents caught in scramble for child care; Minister says B.C. is doing its part to whittle down lengthy wait lists

MLA rolls out child care

House arrest better than prison

Early childhood educators in short supply

Sing-a-long welcomes StrongStart; Belated grand opening held for Fruitvale children's centre

Childcare critic coming to Valley

Bursary programs will aid early childhood educators

Labour Congress highlights pay inequity on International Women's Day

Young offenders study says early intervention will reduce numbers

NDP Raising -- and touring -- B.C.; Party aims to find out from the public what's wrong with system

Day reminds us never to become complacent

Report says BC women are 'Still Waiting for Justice'

Women still making less than men, report says

Don't sell school land

Budget debate ended by closure

MCFD minister must make public plans to slash services to people with disabilities

It's an injustice to deny children with learning disabilities equal educational opportunities

It's an injustice to deny children with learning disabilities equal educational opportunities

Solutions exist for homelessness problem

MP pans federal budget

MP speaks at Women's Day breakfast event

Unpaid care for children, seniors on the rise in Canada

Trail recognizes social services month

Budget's medicine wrong for Canada, claim nurses; They wanted to see extra money for additional workers

Men inch forward in housework, childcare, but still lag behind women: census

Kindergarten age must stay the same

Child care a joint effort

Money welcome, but mayor skeptical

Closures threaten childcare spaces

Equality is not just an exotic add-on to our human rights; Women's right to equality under the law, to substantive and procedural equality, is part of who we are as Canadians

MLA: Liberals not serious about climate change

Relief for parents with day care woes

NDP won't embrace Harper's agenda

Little for poor in budget

Special-needs report damns gov't

Women Call For New Budget Priorities

What's best for baby?; Scientists have answered some, but not all, of the vital questions about children

District to try to include daycare kids in numbers

Crying out for care

Child care relief needed

The face of poverty

Tory Story; If no one wants a spring election, why are parties behaving as though they do?

Harper boosts military spending, announces bigger annual increases
Feb 21

Nothing has changed for B.C. kids, budget critics say

Children’s centre doors open

Laudable green initiatives come at expense of social needs

Social advocates say more funding needed

CDC to feel impact of new regs

Businesses turn attention to seniors

Child-care 'hub' planned

Report says we need a plan to reduce poverty in the province

'School Monitor' group vows closure battle

All-day kindergarten benefits today's child

Trustees await Budget with skepticism

Families, educators can't wait for 2009

Child-care strategy will offer results for long term

Education initiatives include all-day kindergarten

Kindergarten overhaul proposed by Liberals

Getting a leg up

Coming election offers reason for some serious thought

Colourful daycare crusader was mentor to moms; Lucille MacKay remembered by friends as a larger-than-life personality

All-day 'K' popular idea: province

A better start for B.C. students

Regional homeless numbers set to rise

‘I finally gave up'

B.C. to explore kindergarten expansion; Agency to study feasibility of all-day classes for children as young as three

Liberals consider full-time kindergarten

Between the lines of the throne speech

Kindergarten

Liberals get health-conscious; Throne speech takes aim at wide range of health-related topics

Forum examines child care

Throne speech all about you
Nestled in among a plethora of new programs promised by the Liberals, is a focus on the role of the individual

Throne speech calls on B.C. citizens to halt global warming

Flaherty eyes lean budget: Finance minister to submit fiscal plan on February 26

Replacing ourselves as the birth rate declines

Kid-friendly strategies sought; An overlooked age group is the target of Wednesday's meeting

Forest help expected in budget

Cut to GST does little to make child care, housing affordable

Cowichan parents battle to keep schools open; Trustees grappling with budget deficit to make final decision in early April

Federal budget should invest in families and communities

'We must stay the course on preparing infants'

Child care helps to fight poverty

GST cut means programs cut

Child allowance a disappointment

No women here? There'd be chaos

Daycare proposed for new school

School district offers child care assistance

Residential care facility to open in March

Everyone should lobby for child care

Daycare eyed in new school; Plan would include spaces during design phase

NDP Party on election trail; Party leader, Carole James, pays a visit to Port Alberni party members

New daycare spaces to help at-risk mothers

Parents face day care dilemma

Harper sets economy as key theme in election-style speech

City council supports expansion of daycare

The city shouldn't be stampeded into giving away the farm to BC Place

Early childhood educator profession under-valued

Put poverty on the agenda

Schools under capacity: Boudreault

Child care crunch continues

Meeting stimulates solutions to labour shortage

Symposium looks at future of Delta schools

Daycare support would aid literacy

New daycare subsidy rules help parents

Quality daycare now shapes future of Kelowna's leaders

Daycare in demand

Companies woo employees with family-friendly policies

Part-time workers need daycare

North Peace Views; What do you feel are the most important issues that need to be covered at the 2020 Visioning Conference?

Child-care stories sought

Northern B.C. faces challenges when it comes to childcare; Early childhood educators need high level of schooling but face low wages after leaving the classroom

Summerland wants province to reinstate revenue sharing program

Fed budget worst decision of 2007

New Year wish is more hope for all

Living life as a single mom

StrongStart - it's free and fun

Daycares to expand despite staff shortage

Consult with taxpayers

Roller coaster year for school district

Council 'clueless' about real world

Day care deadline clarified

B.C. child-care subsidy changes help parents save money

Child-care experts to speak at forum

Test waters before free daycare

Clark wants city to foot the bill

Savoie making a difference for children, parents

MLA touts large projects

Early childhood development a priority in Sparwood

ECE incentive program not enough

Funding welcome, deadline 'impossible'; Day care grant comes with unattainable start-up schedule

SFU among two top employers

Targeted child care misses mark

Child care space option could be density trade-off

Conservatives need women's vote for majority

Government needs to better value children

New plan ramps up housing fund in city