Parents' Pleas Win the Day: No Vancouver Schools to Close
Rather than shut schools to save money, district may expand their uses, including for daycare.

That Gap between Rich and Poor Is a Baby Killer: The deadly, unforeseen consequences of Canada's widening inequality.

We must do better for our children: Early Years Centres provide care and learning for young children while their families are at work, school or home

Building a better B.C. will take a cooperative effort

Families deserve support

BCGEU supports recommendations aimed at reducing child poverty

Margaret MacDiarmid back as B.C.'s education minister

Child Poverty Increasing In North Okanagan, Says Expert: Lynne Reside blames high cost of housing, child care

One in seven B.C. kids lives in poverty, child advocacy coalition says

POVERTY: Advocacy groups call for ‘living wage’

Improvements needed in child care development

Children’s rights are the responsibility of all British Columbians

[Langley] Douglas Park daycare shuts down
The YMCA's inner city daycare is closing its doors at the end of this year.

Child-care shortage hurts families, province

Boost Grade 4 Learning! OK, but How?
Premier Campbell vows all Grade 4 students will achieve at their age level in five years. Educators disagree about where to start.

Full-day Kindergarten Benefiting Kids, Says Chairman: Vernon District hopes for more funds for added students next year

Food bank use rises across Canada

Food bank use up five percent in B.C., says report

Finance committee wants B.C. back in the black ahead of schedule

B.C. agency tight-lipped over group home closures: Community Living B.C. has closed at least 19 homes this year

Raise B.C.'s minimum wage: MLAs' report

In open letter to the Premier, APPLE BC says education promise is 'totally unrealistic'

Whistler child-care situation has improved: Gaudet

Income tax cut is "slap in the face", First Call tells Premier Gordon Campbell

Where Is BC's Childcare Program? While government slowly ekes out a public plan for care of three and four-year-olds, advocates weigh in with a plan of their own.

Premier Gordon Campbell's policies made life tougher for single moms

Decade of failed policies will not end with Campbell's resignation

The night shift can be hazardous to your health, UBC study finds: Lack of sleep, higher workload increases likelihood of injuries

Poverty must be overcome

Parents of special-needs students left reeling by threat of closures

Provincial cash is welcome but parents have concerns
Premier Campbell wants all B.C. students to be on similar academic levels by Grade 4

The progress should be celebrated, but a gender gap remains

Indignation over taxes is costing B.C. kids

Centre targets vulnerable Strathcona kids: UBC researchers note neighbourhood's crime, violence

Lack of daycare is the crisis

The new kid in school: Abbott readies for education challenges

Child care challenges persist

BCTF finds lack of substance in Campbell's education announcements

Families, workers, service providers and advocates work together to address community living crisis

A road map for B.C. kids' future: Start early and save later
That's the prescription in a report intended as the road map for the future of B.C.'s children

Our Growing Challenge: Six ideas that could make a difference
The Province's Growing Challenge team offers its own suggestions for the future

What parents and government can do to help kids

City waives daycare’s rental fee again

Aboriginal kids in government care: 'It's an epidemic'

Locked-out parents struggle to find replacement daycare

B.C. gets failing grades for treatment of women: Provincial government fails to live up to standards set by United Nations, LEAF says

Report: Kids in government care continue to fall behind: One-in-four have no one in their family to go to

A report card on B.C.'s five-year-olds

In life, it's all about the first five years

Our Growing Challenge
'We have a very serious problem with inequality'

Three out of 10 B.C. kids on a path to failure

2011 budget should focus on five priorities

Day care coping with reduced demand

Strait Talk – Union of BC Municipalities

Group home closings stupid and cruel

MOMS Open Letter: Important questions re service plans for children with autism and other disabilities in BC

Children's centre requests rent reprieve

Re: "Shame on those parents whose kindergartner can't do their ABCs"

Poll shows support for social services

Mayors, labour group push B.C. to raise minimum wage

Rating Victoria: Vital Signs report

How debt creeps up on middle-income Canadians

Vulnerable students increasing in Nanaimo, decreasing in Cedar/Yellow Point

BC public servants at front line fighting privatization: Vulnerable citizens suffering from cuts and sell-offs.

Shame on those parents whose kindergartner can’t do their ABCs: Finland offers interesting ideas

Early Years Coordinator reacts to provincial ads

NDP Leader Carole James should acknowledge the impact of personal tax cuts for the rich

Cage match: Full day kindergarten versus the alternative

Study reveals many kids unprepared for school: In B.C. 30% of kindergartners are vulnerable in key areas

30 per cent of B.C. kids not ready for kindergarten

Closing autism intervention program a false economy

Millions to urge UN to keep poverty goals

B.C. needs to improve its aim: Children's representative says help for vulnerable kids needs to be targeted better

What needs to be done?

Tofino's public daycare numbers hit by full-day Kindergarten program

The real challenge has to be directed to the general public

Raising a child on a low income
Teresa Dalby talks about the challenges she and son Dale, 9, face every month.

Too many kids are kept out of after-school activities

Video: Full-day kindergarten kicks off a new school year in B.C [Coquitlam]
B.C. has introduced full-day kindergarten into its 2010 elementary school curriculum

North Shore embraces all-day K: 780 out of 1,060 NV kids in full program

Caring for children isn't optional

British Columbia: 'The province that doesn't look after its kids'

Parents protest lack of support: Long wait lists mean their daughter may never get help

Full-day K: Are we ready? New kindergarten programs lauded, but childcare providers wonder what's on the horizon

Hearings on 2011-12 B.C. budget begin

B.C. labour group renews call for a higher minimum wage

Investing wisely in young minds

Ignatieff heats up health issue

Full-day kindergarten ready to start here

Parents split on pros and cons of full-day kindergarten: Some keen to get kids launched, others worry about it being too much

Small projects, big impact

Back to school—all day

Burnaby Board of Trade [BBOT] tackles social issues in a big way

What to do with the kids

Big Brothers Big Sisters prepares to offer after school care program

New funding for Metro Vancouver migrant program

All-day-kindergarten a highlight for new school year

Back to School: Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid

Child Care Tough to Find

More tough times ahead for the Kaatza Day Care

Shortened Vancouver school calendar concerns community centre: Vision school trustee blames provincial funding

First day is big day: District has waiting lists for full-day kindergarten

Kindergarten predicts success in later life, study suggests

Investing in children: Interview with Dr. Clyde Hertzman

Childcare centre enrollment dropping

Bell sounding for full-day kindergarten

Carole James wants ideas for improving education

Schools nearly set for all-day kindergarten

Census aids city planners

Volunteer Centre offering child care solutions

Back to school: all day K concerns some child care advocates

Website offers anonymous child-care reviews

Cowichan's childcare crisis deepens, as care spaces lost

City council sees bugs in daycare approval process

Park board scuttles Kidstreet Clubhouse daycare: Cut affects more than 100 kids

Daycare gets go-ahead
But some neighbours say 25 kids too many near homes

Ucluelet daycare finally gets rolling with new coordinator and payroll volunteer

Canada’s greenest building?

Don't blame inclusion for failure of education planning

Taking Stock of Poverty in Southern BC
Canada Without Poverty tours province to unite advocacy groups, finds housing problems rampant.

Sparwood school building has new purpose

Province injects millions into summer school amid cuts

Replicate school successes -- don't reinvent the wheel

Caregiver agency group decries immigration changes

Canada's leaders promote health care for children everywhere but at home: Why? Because we have a disease fetish that is reinforced by the system

Scouts worried about effect of school board rental increase: Group warns it would be forced to cut back activities

Health screening now available to more B.C. children

The needs of Canada's aboriginal children

More children per caregiver

No quick fix for child poverty: Despite progress, Nanaimo's poverty rate continues to surpass B.C. average

Modular classrooms for full-day kindergarten

Detailing the cuts to Cowichan

Families face barriers to Vancouver childcare

Lack of location forces Kitsilano Daycare to shut down

Health care cuts are counterproductive; Instead of redirecting existing funding, Victoria should be expanding the infrastructure for public health

Principals, former SFU dean pressure gov't on school funds

Costly report 'not worth paper it's printed on': None of 42 ideas makes financial sense, say Vancouver trustees

Full-day kindergarten welcome

What the VSB report said - and didn't say

What the VSB report said - and didn't say

What the VSB report said - and didn't say

VSB chair Patti Bacchus goes to the mat for Vancouver's schools

B.C. Notebook

Council backs plan to reduce poverty

Trustees fear for their future following Vancouver report

Parenthood, incomes draw people to the suburbs

Capital Region's cost of living getting pricier

Vancouver looks at closing schools, raising rents and cancelling programs

Child-care groups wait anxiously as both parties get set to meet for the first time since report slammed board for alleged advocacy

Education-advocacy group responds to comptroller general's report on Vancouver school board

Child care produces tremendous economic benefits

Is Child Care Worth It? Absolutely. But then why do we not pay for it?

Poverty ideas abound: will is the issue

Child-care centre may get reprieve, but overall picture still grim

Childcare deserves recognition: Child care and early childhood development issues remain a concern in the North Okanagan.

Desks and chairs for Vernon schools

Government backs down in fight with Child and Youth rep

Poverty reduction will help educate youth

B.C. cabinet document debate heats up

Former judge urges B.C. premier to withdraw legislation regarding child welfare

Taxes: The new black for spring?

Commentary: BC Fed Opposes Unfair Taxes

Good schools influence their communities

B.C. children's rep wins court decision

Quality child care linked to kids' well-being

Trustees throw wrench in the works: … couldn't vote for budget

School cuts will be felt

Critics blast B.C.'s housing assistance policy

School adds learning community

No easy answers to social planning

BC's Beleaguered Child Protectors: Social workers say bulging caseloads, funding cuts and churn at the top are putting kids at risk

Sea to Sky Community Services eliminates infant daycare: Funding challenges lead to overhaul of subsidized childcare services

Daycares hit with hefty rent hike; SCHOOL DISTRICT #8: In order to bring fairness to system, local board passes rent increase to three regional facilities

Is Montessori right for your child?

Liberals look for scapegoats

Budget cuts to slice into teachers, janitors, more

What is the value of development?

Education minister doesn’t understand what a deficit is

B.C.'s child welfare watchdog files court action against government

Metro Vancouver living wage $18.17: CCPA

Analysts push for living wage; They claim basic expenses run you $18.17 an hour

The real cost of raising a family in Metro Vancouver

Trustees push to break budget law

Caregiver rules raise concerns

Federal budget misses mark: Skeena MP

Children's watchdog sounds alarm over new access rules

One city's bold act to give workers a 'living wage'

Study finds B.C. children becoming more vulnerable to failure

Education minister practises deadly neglect

Poll shows support for increasing early childhood spending

More classrooms needed for all-day kindergarten

Burnaby school board must find more than $5 million in savings

BCGEU joins growing call for B.C. poverty reduction plan

Public education system among best in the world despite chronic underfunding by B.C. government

Ask the right questions

B.C. trustees ask province to "redirect" private school funding to public education

Coffey breaks ECD dilemma

Education Minister Gets Schooled by Trustees

Re. “Spring break verdict soon”

CUPE BC's annual convention is calling on the provincial government to convene an emergency summit on the crisis in public education funding

B.C. Liberals accused of eroding public education

Angry parents not going away

B.C. Education Minister under siege over school cuts

It's a sad day' for students: trustee -- $6 million worth of cuts approved 5-2

Are Canadians paying too much in taxes?

Support schools not casinos

Beyond Boomercentrism: There is too much focus on boomers -- and not enough on the young

Trustees urged to continue battle for school funding

Educational programs that provide opportunities for early childhood development are disappearing

SD 5 faces deficit for 2010/11

School trustees deep concerns

School trustee's job is not easy

Hundreds turn out to protest B.C. Liberal budget cuts, HST in Vancouver

B.C. coalition to protest Gordon Campbell's cuts on Saturday in Vancouver

Use it or lose it: Board learns $900,000 in budget must be used for implementation of new Kindergarten program

VSB chair Patti Bacchus calls on parents to ask MLAs for more money for Vancouver schools

BCGEU adds new community social services members around B.C.

Daycare for teen moms could shut: Society that runs the centre blames 50 per cent cut to one of its grants

Childcare crisis a heavy burden for studious parents

Canadians are finally starting to rethink tax cuts

No all-day Kindergarten for Sea to Sky: Second reading of funding system showed no money for program

Special report: Parents struggle with daycare costs, availability and standards

After the pricey 2010 party, the poor take it in the teeth

Government funding up in the air: Sunshine Coast Success By 6 co-ordinator Sarah Pond is still waiting for some answers from the provincial government on program funding.

Trustees didn’t know about evicted daycares

B.C.'s minimum-wage workers are falling further behind
Eight-year freeze on increases will end eventually and the thaw will be painful

B.C. won't raise minimum wage: Coell
Province will not follow Ontario lead

Parents don't know which way to turn

Kindergarten expansion expected to cause space shortages

Walkers for Community Social Services Awareness Month

Slicing and dicing

School district scrambling over 'full day K': Promised new money from province to pay for full day Kindergarten has not appeared

School district expects $4.1M shortfall in ‘10

School funds unchanged despite cost increases

Daycare + education aids parenting teens: Neighbourhood House program offers support to young moms

Childcare forum to address North Shore issues

Decline in teachers worries union: Statistics show larger class sizes even with the overall number of students dropping

Cutbacks put daycare renos on hold

B.C. government won’t divulge details of preschool plan: Province first mentioned its intention to school three- and four-year-olds more than two years ago

Will Michael Ignatieff Stand Up for Women?

Cuts may affect Salmo daycare

B.C. cuts grants to daycares, preschools, playgrounds

Women need to band together to beat the Conservatives

The struggle for equality continues: Unions still in the forefront, on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day

Incoming BCTF president questions spending priorities

Women in the Canadian Economy

Bread and roses at IWD breakfast

Assistance recipients on government hit list

AS I SEE IT: International Women’s Day in Canada: Progress for all?

Those who need federal tax cuts least seem to get them

B.C. premier defends budget cuts

Shifting targets and a foggy budget

Hansen releases ‘stay the course budget’

Educators optimistic about early learning expansion

BC Budget 2010

B.C. tightens belt in budget, threatens thousands of jobs

No answer yet on Kindergarten compromise

Equality in Canada stalled, report says; Submission takes issue with federal government's upbeat assessment of women's rights

Trustees debate benefits of full-day kindergarten: Some argue current plan doesn't give all five-year-olds the same opportunities

Why are services to vulnerable children even on the table?

Mother unimpressed with promise to keep Champlain kids care program alive

Plea to sell school site rejected

Province to cut $10 million from services: Ministry of Children and Family Development demands agency reductions by April 1

Government's 'fresh look' not doing it for MLA

Full-day kindergarten on the books

Child care society ready to operate new Ucluelet daycare

Full day kindergarten for school district 52

Child care news good for parents

School district, partners send protest letter to ministry

B.C. looks to education, family tax in post-Olympic political agenda

Throne speech offers tax breaks, more preschool options and cheaper housing

Will parents be pressured to raise funds?

Looming care centre closure saddens parent, disturbs advocates -- YWCA early learning facility faces projected $120,000 deficit

It just doesn't smell right

All-day kindergarten starts at BICS this September

Vancouver DPAC makes appeal to education minister

B.C. government continues to turn its back on women at risk

Schools face fall overload

Child care is 'No. 1 social priority': Ignatieff

Fernie and Elkford Kindergartens to go full time – Sparwood and Jaffray have to wait until 2011

Editorial — Right choice on full-day Kindergarten

School board perplexed by rejection of kindergarten compromise
Full day kindergarten won’t be universal until September 2011

A perplexing message

Early learning development vital to success later in life

Why not spend taxpayer money on things that actually reduce crime?

DWV launches new childcare hub

Wise choice

B.C. teachers face layoffs in funding crunch

Children are the winners

Migrant workers are demanding the abolition of the Live-in Caregiver Program: Live-in caregivers claim they are being exploited

Fairy tale endings elusive for girls

20 Tri-City schools get all-day kindergarten in September

School district ready to embrace full-day kindergarten

QUESTIONS: About all-day kindergarten

Budget miscalculation puts strain on schools

Full-day kindergarten - some schools will have it, some won't

Full-day kindergarten in SD 79

Stephen Harper's prorogation of Parliament sets back work on key issues

North Coast Child Care Centre asked to pay $1000 more in rent

Child poverty is B.C.'s endless shame; Year after year, B.C. ranks worst among all the provinces in Canada