NEWS ARTICLES
2006
Our government values child care
by Reid, Linda
SOURCE: Prince Rupert Daily News, 9 Nov 06
Child care plan needed because kids are worth it!
by Coons, Gary
SOURCE: Prince Rupert Daily News, 3 Nov 06
Future of childcare subsidies unclear after June
SOURCE: Vancouver Island News Group, 11 Oct 06
NPA approves childcare review: City's strict standards limiting spaces
by Hasiuk, Mark
SOURCE: Vancouver Courier, 11 Oct 06
City Hall looks at child-care involvement
by Loy, Irwin
SOURCE: 24 Hours Vancouver, 6 Oct 06
Child-care fund runs short of dough
by Loy, Irwin
SOURCE: Canoe.ca, 24 hrs, 29 Sep 06
Subsidy program protected
SOURCE: Cariboo Press, 13 Sep 06
Child care issue tackled two ways
Queen Charlotte Islands Observer, 26 Jul 06
City backs child care: Council joins campaign to push for federal funding
by Hilborn, Dan
SOURCE: Burnaby Now, 7 Jun 06. Excerpts in html
B.C. to push Ottawa for more child care dollars
by Rudd, Jeff
SOURCE: Victoria Times Colonist, 1 Jun 06. Excerpts in html
Krueger disagrees child-care funds cut
by Fortems, Cam
SOURCE: Daily News ( Kamloops), 25 May 06. Excerpts in html
Protesters rally at legislature over child care concerns
by Rud, Jeff
SOURCE: Times Colonist (Victoria), 19 May 06. Excerpts in html
Groups fear Tory plan
by Mike Younds
SOURCE: Kamloops Daily News, March 21, 2006. Excerpts in html
Day care rents to rise up to 600%
by Eve Edmonds
SOURCE: Richmond News, March 10, 2006. Excerpts in html
Child care plan's demise costly for B.C.
by Ian Bailey
SOURCE: Vancouver Province, March 2, 2006. Excerpts in html
Co-Chair of Provincial Child Care Council resigns in protest
SOURCE: CKNW News Talk Radio, February 7, 2006. Excerpts in html
BC child care waiting for money from feds
SOURCE: CKNW News Talk Radio, February 3, 2006. Excerpts in html
Candidates tangle over poverty issues
by Dan MacLennan
SOURCE: Courier-Islander, January 18, 2006
2005
Human rights violated
by Michelle King
SOURCE: Penticton Herald, October 19, 2005. Excerpts in html
Extra cash should go to child care
by Timothy Peters
SOURCE: Kamloops Daily News, October 17, 2005. Excerpts in html
Region sees $350,000 of federal fund for children
by Jeff Bell
SOURCE: Victoria Times-Colonist, October 13, 2005. Excerpts in html
Child care deal official
by Jonathan Woodward
SOURCE: Globe and Mail, September 30, 2005. Excerpts in html
B.C. poised to join child care deal as alarms raised about for-profit centres
by Sue Bailey
SOURCE: Canadian Press, September 28, 2005. Excerpts in html
Dialling for daycare a depressing fact of life for B.C. working moms
by Elizabeth Hoath
SOURCE: Vancouver Province, September 23, 2005. Excerpts in html
Martin to pledge $633 million for child care, learning in B.C.
by Peter O’Neil & Miro Cernetig
SOURCE: Vancouver Sun, September 7, 2005. Excerpts in html
Day care deal with Ottawa "imminent"
by Jane Armstrong
SOURCE: Globe and Mail, August 18, 2005. Excerpts in html
Thorne says child care funding doesn't make up for cuts
by Leneen Rob
SOURCE: Coquitlam Now, August 13, 2005. Excerpts in html
Advocate says B.C. dithering on child care: Government accused of lacking any plan to use federal funding
by Jeff Rud
SOURCE: Victoria Times-Colonist, August 12, 2005. Excerpts in html
B.C. boosts child care funding by $8m
by Ian Bailey
SOURCE: Vancouver Province, August 11, 2005. Excerpts in html
Daycare waiting lists at crisis point: Hundreds of families forced to wait for up to two years
by Jenny Lee
SOURCE: Vancouver Sun, July 28, 2005. Excerpts in html
Child poverty rates on their way up in B.C., but stats may not show full problem in Burnaby
by John Kurucz
SOURCE: Burnaby Now, July 13, 2005. Excerpts in html
NDP, Liberals square off over day care
SOURCE: CBC News, May 5, 2005. Excerpts in html
Funding not enough: city: Council questions province's commitment to child care
SOURCE: Burnaby Now, March 30, 2005. Excerpts in html
College will save day-care centres, board announces
SOURCE: Victoria Times Colonist, March 23, 2005. Excerpts in html
B.C. lacks sustainable daycare plan
by Elaine O’Connor
SOURCE: Vancouver Province, February 24, 2005. Excerpts in html
Lobby group pushes for universal child care
by Dirk Meissner
SOURCE: Victoria Times-Colonist, January 13, 2005. Excerpts in html
2004
$33-million restored to child care subsidy
by Jeff Rud
SOURCE: Victoria Times Colonist, October 27, 2004. Excerpts in html
Clark quitting cabinet
by Jeff Rud
SOURCE: Victoria Times-Colonist, September 17, 2004
Excerpts in html
B.C. neglecting early childhood education
by Margaret Cox & Mary Dolan
SOURCE: Cowichan Valley Citizen, August 28, 2004
Excerpts in html
Christy
Clark makes life tough for other working moms
by Anna Elphinstone
SOURCE: Vancouver Sun, August 18, 2004. Excerpts in html
The
delicate balance between work and family
by Eve Edmonds
SOURCE: Vancouver Sun, August 16, 2004. Excerpts in html
CUPE
calls for forensic audit of Camosun College child care
SOURCE Canada NewsWire, June 22, 2004. Excerpts in html
We
can do better than close day cares
by K.A Readshaw
SOURCE Times-Colonist, June 16, 2004. Excerpts in html
Government
to overhaul BC child care services
by Jeff Rud
SOURCE Victoria Times Colonist , April 30, 2004. Excerpts in html
Child
care tops agenda for NDP
by Jeff Rud
SOURCE Victoria Times Colonist, April 7, 2004. Excerpts in html
2003
Government
care cuts put B.C. kids and families at risk, says union
by Dirk Meissner
SOURCE Canadian Press, October 14, 2003. Excerpts in html
Funding
'shell game': Construction for new child care spaces is good news, an
advocate says, but it will not solve the current problems child care in
B.C. is facing
SOURCE AdvanceNews (Langley), September 23, 2003. Excerpts in html
Special-needs
child care gets funding
SOURCE Vancouver Sun, July 28, 2003. Excerpts in html
Vancouver
mulls subsidizing child care
by Frances Bula
SOURCE Vancouver Sun, July 18, 2003. Excerpts in html
Kwan
slams Liberals' child care cuts
by David Carrigg
SOURCE Vancouver Courier, May 7, 2003. Excerpts in html
New
child care funding provided
SOURCE Vancouver Sun, May 2, 2003. Excerpts in html
$10
million returned to child care
by Judith Lavoie
SOURCE Vancouver Sun, February 13, 2003. Excerpts in html
Parents
send diapers to MLAs: Unusual protest is sparked by changes in B.C.'s
child care
by Dan Hilborn
SOURCE The Record (New Westminster), January 15, 2003. Excerpts in html
2002
Liberal
budget cuts threaten at least 30 B.C. day cares, says NDP
SOURCE Canadian Press, November 5, 2002. Excerpts in html
Cuts
to daycare services to affect 500 Nelson-area families
by Darren Davidson
SOURCE CP Wire, October 4, 2002. Excerpts in html
Waiting
lists for Vancouver day cares can be two years, 1,100 names long
by Derrick Penner
SOURCE Vancouver Sun, September 20, 2002. Excerpts in html
Licensed
day cares offer protection
SOURCE North Shore News (North Vancouver), June 19, 2002. Excerpts in
html
We
can afford to take better care of each other
by Seth Klein
SOURCE Vancouver Sun, June 6, 2002. Excerpts in html
Childcare
cuts hurt 'working poor' most
by Keith Fraser
SOURCE Vancouver Province, May 15, 2002. Excerpts in html
B.C.
belt tightens further on April 1
by Cindy E. Harnett
SOURCE Victoria Times Colonist, March 25, 2002. Excerpts in html
Child
care in trouble: Advocacy group
SOURCE Prince George Citizen, February 18, 2002. Excerpts in html
Day
care to cost parents more as subsidies curbed: The NDP's program is being
scrapped and others trimmed
by Craig McInnes
SOURCE Vancouver Sun, January 25, 2002. Excerpts in html
2001
Universal
child-care plan shelved
by Barbara McLintock
SOURCE Victoria Times Colonist, July 31, 2001. Excerpts in html
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