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Parents frustrated as Vernon daycare announces closure
Parents at a Vernon daycare are now scrambling to find childcare after the sudden announcement…
Plans afoot to replace former daycare in Kelowna with apartments
Monkey’s Playhouse was one of Kelowna’s better known child care facilities until it closed in…
Kelowna child care fees grew during pandemic: Study
A new study found that child care costs grew in Kelowna during the pandemic while…
Hundreds of new daycare spaces opening up for Kamloops, Okanagan families
Hundreds of families across the Thompson-Okanagan will now have access to new and expanded child…
Thousands of child care spaces needed in the Central Okanagan to meet basic needs
Child care for front line health care workers became a key issue in helping to…
More than 8,600 Kamloops kids without licensed or registered care: report
A problem faced by thousands of B.C. parents is taking the hot seat in Kamloops.…
Programs at Boys and Girls Club in West Kelowna disrupted just as school is about to resume
Vandalism and heavy snow has forced the partial closure of the Webber Road building used…
Stroller Brigades want attention on child care across B.C.
KAMLOOPS – In 20 cities across B.C., mothers, fathers, childcare providers, and guardians will partake in…
Time to have your say on childcare needs in the Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – Now that school is back in session, parents can start sounding off about…
Interior cities wading carefully into child care studies
KELOWNA – With wait lists for daycare spaces stretching to a year or more, some…
Kamloops daycare with expiring lease finds new location
KAMLOOPS – After more than two decades of leasing a building from Interior Health Authority,…
Housing, childcare, and job challenges affecting viability of living in Okanagan
VERNON – If Jolene Graff had the choice, she would still be living in Vernon.…
More than 400 new child care spots coming to Southern Interior communities
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – More funding announcements have been made this week, this time for new child…
More students means fewer daycare spots
KAMLOOPS - Enrolment is going up at the elementary age and that means more jobs for teachers and better use of district space. It also means daycares within some schools must find a new place to call home. Space at two schools will be reclaimed before the next school year and the daycares at each...
Family, friends and day camps to fill void
KAMLOOPS - Unless things change drastically over the next few days teachers will be entering a full strike Tuesday and parents and child care facilities around the city are scrambling to figure out what to do with all the displaced students. For many parents it will mean digging a little deeper in their pockets to...
Child care programs filling up fast upon full strike notice
VERNON - At least one Vernon child care organization is filling up fast following the announcement of a full teacher strike. The North Okanagan Child Care Society is expanding its programs next week to give parents a safe place to put their children while school is out. Executive director Hollie Henderson says full day camps, typically...
Teachers strike causes daycare to close doors
PENTICTON - The ongoing teachers’ strike is not just affecting teachers, staff and students, but parents as well. Working parents who need child care services are running out of luck, especially if their chosen care centre is located in a school. The approximately eighty families that send their kids to Kid’s Connection Daycare are now...