Education Minister Brendan Maguire told reporters Thursday that Nova Scotia, like some other provinces, is struggling to fulfil the full terms of the agreement it signed with the federal government in...

Licensed childcare comes to Canso

The provincial government and the Strait Regional Centre for Education partnered to add 18 child-care spaces at Fanning Education Centre/Canso Academy in Guysborough County. They will renovate an exis...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Canada’s national child care advocacy organization says the budget tabled by Finance Minister Champagne could stall and push back Canada’s new national early learning and child care ...

There simply aren't enough childcare spaces in Atlantic Canada, with stats showing 1,800 kids in PEI and 9,152 in NL are on waitlists

A transfer of $2.8 million to the Valley Regional Hospital Foundation will ensure a legacy of early childhood development support continues.

Advocacy group "Child Care Now Nova Scotia" hosted a event bringing together childhood educators, parents and community members.

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday’s report from Ontario’s Auditor General confirms what families and operators have long been saying: the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Chil...

A group of nearly two dozen early childhood educators at Munro Academy in Sydney Mines, N.S., has ratified its first collective agreement following a three-week strike.

With months ticking down to the goal of $10-per-day daycare across Canada, there are at least five provinces who have yet to meet that goal. And there is mounting evidence from other countries that Ca...

Each year on Sept. 17, World Patient Safety Day provides an important opportunity to raise awareness, share knowledge, and highlight initiatives that protect the health and well-being of patients arou...

Fair Hours, Fair Work: Why We Support the Munro Academy ECE Strike At Child Care Now Nova Scotia, we know that a strong child care system is only possible when the people at its heart—Early Childhood ...

‘If you don’t change how the expansion is happening, it’ll continue to be for-profit spaces where it’s convenient for providers to locate them,’ says David Macdonald.

Donna Lynden said she learned the news in an email just five weeks before the program's end. Adding insult to injury, it was her first day back at work after maternity leave.

Nearly two dozen early childhood educators employed by a Northside private Christian academy took to the picket lines early Monday morning.

SYDNEY MINES, N.S.—Unifor Local 4600 members at Munro Academy set up their picket line at 7:00 a.m. this morning outside the Sydney Mines, N.S. day care after last efforts over the weekend failed to c...

Unifor Local 4600 members at Munro Academy went on strike Monday morning outside the Sydney Mines, N.S., daycare.

Higher unionization rates don't just benefit workers, evidence suggests they also offer broad social benefits like a cleaner environment and better health.

“You didn’t make any provisions before?” BNN Bloomberg host Andrew Bell asked Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau, sounding somewhat dumbfounded. “To ensure the passengers, or at least some of them, would...

Parents in Calgary are hoping that a teachers strike or lockout can still be avoided. But there is a lot of uncertainty with negotiations breaking down as the summer holidays come to an end. (Photo cr...

First Nations child welfare advocates say they will continue to work toward a new child welfare deal as the government weighs its response to an order from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to resume...