Posted: Jan 09, 2021 11:38 AM NT | Last Updated: January 9
Labrador daycares can now avail of an extra 15 per cent funding to pay their staff more, a move that comes after centres in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Labrador West went public with their struggles this past fall.(John Robertson/CBC)
Child-care centres in Labrador are thrilled their long-standing cries for staffing help have been addressed by the provincial government, even as one Opposition MHA questions whether the timing of the announcement has more to do with an impending election than listening to Labradorians concerns.
On Tuesday, the Liberal government announced a tweak to its operating grant system for child-care centres in Labrador. The province will now top up those subsidies by an extra 15 per cent, with strings attached: the extra cash has to go directly toward compensating daycare staff.
Population decline in places like Cobar in far-west NSW leaves locals to do everything
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Bridgette Mackay has lived in Cobar her whole life and is optimistic about the town s future.
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A vast expanse of far-western New South Wales almost half the state has been steadily losing residents.
Key points:
The New South Wales far west has been losing one per cent of its residents a year
Businesses in the mining town of Cobar are struggling to attract staff
Week-on week-off mining rosters are deterring workers to live in Cobar