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Pleasant Valley Playgroup president Sheree Stout had to cancel the playgroup session on Monday because of frozen pipes. She is with her daughter Eleanor Stout, 2.
When the water in the pipes freezes at Pleasant Valley Playgroup it usually thaws out before everyone arrives, but that was not the case on Monday. Playgroup president Sheree Stout said the pipes had frozen about twice in the past three years she has been in charge. “They usually defrost by the time everyone gets there,” Stout said. She said because there was no running water, playgroup had to be cancelled according to Ministry of Education guidelines, which state a playgroup or Early Childhood Education Centre must have running water.
B.C. NDP fee cap reduces child-care costs, but also shrinks spaces: critics Operators, parents and advocates complain that the expansion of $10/day is too slow, and that a fee cap will reduce the number of spaces available in the future
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Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 11 minute read • Pebble Lane Early Learning owner Jennifer Ratcliffe with some of the children at her facility.
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Four years ago, one of the key promises that helped the NDP end 16 years of Liberal rule was that the party would massively overhaul B.C.’s beleaguered child care system, promising parents affordability though a universal $10-a-day program.
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