Federal Daycare Plan Sparks Concerns
As the federal government plans to expand taxpayer-funded daycare, some critics are taking issue with the plan’s exclusion of non-licensed care and lack of esteem for stay-at-home moms.
In the recent federal budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced $30 billion over the next five years for early learning and child-care services, with $8.3 billion becoming a permanent part of annual spending. The goal is to provide public child care that would cost a parent $10 per child per day.
“The evidence from Quebec–which began building a universal early learning and child-care system more than two decades ago–is incontrovertible,” Freeland said. “Quebec has among the highest labour force participation of women with children under 3, in the world.”
Apr 20, 2021
Valerie Cagle might have sneaked up on some, but the Clemson two-way softball star has left the ACC and now the country with no doubt of the talent she has on the diamond.
The journey to leading a second-year program into the top 25 began a lot differently than most, and on the outside, joining a new program could be a headscratcher, but not when the head coach is John Rittman, Cagle said. The big thing with Clemson was, it s hard to pass up on an opportunity to be a part of something like this, Cagle said. The culture that Coach Rittman talks about wanting to create, and what we have created, it s just something that you know is going to be so special. So getting that opportunity when not a lot of people get that opportunity, it s hard to pass up on.
HOUGHTON Houghton County has a new site for a potential jail.
Tuesday, the board approved purchasing the First Apostolic Lutheran Church property on Sharon Avenue for $1.1 million. The board discussed the purchase in closed session prior to the vote.
The terms of when Houghton County would be able to move onto the site still need to be finalized in the purchase agreement, Vice Chairman Tom Tikkanen said.
Board members and the public toured the church site last month prior to a board work session. The congregation plans to build a bigger church on Gundlach Road.
The 14,000-square-foot building would be planned to house the sheriff’s office, work camp, district court, and potentially offices such as the county clerk. A new county jail would be built on land behind the church, partially overlapping with the current parking lot.
The mayor’s office has little to say about Coun. Brian Skakun’s notice of motion seeking detailed financial information on a handful expenditures.
“The notice of motion provided will be received on Monday evening and Prince George city council will discuss the issue at our January 21 meeting,” said Mayor Shari Green in a statement issued through her executive assistant Beverley Smith.
Acting city manager Kathleen Soltis said the statement of financial information, where Skakun found the expenditures he is querying, is readily available on the city’s website. However, details about those expenditures are not.
“The information is not directly available, but what you can find is information concerning vendors the city has used where the vendor was paid more than $25,000 in the year,” she said. “There is a 22-page report by myself, signed off by the mayor and I. Starting on page 15 it has individual suppliers. The report gives the gross amount paid to the vendors over
Nola pictured with her daughter-in-law Beverley Smith and granddaughter Eleanor Smith
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
A Suffolk grandmother is celebrating her 100th birthday in style this weekend.
Nola Smith, who has lived in Suffolk all her life, was very excited to receive her birthday card from the Queen ahead of the big day today.
Mrs Smith s daughter-in-law Beverly Smith, who lives near Stowmarket, said the centenarian had four sons and seven grandchildren.
She said: She left school when she was 14 to work in Pettistree guest house in Ipswich for a Lord and Lady. She loves telling the story about how she got home sick and caught the bus home one day, but her mother sent her back.