Premier David Eby has issued the following statement marking Black Excellence Day:

Guideline updates set 9.5 hours minimum of care before extended-hour fees apply

More families will have access to child care through 182 new licensed spaces

Families now have access to 62 licensed spaces at new Mackenzie child care centre

Province releases first annual report under the Early Learning and Child Care Act

More families in Fernie will have access to affordable, high-quality child care through 37 new licensed child care spaces at Fernie Elementary school.

Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care; Annie Smith, executive director at McCreary Centre Society; B.C. Association of School Business Officials; B.C. Teachers’ Federation; CUPE BC; B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils; First Nations Education Steering Committee; Métis Nation B.C.; and the First Nations Schools Association have issued the following statement about substance-use education and prevention in B.C.’s K-12 system: 

Families in Invermere will soon benefit from more affordable, high-quality child care, with 148 new licensed spaces opening on the grounds of Eileen Madson Primary school.

More families will have access to affordable, high-quality child care in Kelowna as 53 new licensed child care spaces open.