Parents in Lake Country will soon be able to access 50 new, licensed child-care spaces, announced Minister of Children and Family Development Katrine Conroy and Minister of State for Child Care Katrina Chen.

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The New Beginnings Early Learning Centre is receiving $215,429 through the province香蕉视频直播檚 child care major capital program to create 20 child-care spaces for infants and toddlers and 30 spaces for children aged three to five years.

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Child-care major capital funding supports non-profit and private child-care organizations in

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These new child-care spaces are part of the province香蕉视频直播檚 $33-million investment in child care major capital funding that will support more than 3,800 new child-care spaces in 52 communities throughout British Columbia.