Media - Newfoundland


Provincial Government Partners with Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation to Enhance Pre-Kindergarten Programming

Provincial Government Partners with Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation to Enhance Pre-Kindergarten Programming
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, July 25, 2025 Excerpt: "The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, today announced the Provincial Government has partnered with the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc. to support, promote and enhance pre-kindergarten programming in Newfoundland and Labrador.This partnership will support...

Read More >



The spaces are just not there’: Early childhood educators hope funding will bring better wages, paid sick days

The spaces are just not there’: Early childhood educators hope funding will bring better wages, paid sick days

CBC News, March 17, 2025 Description: Newfoundland and Labrador has signed a deal to extend Ottawa’s federal child-care program. It means more $10-a-day spaces are expected. Advocate Patrice Gordon says some parents are being forced to pay for costly private care, while others are leaving the workforce altogether. Watch the...

Read More >



Open Letter to the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador to follow the research and expand the education system to include four-year-olds

Open Letter to the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador to follow the research and expand the education system to include four-year-olds

Jimmy Pratt Foundation, November 26, 2024 On Monday, November 25th the following open letter was delivered to Premier Furey and released to the public today. As a voice for the children of this province, we call for the government to divert from their Pre-Kindergarten program which, in three years, continues...

Read More >



Advocates criticize N.L. government's child-care update

Advocates criticize N.L. government's child-care update

CBC News, August 28, 2023 Excerpt: "Though Newfoundland and Labrador's education minister has been touting an increased number of child-care spaces operating at $10-a-day or lower across the province, advocates say those numbers don't paint the full picture. In a child-care update on Wednesday, Minister of Education Krista Lynn Howell...

Read More >



Early Learning and Child Care Access Increasing Throughout Newfoundland and Labrador

Early Learning and Child Care Access Increasing Throughout Newfoundland and Labrador

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, August 23, 2023 Excerpt: "The Honourable Krista Lynn Howell, Minister of Education, provided an update today on actions underway as part of the $347 million in investments relating to early learning and child care training, staffing and space creation in Newfoundland and Labrador.As part of...

Read More >


  • Page 1 of 3
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3