Débuts prometteurs pour enfants ruraux grâce à Start SMART

BURTTS CORNER, NB - An innovative new children’s centre officially opened its doors here today at a local school packed with kids, parents, government and community officials. Special guests Premier David Alward and Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Jody Carr toured the facility and chatted with children, parents and staff.

Called “Start SMART,” the program is a unique partnership between Keswick Valley Memorial School, Family Resource Centres, District 14 of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and Neighbours Alliance of North York, the community organization that oversees the ...

Source: Telegraph-Journal

Mission: Twenty years later, Margaret Norrie McCain's focus is still on nurturing the minds of young children. She hopes politicians won't abandon an issue that transcends politics and election campaigns.

On a muggy late-spring afternoon, with the smell of an approaching thunderstorm thick in the air, Margaret Norrie McCain settles into an armchair and, like the true Maritimer she is, meanders into the story.

The air is still and the house is silent except for her voice, which is soft, but so articulate and sure-footed that it demands complete attention.

The sunroom overlooks the back gardens ...