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Montreal Pierre Ny St-Amand, the man who drove a bus into a Laval daycare in 2023, killing two young children and injuring six others, has been declared a high-risk accused. In April 2025, Pierre Ny St-Amand had been found not criminally responsible CBC News · Posted: Mar 16, 2026 10:07 …
Read More »Driver charged after toddler killed in Richmond Hill, Ont., daycare crash
A driver has been charged following a fatal crash into a Richmond Hill daycare on Wednesday, police say. In a statement issued Thursday, York Regional Police said a man has been charged with one count of dangerous operation causing death and two counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm. A one …
Read More »‘Shock’ and ‘panic’ as new daycare operators in Alberta told they won’t get funding after all
Albertans in the process of setting up new child-care facilities say they’ve had the rug pulled out from under them as the Alberta government abruptly informed them last week they would not qualify for grants under the federal-provincial child-care agreement. “I am devastated,” said Arshdeep Kaur, who is in the process …
Read More »Peguis trust built daycare on $12.3M property more than 150 kilometres away from First Nation
A daycare owned by an organization created to benefit Peguis First Nation promises dozens of new daycare spots for families when it opens its doors — but not for the First Nation in Manitoba’s Interlake region, which is in dire need of child care. Instead, the project, touting 74 new …
Read More »Quebec bus driver in fatal daycare crash found not criminally responsible
Pierre Ny St-Amand, the 53-year-old man who crashed a bus into a daycare in Laval, Que., has been found not criminally responsible for his actions. Both the Crown and the defence recommended Ny St-Amand be found not criminally responsible during the trial. “In light of the evidence that was presented …
Read More »Lower daycare fees are a game-changer. But federal plan to expand spaces still faces roadblocks, say experts
For Canadian families who’ve seen their child care fees halved or plummet to $10 a day in the past few years, Canada’s affordable child care plan has undoubtedly been a game-changer. After committing to build a Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system in its 2021 budget, the federal government followed …
Read More »Ontario daycare operators warn of looming rolling closures
A group of daycare operators are threatening a week of rolling closures that could affect parents across Ontario to call on the province to hold off changes to its child-care funding formula. The group is mostly made up of for-profit daycare operators, who say the closures set for the week …
Read More »Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program
Ontario child-care centres that aren’t participating in the national $10-a-day program will soon lose provincial funding to offer fee subsidies to lower-income families and their staff could see a pay cut of $2 an hour. In a memo sent to licensed operators in Ontario outlining changes to how the province is funding the …
Read More »‘Time for the trailers to go’: Daycare begins rebuild after destruction from N.S. wildfires – Halifax
The outlook for ForestKids Early Learning in Hammonds Plains, N.S., looked grim when their daycare and the surrounding community fell victim to a wildfire in 2023. It is not only Terri Kottwitz’s livelihood but also her home. Burnt trees and a portable trailer, similar to what could be seen on …
Read More »Toronto daycare rolls back staff wage raises, blames Ontario’s funding model
A large Toronto child-care operator is rolling back raises for staff, laying the blame on how the Ontario government is funding the national $10-a-day program. The Learning Enrichment Foundation, which has 25 centres across the city, told parents in a recent letter that it had made the difficult decision to reduce pay …
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