Northern B.C. to benefit from over 200 new child care spaces
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PRINCE GEORGE—Northern B.C. residents will have access to more licensed child care spaces.
Families in Terrace, Fort St. John, and Tsay Keh Dene will benefit from over 200 child care spaces. In Terrace over 100 child care spaces will be created with Childcare B.C.’s New Spaces Fund supporting Coast Mountains School District 82 to renovate the former ET Kenney Primary school, creating 102 new child care spaces. That centre is expected to open in September 2021 and will offer 12 new infant/toddler spaces, 20 spaces for children aged three years to kindergarten, 10 pre-school spaces and 60 school-age spaces.
“These new spaces in Terrace demonstrate our ongoing commitment to make life better for B.C. families and will allow more parents to return to work, go back to school or pursue other opportunities, strengthening both the community and economy.”—Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development
In Fort St. John 37 new spaces will be created at Little Dandelions Childcare Centre and will include 12 infant/toddler spaces and 25 spaces for children aged three to five years. The Doig River First Nation will create 39 new child care spaces in Rose Prairie including 15 school-age spaces and 24 multi-age spaces.
