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Burnaby firefighter David Parker, followed by colleague Matt Denton, rolls a shipment of toys destined for the Burnaby Community Services Christmas Bureau out of a Metrotown elevator. The local firefighters union collected about $25,000 worth of toys and $4,000 in cash during its sixth annual Angel Breakfast and Toy Drive this year in support of the Christmas Bureau and the CKNW Orphans’ Fund. See story on page 3. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
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Burnaby to get 171 new child-care spaces By Tereza Verenca
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Burnaby will be getting 171 new childcare spaces as part of a $33-million provincewide investment, B.C.’s New Democrats announced on Monday. The city will be getting roughly $1 million, with the money being split among three local child-care providers. BrightStart Children’s Academy, which
operates a facility at 2830 Bainbridge Ave., is receiving $250,000 to create 94 spaces. Of those, 24 will be infant and toddler spaces, 25 will be for kids aged three to five, 20 will be for preschoolers and 25 for schoolaged children. Smilestones Junior Kindergarten (4162 Norland Ave.) is getting $249,495 to create 40 spaces – 24 for infants and toddlers and 16 for children aged three to five. The Burnaby Association for Commu-
nity Inclusion’s (BACI) share is half a million dollars, enough to build 37 spaces (12 infant and toddler spaces and 25 spaces for kids in the three to five range) at Variety Children’s Centre. Monday’s announcement, part of the 2017/18 budget that promises to invest $352 million in child care, benefits families in 52 communities across British Columbia, according to a government press release. The financial boost will create more than
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3,800 child-care spaces. “This announcement is really just a first step as we continue to address affordability issues, quality and accessibility,” said Katrina Chen, minister of state for child care and Burnaby-Lougheed MLA. “We still have a lot of work to do.” When deciding where to allocate funding, Chen noted it was in areas that showed the greatest need, including infant and toddler Continued on page 8
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