Dawson Trail Dispatch
Celebrating Over 20 Years of Service to Our Communities!
Richer Celebrates with Winterfest
Searching for coins in a stack of hay kept the children warm and busy during this year’s Richer Winterfest.
Getting a ride through the park.
It was a beautiful day for the 9th Annual Richer Winterfest, which took place on February 25 at the Richer Community Park. Several hundred adults and kids converged on the Richer Community Park to participate in a variety of free activities. Kids of all ages enjoyed a fun filled afternoon of sleigh rides, free food, face painting, candy scramble, coin scramble, a huge bonfire and special guests. There was also a community snowman-building contest. The one-day event was hosted by the Richer Daycare and the Richer Community Club.
March 2018
Funds Allocated to Daycares throughout the Region On March 2, the province announced that they would fund 621 early learning and childcare spaces at 63 centres across the province. Family’s Minister Scott Fielding explained that the money is part of the Canada-Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Agreement with the Federal government, announced February 23. The bilateral agreement commits $47 million over three years to create up to 1,400 new and newly funded spaces for children under the age of six. Of that, $2.3 million annually will provide new operating grant funding for 621 existing licensed spaces, which were previously created by facility-driven expansion and on a waiting list to receive subsidies. The agreement will target up to 94 newly funded spaces at centres that offer French language programming and services. As well, 61 of today’s newly funded spaces are in centres that support French immersion school communities. Four local daycares, located in Ile des Chenes, La Broquerie and Blumenort made the list. The former three daycares approved offer French programming and services. Two daycares located in Ile des Chenes, who will be adding spaces to their facilities. Garderie Daycare Inc. has been approved for 12 infants and 21 preschool kids for a total of 33 spaces and Le Boutons d’Or Inc. was approved for 12 pre-school spaces. Le P’tits Brosous Inc. from La Broquerie and Blumenort Christian Preschool were each granted funding for ten nursery school spaces in each facility. The agreement promises to give priority to spaces based on whether they serve higher-needs communities, such as French language, rural and northern, as well as infant and preschool spaces and early learning services for children under the age of six. There is potential to fund additional spots in the future, as the province can identify additional spaces over the three-year period, the minister added. As part of the bilateral agreement, the province continues to determine allocation of up to 750 new spaces for children under age six that will be developed through capital projects.