It’s frustrating and tiring’: Another western Newfoundland daycare faces government delays – CBC

Jun 02, 2025

The Mi’kmaw Cultural Foundation wants to open Indigenous child-care centre

The Mi’kmaw Cultural Foundation in Stephenville is trying to open a registered child-care centre in a newly leased building, but it’s stuck in a limbo period while waiting on provincial government approval to move forward with renovations.

“It’s frustrating and tiring. We are exhausted,” Jeffrey Young, president and CEO of the foundation, told CBC News.

Young applied for the child-care capacity initiative funding through the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in early January.

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