ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaMore Halifax families in need of financial help for kids’ day camps3 hours agoDuration 4:313 hours agoNewsDuration 4:31Summer is the time for day camps in Nova Scotia, but not all families can afford to send their kids to them. It’s something the YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth is hearing first-hand. Watch Amy Smith’s interview with Alex Jackson, the YMCA’s day camp director. Related Stories Halifax has some of the highest child care costs in Canada, study finds With school out for summer, kids are without ‘safe haven’ for meals, says food bank organizer ‘No one ever calls them back’: University students in N.S. struggling to find summer jobs Food insecurity goes up in the summer among kids in Toronto. A new city program aims to help N.S. needs more help from Ottawa to hit $10-a-day child care, says ministerMore from NewsVideo9:21Here’s what we know about alleged hijacking at a Vancouver airport | Hanomansing TonightHanomansing Tonight 24 minutes agoVideo1:27Grizzly bear killed while roaming in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut1 hour agoVideo5:45Starbucks orders increased return to office. Is remote work going away? | Hanomansing TonightHanomansing Tonight 1 hour agoVideo2:19Territorial ministers ask feds to finish funding national plan on gender-based violence1 hour agoVideo1:19Program that gave Inuvialuit families $500/month for groceries ending1 hour agoTrending NowVideo1:57’It was almost going sideways’: See the aftermath of a powerful hail stormJuly 15Video2:32Epstein files may be released after Trump reversalThe National July 16Video1:10Meteotsunami-like wave caught on video near Thunder Bay, Ont.June 26Video1:18#TheMoment a ‘fat’ marmot was spotted in a B.C. parkThe National July 16Video1:54Love Island USA contestants face harsh reality on social mediaThe National July 12now
More Halifax families in need of financial help for kids’ day camps
