daycareGreat news for parents stuck on waiting lists for day care: Another 14 new or expanded child care centres are in this year’s budget, opening up another 900 child care spaces. Nine centres are in and around Winnipeg but there are some in Morden, Anola and other rural locations too.

And, since more centres mean more employees are needed, early childhood educators will get a two-percent raise in January to try and attract more qualified daycare staff.

Here are the centres that will be receiving funding:

– Little Saints Learning Centre, Winnipeg: up to 16 infant, 32 preschool spaces

– Soul Sanctuary Preschool, Winnipeg: up to eight infant, 32 preschool spaces

– Ryerson School Age Centre, Winnipeg: up to 48 preschool spaces

– River Road Child Care, Winnipeg: up to eight infant spaces

– Little Lambs Christian Preschool, Winnipeg: up to four infant, six preschool spaces

– Beautiful Savior Lutheran School, Winnipeg: up to four infant, 32 preschool spaces

– Morrow Avenue Day Care, Winnipeg: up to one infant, 16 preschool spaces

– Windsor Park Child Care Center, Winnipeg: up to 16 infant spaces

– Garderie Les Petits Genies, Winnipeg: up to 40 preschool spaces

– Springfield Learning Centre, Anola: up to five infant, 11 preschool, five school-age spaces

– Crystal City Community Day Centre, Pilot Mound: up to eight infant, 24 preschool spaces

– Swan River Day Care Centre Inc., Swan River: up to four infant spaces, 22 preschool, eight school-age spaces

– Pembina Valley Child Care Centre, Morden: up to eight infant, 44 preschool spaces

– La Salle KIDZ Inc., La Salle: up to 12 infant, 48 preschool spaces