North Huron Is Looking At The Feasibility Of Expanding Childcare Services

by Bob Montgomery

The Municipality of North Huron is looking at their options for expanding their childcare service.

Reeve Paul Heffer says there is a provincial grant available that would help and they've been invited to submit an application. He says right now they've outgrown the facility they have in Wingham. They're very limited in what they can do there and they don't have a facility at all in Blyth, where they have a waiting list of over 100. 

Heffer says at this point they're considering applying for the grant and they'll wait to see it that's successful. He says if they get a grant they would put a daycare centre in Blyth in 2025 and hope to improve the one they have in Wingham in 2026.

Heffer also points out, getting the facility is only part of the solution. They also have to find staff for the facility and that's a challenge now too.