BANGKOK—A former policeman killed 34 people including 22 children in a gun rampage at a daycare center in eastern Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said. Police identified the attacker as a former member of the force who was dismissed from…
Ex-cop Kills 22 Children, 12 Others in Thailand Daycare Mass Shooting
34 Dead, Including Children, in Thailand Daycare Mass Shooting
BANGKOK—A former policeman killed 34 people including 22 children in a gun rampage at a daycare center in eastern Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said. Police identified the attacker as a former member of the force who was dismissed from…
Support for National Daycare, Pharmacare, and Dental Care Drops When Attached to Tax Increase, Poll Finds
Support for national daycare, pharmacare, and dental care plummets to well below half of Canadians when they are to be paid for through an increase in taxes, particularly the goods and services tax (GST), a new poll finds. All three programs were included or committed to in the 2022 federal budget released by Finance Minister Chrystia…
Woman Pleads Guilty After Toddler’s Death in Vancouver Daycare: Crown
The British Columbia Prosecution Service says a woman has pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to provide the necessities of life to children at an unlicensed daycare in Vancouver five years ago. It says Susy Yasmine Saad entered the guilty plea in court on Monday to a single count affecting nine children, including one…
Twin Infant Boys Found Dead Inside Car at South Carolina Daycare
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C.—Twin 20-month-old boys found dead inside a car in the parking lot of a South Carolina daycare were likely in the hot SUV for more than nine hours, authorities said Thursday. A parent discovered the toddlers in rear-facing seats shortly after arriving around 5:40 p.m. Wednesday at the Sunshine House Early Learning Academy on…
Financial Consequences of Orange County’s Child Care Shortage Exceed $4 Billion
June 3, 2021
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A shortage of child care agencies in Orange County, California, has resulted in a loss of more than $4 billion annually in lost production and wages, officials say. Child care advocates said that more than 67,000 jobs are lost every year in Orange County, and $372 million is lost in tax revenue, due to a lack of child care options….
Fed Underestimates Real Cost of National Daycare, Provinces Likely to Fund Shortfalls: Report
Canada’s national daycare may cost billions of dollars more than estimated by the federal government, causing fewer Canadians families to benefit from it or accept a widely accessible but low-quality care unless provinces fork out more money to handle the shortfalls, according to a report. Released by think tank Cardus on Thursday, the report estimates…
4-Year-Old Found Wandering Alone on Road After Failing to Arrive at Daycare, Rescued by Kind Stranger
A little boy who wandered away from his daycare center alone was reunited with his parents after a good Samaritan intervened earlier this month. Four-year-old Jasir Allen from Kalamazoo, Michigan, normally bids farewell to his father Jeffery at 8:30 a.m. as he boards the bus for Pre K International Childcare Center. But on March 22, his…
The Family Fades as Governments Subsidize Daycares and Nursing Homes
Commentary Human life is given meaning and sustenance by various forms of community: the church, the nuclear family, the extended family, fraternal organizations, businesses, etc. But as the state has grown, civil society has shrunk. The state over the centuries has absorbed an increasing share of the resources, functions, and moral authority of these other…
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