• N.W.T. government not actually sure they haven’t overpaid childcare providers

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-11-02 12:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Education, Social Services, Affordability, Finance, Governance]

  An audit released in October revealed that the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Education, Culture and Employment distributed millions in early learning and child care funding without verifying staff hours, parent fee invoices, or attendance numbers. Operating with an annual budget of roughly $34 million—with approximately 80 per cent (over $27 million) allocated to early childcare funding—the department relied entirely on facility attestations and assumed 100 per cent enrollment for daycares opened after April 1, 2023. Consequently, the government cannot confirm if it overpaid providers or successfully met its commitment to an average daily $10 parent fee. Beginning November 1, the department is requiring licensed childcare facilities to submit receipts, attendance records, closure days, and verifiable documentation for staff wages and expenditures covering the past two years.

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• Alberta advances $2.4 million for gambling addiction treatment

  Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
  Date: 2026-09-24 19:05:11.0
  Tags: [Alberta, Healthcare, Social Services, Finance, Governance]

  The Government of Alberta has advanced a $2.4 million grant to the Brick House Recovery Centre, which operates facilities in Edmonton and Calgary and provides virtual support across the province, to enhance treatment and recovery programs for problem gamblers. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally stated that this funding serves as an advance ahead of revenues collected from the province's newly regulated iGaming market, which launched in mid-July. The province allocates one percent of its regulated iGaming revenues—projected at $76 million for its first year across 31 approved sites—toward addiction treatment, with the 1 percent threshold subject to future reviews as the market grows.

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