‘Significant headway’: province to sign a deal on $10

For more than half a year, Saskatchewan has been one of the few provinces holding out on signing a deal to extend $10-a-day child care for another five years. But on Friday, the wait is set to end.

Premier Scott Moe announced during Question Period on Wednesday that a deal was imminent, and Education Minister Everett Hindley said afterward that he looks forward to signing the deal on Friday.

“This has been a priority for us as a government – I have said that and I think our government has said that consistently for months now,” Hindley said. • Child-care providers, NDP push province to extend $10-a-day program • New daycare plan could put part-time and drop-in care in a timeout • $10-a-day child-care switch leaves some with mixed feelings

He attributed the delay to a lack of respo