More than 20% of Alta. daycares serving food haven't been inspected in more than a year, documents reveal
At a time when Canada is vastly expanding its child-care system, and just eight months after a major E. coli outbreak in Calgary child-care centres, an Alberta Health Services analysis shows the province is lagging in its rate of daycare inspections, falling short of its guideline of at least one health and safety inspection per year at each of the province's licensed daycare centres.
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![Sarah MacDonald and her young son, who was hospitalized during the E. coli outbreak in Calgary last September, are pictured in their Calgary home on May 22, 2024. A woman with long, brown hair and glasses smiles as she sits on a sofa playing with a young boy whose back is to the camera.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7214899.1716601368!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/sarah-macdonald-portrait.jpg)
At a time when Canada is vastly expanding its child-care system, and just eight months after a major E. coli outbreak in Calgary child-care centres, an Alberta Health Services analysis shows the province is lagging in its rate of daycare inspections, falling short of its guideline of at least one health and safety inspection per year at each of the province's licensed daycare centres.