Excerpt: "The Province is investing more in the child-care system that thousands of Nova Scotia families rely on to care for their young children. Child-care operators will receive more funding for infant spaces, rising operational costs and staff wages under new annual agreements with the Province. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important that young children have the best start, and Nova Scotia鈥檚 child-care operators are doing their best to provide quality care while also facing rising operating costs,鈥 said Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Becky Druhan. 鈥淭his agreement increases funding for the year and follows the recent three per cent wage boost for early childhood educators as part of our promise made last fall for regular public sector wage increases.鈥"