Description: A licensee must ensure that all indoor and outdoor play materials and equipment accessible to children are safely constructed, free from hazards and in good repair.

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that all indoor and outdoor play materials and equipment accessible to children are safely constructed, free from hazards and in good repair.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: May 19, 2023

Observations: Licensing observed one slide structure located in the outdoor play area with protruding 2x4's.

Description: A 1.8 metre (6 feet) clearance around equipment is considered safest

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure a 1.8 metre (6 feet) clearance around equipment as is considered safest.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: May 19, 2023

Observations: Licensing observed nine inches of clearance surrounding one slide structure.

Description: For prevention of entrapment, spaces (i.e., holes/openings) must be smaller than 9 cm (3.5 inches) or larger than 23 cm (9 inches). Use Head & Torso test probes

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure for prevention of entrapment, spaces (i.e., holes/openings) must be smaller than 9 cm (3.5 inches) or larger than 23 cm (9 inches).

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: May 19, 2023

Observations: Licensing observed entrapment hazards surrounding one slide structure. Spaces measured larger than than 9 cm (3.5 inches). This represents an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care and must be corrected immediately. Staff emailed Licensing photo evidence that the slide had been removed and place in a non accessible area of the yard. Full compliance will not be achieved until the plan has been implemented and completed.

Description: Despite the employee qualifications required by Column 4 of the table in section 1 of Schedule E [group sizes and employee to children ratios], a licensee must replace an absent employee described in Column 1 of the following table who is absent (b) for 30 consecutive days or more with a person described in Column 3 opposite that employee and the row in Column 2 labelled as '= 30 days' (see table listed under Absent employees in CCLR)

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure an absent employee who is absent for 30 consecutive days or more is replaced with a person as described in Section 37.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: May 19, 2023

Observations: Staff stated that the Manager's last day of employment was March 17, 2023 and no Manager has been appointed at this time.