More than 700 new child-care spaces for children up to age six will soon be available at health-care facilities, schools and post-secondary institutions in Manitoba.

The new openings are meant to make life easier for parents and caregivers in the health-care and education sector, Jenna Sudds, federal families, children and social development minister, said during a news conference at St. Boniface Hospital. 

"When nurses and other essential workers can't access reliable child care, it not only aff…