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» Becky's Guiding Resource Centre - Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides.




» Canadian Badgers Club - Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog.




» Canadian Rovers EH? - Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?.




» Canadian Scouting Catalogue - A catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present.




» Central Division Rover Round Table - Association for Ontario and Quebec Rovers. Information about meetings.




» Rover Reflections - Resources for Rovers including ceremonies, program information, links and forums.




» SCOUT eh! - SCOUT eh! is a group of registered Scouts Canada members dedicated to turning Scouts Canada into a democratic association.




» ScoutDocs - Resources site. Topics include: Klondike Derby, Scouting issues, spirituality, ceremonies, kit lists, Venturer and Rover bylaws.




» Scouting in Canada - History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations.




» Scouting with Staves & Stetsons - Canadian Scouting history through a photo gallery and stories. Photographs from personal collections of Canadian Scouts through the Years.




» Scoutscan.com - Scouts Scope Newsletter, news, and resources including games, program ideas, Scoutmaster's Minutes, books by BP and others, and the entire Jim Speirs archives.




» Sea Scouting in Canada - Index of units.




» Stringent screening - Ottawa Citizen - We believe that any organization responsible for providing programs to youth, regardless of the program or the cost, has a duty to the parents, the youth participating in the programs, the leaders, and any partners or sponsors of that program, to ensure that volunteers are properly recruited, screened and trained. (November 18, 2008)




» We should be proud of Remembrance Day turnout in Sussex - Kings Record - I attended the annual Sussex Remembrance Day parade and cenotaph ceremony as part of the Scouts Canada contingent, and once again was proud to be part of such a large group of youth and adults, who year after year take part in this celebration of remembrance. This year there were 74 scouting youth and adults taking part. (November 18, 2008)




» Scouting offers many experiences we take for granted - King's Record - The Scouts Canada mission statement says, "to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens, and as members of their local, national, and international communities, through the application of our Principles and Practices." (November 11, 2008)




» Queen's Venturer Award - Miramichi Leader - Tyler Young (centre) of 1st Gretna Green Venturers received his Queen's Venturer Award at the Legislative Assembly in Fredericton on Saturday. He is shown here receiving the certificate from Lieutenant Governor Hermenegilde Chiasson while Glenn Armstrong, Chief Commissioner for Scouts Canada, looks on. (November 5, 2008)




» Youngsters recognized for overcoming obstacles - Telegraph Journal - A steep challenge has never deterred two Kings County boys from doing the things other kids their age enjoy. (November 5, 2008)




» Happy faces make delivering boxes a joy - Toronto Star - Every year, Geoffrey Ellis has a choice to either stay home with a mug of hot chocolate and watch TV or plod through snow-covered roads in the blustery weather to deliver Star boxes. For 10 consecutive years, he has chosen the latter. (November 4, 2008)




» Scouts have been fighting climate change since 2004 - Kings Record - Like all youth organizations, Scouts Canada is constantly coming up with new and fresh ideas, trying to keep their youth programs meaningful in modern times. (October 28, 2008)




» Being prepared - Globe and Mail - Teenage scouts in Britain may be given sexual counselling. Their world-famous motto is "Be prepared." Now, teenage scouts in Britain may be taken to sexual-health clinics to better educate them on sex, according to new guidance issued yesterday by the Scout Association. (October 21, 2008)




» Scouts' Apple Day, popcorn and a job well done - Kings Record - In the fall of 1932, the first Scouts Canada Apple Day was held in Saint John. (October 21, 2008)




» Apple drive coming up - The Lindsay Post - Buy an apple a day and keep the Scouts away on camping trips. (October 9, 2008)




» Teen ATV rider dies - Peterborough Examiner - Keene resident was in crash on Sunday. A 19-year-old Keene man has died from injuries he suffered in an ATV accident on Sunday. (October 7, 2008)




» Scout, Guide fundraising pits healthy eating against guilty delights - Times Colonist - It was sweet, natural goodness versus chocolate-minty fun as scouts peddling apples went up against Girl Guides selling cookies on their regular fund-raising drives yesterday. (October 5, 2008)




» Niagara scouts reach out for new recruits - Niagara Falls Review - Organization wants to show it's still relevant for youth. The faded photographs that line the walls at the Niagara Scouting Museum depict a simpler time. (October 3, 2008)




» Scouts pop up some corn - Vernon Morning Star - If it's fall, it must mean it's time for Scouts Canada's annual Popcorn Blitz. (October 3, 2008)




» Youth not only ones who earn badges - Kings County Record - A good volunteer is always seeking ways to improve themselves through courses, lectures or practice. Scouts Canada has a laid out training program for their adult volunteers and it consists of the three methods I mentioned. (September 30, 2008)




» Scouting out new horizons - Penticton Western News - Scouts make friends with Mother Nature on hikes, in tents, canoes and kayaks, and make lasting friendships among themselves. (September 27, 2008)




» Scouting youth get popping - Stoney Creek News - As youth return to regular Beaver, Cub, Scout, Venturer and Rover meetings across Fruitbelt Area, they also begin their biggest fund-raising campaign of the year: popcorn sales. (September 26, 2008)




» Boy Scouts - Tumbler Ridge News - McDonald was in Tumbler Ridge to discuss leader training, which will be offered in Prince George in early October and again in November. (September 24, 2008)




» Registrations continue for Scouts, Guides - Belleville Intelligencer - It's still not too late for parents to register their children -- or themselves -- for the local Scouts and Guides for the upcoming winter sessions. (September 24, 2008)




» Scouting movement still active, seeking volunteers - The News Serving Pictou County Nova Scotia - Remember when scouting was about building a fire, constructing a bird feeder and hanging out in the woods? (September 17, 2008)




» Scouts teaches about life through camp fires, tying knots - Kings County Record - Every youth organization promises to teach their participants some valuable skills. It could be how to shoot three-point baskets, stick handle around pylons or make a great tackle. While these are all admirable skills, they are hardly what are called "life skills." (September 16, 2008)




» Community groups raise funds thanks to FREX parking demand - Daily Gleaner - The Fredericton Exhibition gives the community a chance to get out and have some fun, but it also gives some charitable organizations a financial boost. (September 6, 2008)




» Scouts have to raise cash - Owen Sound Sun Times - Scouting Canada will put Wildfang Park up for sale if Kincardine Scouting can't recover from the debt racked up from repairs to Scout Hall. (September 5, 2008)




» Registration for scouting is always a big time of year - Kings County Record - Many of our scouting groups are getting ready for the new 2008-09 year. There will be a booth at the upcoming Sussex registration fair, where youth can be registered and parents receive information. All local groups will have their own registration nights as well. (September 2, 2008)




» Volunteers sustain the scouting world - Kings County Record - There have been hundreds of adult volunteers who have spent time working with the Sussex area Scouts Canada groups over the years. Many are Sussex business owners and operators, and have provided not only time, but financial resources as well. (August 26, 2008)




» A unique experience - The Sarnia Observer - A group of 35 happy kids piled into a yellow school bus Friday morning on their way to a unique camping trip made possible by area boy scouts. (August 19, 2008)




» Local scouts among 350 at Owen Sound winter camp - Orangeville Citizen - Members of the Orangeville Scout Troop braved the elements and attended the 45th annual Owen Sound Winter Camp, along with over 350 other Scouts and Venturers. (August 18, 2008)




» Scouting lessons vital for life, veteran says - Ottawa Citizen - A cardiologist was recently threading a probe into a man's heart and chatting with the conscious patient as he worked. He knew the man on the table was a former pilot, and said his father, too, had flown in the Second World War. The Battle of Britain veteran asked if the doctor's dad had flown Spitfires. Nope. Messerschmitt 109s. (August 18, 2008)




» Reward youth for a job well done - Kings Record - All too often, the only press and publicity that young people get is negative. A lot of positive news gets passed over because it isn't sensational enough. (August 12, 2008)




» Scouts learned how to party green - Kings Record - The 2007-08 scouting year is in summer shutdown mode, but went out with a bang. The weekend of June 27-29, saw 250 youth and adults descend on the Yoho Scout Reserve, near Fredericton, for the NB Council Linking camp. Cubs, Scouts and Venturer groups landed Friday night, and set up their camps, keeping their fingers crossed that it wouldn't rain. On Saturday morning, 40 Beavers and adults landed for the day, with 30 coming from Moncton on a chartered bus. (July 22, 2008)




» Rotary Club names couple as Citizens of the Year - Bracebridge Examiner - What you see is what you get. Sitting with Wayne and Audrey Forth in their Bracebridge home, the co-winners of the Citizen of the Year for the Town of Bracebridge, is like a breath of proverbial Muskoka air — their spirit and obvious verve for life is evident through their laughter and perpetual smiles. (July 16, 2008)




» Port Hope teen receives Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Northumberland News - Devon Campbell of Port Hope recently received the Duke of Edinburgh's award. (July 8, 2008)




» Proud to give back - Kings Record - Since 1950, the Canadian Scout Brotherhood Fund has supported community development projects carried out in Third World countries. The Scouts Canada International Relations Committee administers this fund, and the World Scout Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland, suggests projects that need funding. (July 8, 2008)




» Youth deserve praise, not negative press - thisweekonline.ca - Too often we read about young people in the newspaper while shaking our heads and worrying about the future of our society. Stories of teenagers beating other teenagers, of excessive noise, litter and vandalism around high schools, and of young offenders in the justice system give a negative image to those aged 12 to 19. (July 4, 2008)




» Scouting trio receive federal youth awards - Peterborough Examiner - All three said they had no idea the award was coming. Rachel Northey, 18, Tyler Lewis, 16, and Jordan Weller, 16, all youth members of the Kawartha Waterways branch of Scouts Canada, each received a Canada Day Youth Award from Canadian Heritage during a surprise ceremony yesterday by Little Lake Marina. (July 2, 2008)




» Evidence strong to support scouting movement was born in Port Morien - Cape Breton Post - Last week I pointed out that the tradition that scouting began in Port Morien in 1908 is strong. To commemorate the event, the village has planned four days of celebrations from July 10-13. (June 29, 2008)




» Brampton resident fears unique scout camp could close - Brampton Guardian - Every summer for the past 30 years children from all over Ontario gather in a 150-year-old barn just outside Acton to camp and swim, make crafts and make friends. Despite its long history and deep roots in the community, it remains a secret to most of Brampton. (June 27, 2008)




» Scout leader honoured - Langley Advance - A Langley Mountie has been honoured for his commitment to public service and Scouts Canada. (June 24, 2008)




» Scouts Canada issues warning to Sault area - Sault This Week - City Police would like to advise the public that they received information from the Executive Director of Scouts Canada for Northern Ontario that he received information that there is an individual that has been going door to door in our local area, wearing a Boy Scout or Cub type of uniform selling apples. The information provided is that the person, a male, is being driven around in a black SUV operated by a female driver. (June 24, 2008)




» Scout Hall to be demolished by city - The Barrie Examiner - Time is growing short for Sunnidale Park's Scout Hall. It becomes the city's responsibility again on June 30, and is to be demolished. (June 23, 2008)




» Scouts heading to Scotland - Comox Valley Echo - My name is Kassandra Sewell, and I am 13 years of age. This summer, I am fortunate enough to be traveling with Scouts Canada to Great Britain for an entire month! (June 20, 2008)




» Mountie honoured beyond the call - Langley Advance - Staff Sgt. Dave Fitzharris of the Langley RCMP was given a Community Contribution Award this week by the Pacific Federal Council. (June 19, 2008)




» City takes back our Scout Hall - Barrie Advance - Thank you to those Scouters who showed up to help go through some of the “stuff” (no other word could possibly describe the odd bits and pieces of craft supplies, old flag poles, displays, piles of old event badges, posters, and of course, mugs, mugs and more mugs!). (June 17, 2008)




» Kawarthas is a playground for canoeists, kayakers - Peterborough Examiner - Courses offered for children by Brownsea Base. The seemingly endless network of lakes and rivers in the Kawarthas is a playground for those interested in learning how to canoe or kayak. (June 5, 2008)




» What's in a name? - Kings County Record - When a new organization is created, a suitable name for the organization must be created as well. When Sir Robert Baden-Powell started an outdoor program for young boys in 1907, he based it on the training program that new army scouts took, and the program became known as Boy Scouts. (June 3, 2008)




» Cubs have fun while learning life skills - Belleville Intelligencer - 200 take part in Algonquinte Cuboree. Sometimes soggy and constantly buggy conditions didn't deter Wolf Cubs and other Scouting members from enjoying their special weekend outdoors. (June 2, 2008)




» Down scouting's memory lane - King's County Record - I was looking through some old Central Kings District scrapbooks from 20 years ago, and I found some interesting items. Central Kings District had many great scouters over the years, and I would like to share comments from three of the original founders of scouting in Sussex and area. (May 27, 2008)




» Trip celebrates 100 years of Scouting - Miramichi Leader - The weekend weather forecast predicted rain, rain, rain for the Miramichi area. It was not what we'd hoped for in our plans to canoe the mighty Southwest Miramichi River in May. (May 26, 2008)




» Whycocomagh scouts honoured by Lt.-Gov with Chief Scout awards - Cape Breton Post - Five members of the 1st Whycocomagh Scout Troop were given the Chief Scout’s award in April. (May 26, 2008)




» After more than 50 years, man receives scouting award - Chatham Daily News - It's been more than 50 years since Tom Vella-Zarb was involved with scouts in his homeland of Malta. (May 24, 2008)




» `Raksha' loved life, mentoring Scouts - Toronto Star - Her name was Margaret Eleanor Josephine Wright, but to boys young and old she was simply "Raksha," named after the protective mother wolf in The Jungle Book. (May 23, 2008)




» Scouts help Base grow new forests - The Daily Observer - Members of the 4th Petawawa Scout Group pitched in to assist the Base Construction Engineers with their reforestation plans. (May 13, 2008)




» The serious “business” of scouting - kingscorecord.com - When most people think of scouting, they tend to think of youth hiking through the woods, camping by a crystal clear lake, and standing at attention in their uniforms at a ceremony. No one thinks of scouting as a business, but it really is. (May 13, 2008)




» Volunteer award for Cutler - Welland Tribune - Ten young men and women last week received the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers for their exceptional volunteerism, in activities ranging from distributing food for those in need to organizing fund-raising drives for a school in India for HIV-positive children. (May 13, 2008)




» Young Scouts to boost disaster relief in Ontario - canada.com - The next time the Big One hits - tornado, flood, or another kind of disaster - children in khaki shirts and neckerchiefs may be calling the shots. (May 10, 2008)




» New trees greening up rural areas; Young and old plant saplings on the weekend - The Cornwall Standard Freeholder - More than 300 new trees were planted in Cornwall Saturday as two very different groups did their part to keep the city's green space growing. (May 5, 2008)




» Youth get connected at Global Development Village - CNW Group - Many young people know about the world's problems but never hear about solutions. The Global Development Village is a welcome change! Over 2000 young people will gather at Toronto's Downsview Park on May 6, 7, 8 and 10, to take part in interactive and empowering workshops that will inspire them as future leaders. (April 30, 2008)




» Racing to the finish line - Midland Mirror - Saturday featured the 6th-Annual Scouts Canada Windake Shores Area soapbox derby. (April 28, 2008)




» Scouts Canada awards Calgarians - Calgary Herald - Two Calgary citizens were awarded in mid-April for their outstanding service and dedication to the Scouting movement by Scouts Canada. (April 28, 2008)




» Hard to top this Scout badge - Belleville Intelligencer - David Fry's 17-year involvement in local Scouting has earned him national honours. The 23-year-old Plainfield resident is the first recipient in the Algonquinte Scouting area of a new national award, the Medal of the Maple for Distinguished Youth Service. (April 26, 2008)




» GM donates $100K to plant 20,000 trees - St. Catharines Standard - Little Shaw Cummings-Boase gripped the shovel, stuck it in the pile of dirt and teetered toward the white oak tree before steadying herself to cover the roots. (April 23, 2008)




» GM donates $100,000 for youth tree-planting initiative - newsdurhamregion.com - Scouts and Guides to plant 20,000 trees across Canada. GM Canada has kicked off Earth Week by extending a helping hand to Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada to the tune of $100,000 for tree-planting initiatives. (April 22, 2008)




» Local scouts receive new medal - Welland Tribune - Two Welland scouts are among the first to receive Scouts Canada's newest medal. Doug Stanyar and Greg White received the Medal of the Maple Wednesday. (April 17, 2008)




» Scouting groups seek donations to aid Scoutrees for Canada - Georgetown Independent and Free Press - Georgetown and Acton Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will help plant 3,000 trees, as part of the national Scoutrees for Canada program, on Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Dufferin's Acton Quarry. (April 11, 2008)




» Scout earns city honours - The Sarnia Observer - Aaron Minnis is no cub when it comes to scouts. The 11-year-old has one more accolade to add to an already historic Scouts Canada career, this time a merit of achievement from city hall. (April 9, 2008)




» Boy, scouts have changed - Toronto Star - Scouts Canada has been fully co-ed for 10 years, but many people can't seem to give up the old name – so a friendly reminder was in order (March 10, 2008)




» Scouting groups gear up for food drive - Peterborough Examiner - On Saturday, March 15, the Scouting groups in Kawartha Waterways Area will participate in the eighth annual Lorraine Hannah Memorial Food Drive. (March 7, 2008)




» Big rig racing; Scouts, Venturers and Rovers will race homemade vehicles against each other this weekend - Welland Tribune - Some of Niagara's youth will be racing 18-wheelers on Saturday. Not to worry, however. The vehicles are made of plastic and wood and are only 11.5 centimetres tall. (February 28, 2008)




» City man honoured for 40 years of Scouting - Belleville Intelligencer - For the past 40 years, few things have given David Bentley a feeling of more pride than wearing his scouting uniform. (February 25, 2008)




» He's been in Scouting for his entire life - Regina Leader Post - Francis Martens-Poole, a Scouts Canada Commemorative Centennial Medal recipient, was in the Scouting movement even as a baby. (February 25, 2008)




» Outdoor adventures await scouts - Larngley Advance - For more than a century, scouting has provided outdoor adventures for boys and girls as young as five years old. (February 22, 2008)




» Cubs race their 'kars'; Four ounce blocks of wood turned into slick racers - Welland Tribune - There's not many things to make from a four ounce block of wood. But add some spokes and four plastic wheels and you have all the makings of Kub Kar. (February 18, 2008)




» Humber College Rovers test career in policing - Etobicoke Guardian - An unique local program that grooms potential recruits for a career in policing graduated more Humber College students last month. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair and Deputy Chief Kim Derry inducted a new group of Toronto Police Service (TPS) 22 Division Rovers in a ceremony at Toronto police headquarters last month. (February 12, 2008)




» Scouts Canada not giving staff Family Day off - Toronto Star - 110 in Ontario already getting 11 paid holidays, but review could occur. When it comes to Ontario's controversial Family Day holiday, staff at Scouts Canada should abide by Lord Robert Baden-Powell's motto: Be prepared. (February 6, 2008)




» A Scout's honour - Ottawa Citizen - At 16, Edward King — once a violent, at times suicidal, 11-year-old — has become a person others can admire, as Shelley Page explains (January 27, 2008)




» Viking dinner honours Scouters - Peterborough Examiner - Members of the 1st Lakefield Viking Rover Crew and their group commissioner held a Viking dinner in honour of Scouters Bill ("Skip") and Chris Karam at the Lakefield Scout Ship on Saturday, Dec. 29 beginning at 4 p.m. (January 25, 2008)




» Potential to 'change the world' - Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald - Great-grandson of Scouts’ founder, wife bound for Kenya to work with youth. (January 24, 2008)




» Hazel receives scout's honour - The Mississauga News - She's a worthy recipient of an award. Scout's honour. Scouting groups in Mississauga will honour Mayor Hazel McCallion with a Centennial Medal in a ceremony today at the Logos Baptist Church in Meadowvale. (January 23, 2008)




» Waiting list to join Scouts in Kennebecasis Valley - CBC.ca - The scouting movement has been facing a general decline in New Brunswick, but that doesn't appear to be the case in the Kennebecasis Valley. (December 14, 2007)




» Scouts' money returned - North Shore News - West Vancouver Scouts have a good Samaritan to thank for the return of $700 earned by selling Christmas trees outside in the cold. By Bethany Lindsay. (December 7, 2007)




» SolHuma's Partnership With the Scouts Could Reach Out to 28 Million Members - Marketwire - SolHuma, the Canadian firm who invented the Vital Stove(TM), announces that is has reached a strategic partnership with the Association des scouts du Canada (ASC), a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), a non-governmental international organization based in Geneva that is comprised of 28 million scouts. (December 5, 2007)




» Heir to scouts movement on tour - West Island Chronicle - When Adam Baden-Clay, 32, emerged out of a mud session dripping head to toe this summer at camp Tamaracouta, he did not look the part for a hug, but that is exactly what a Dorval beaver scouts leader gave him. By Raffy Boudjikanian. (November 27, 2007)




» Scouts Canada's financial health under microscope - Vancouver Province - Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, could face bankruptcy, according to a watchdog group. By Kent Spencer. (November 21, 2007)




» Scouts Canada and St. Joseph Communications Extend Unique Reforestation Program: Partners in Growth - CNW Group - For every ton of paper used on a customer's behalf, St. Joseph Communications facilitates the planting of three tree seedlings through Scouts Canada. (November 20, 2007)




» Scouts Canada in financial trouble - Victoria Times Colonist - Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, could face bankruptcy, according to a watchdog group. (November 20, 2007)




» Scouts may face bankruptcy - Edmonton Journal - $6-million pension shortfall alarms watchdog. Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, could face bankruptcy, according to a watchdog group. (November 20, 2007)




» Oshawa Scouts team canoe their way to notable honour - News Durham Region - The 21st Oshawa Venturer company will be honoured by Lieutenant-Governor David Onley at Queen's Park in Toronto on Nov. 17. (November 6, 2007)




» Scouts place flags on veterans' graves - mykawartha.com - It's early Saturday morning. A perfect November day. The grass at Little Lake Cemetery is still crunchy to walk on, covered in a layer of frost that hasn't yet been melted away by the late morning sun. The children are bundled in jackets, some wearing hats and mitts. By Lauren Gilchrist. (November 5, 2007)




» Governor General Welcomes 150 Young Canadians to Rideau Hall in Honour of the 100TH Anniversary of Scouts Canada - MarketWire - Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will welcome 150 members of Scouts Canada from the National Capital Region to Rideau Hall in honour of the 100th anniversary of the World Scout Movement. (October 18, 2007)




» Merit Badge for Lobbying - Summer camps and boy scouts go together like peanut butter and jam. But that combination could soon cost the scouts a lot of money if the provincial government doesn't step in. By Sean Holman. (October 11, 2007)




» An Apple On Apple Day Goes A Long, Long Way - Cambridge Now - Who wouldn't want to give these kids a couple-a-bucks for a crisp ontario apple. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will be handing out apples (hoping to get a donation) on Thursday and Friday evening (October, 11, 12) and on Saturday (October 13) morning at various locations across Cambridge. Any donations received from the public will go directly to individual Scout groups to help offset the costs of camping and educational programs for the young Scouts. (October 5, 2007)




» Campfire trouble - Amherst Daily News - Scouts struggling to find volunteers. Remember when Scouts did good deeds, helped friends and neighbours, shared stories around the campfire and just enjoyed being kids? (September 18, 2007)




» Scouts pop up short of record - Calgary Sun - More than 500 boy scouts looking to pop their way into the Guinness Book of World Records came up just a few kernels short — not that critters at the Calgary Zoo minded. (September 16, 2007)




» Opportunities abound through scouting - Langley Advance - Today scouting is far different from what was begun as the Boy Scouts a century ago by Lord Robert Baden-Powell in England. (September 11, 2007)




» Girl Guides looking for a new camp - Kootenay News Editor - The directors on the Board of the Regional District of East Kootenay will be making a decision this week on an application by the Cranbrook Girl Guides. The organization has asked that the zoning of a piece of property in the Cranbrook area be changed from Rural Residential Country to Public Institutional to allow for the establishment of a Girl Guide Camp on the property. By Kerstin Renner. (September 5, 2007)




» There is so much you can do through scouts - Niagara Falls Review - Outdated public image doesn't describe skills, adventure group offers. By Alisom Langley. (September 5, 2007)




» Another Brownsea season winds down - Peterborough Examiner - The 41st season of on-the-water Scouting at Brownsea Base drew to a close on the evening of Aug. 16 with the familiar family barbecue at the Beavermead Park dining shelter. (August 24, 2007)




» Olive Tree Foundation Announces Grant to Scouts Canada - IQRA - Olive Tree Foundation has announced that it will provide a grant to support Scouts Canada in developing a video that will encourage the creation of Scout groups in multicultural communities across the country. (August 22, 2007)




» Rubber ducks invade the Thames; 7,500 yellow quackers float in river for charity - Chatham Daily News - Some nice weather and a strong current helped the ducks make good time on Saturday. The 18th annual Rubber Duck Race, held on the Thames River, was organized by the Chatham Kinsmen and Kinette clubs in support of the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation, as well as Scouts Canada. By Trevor Terfloth. (August 20, 2007)




» Scouts celebrate 100 years - Niagara Falls Review - When a young girl fell down a hill and broke her ankle in a remote Kingston park, Mike Baskin knew exactly what to do. (August 17, 2007)




» Joining in the celebration of Scouting - Campbell River Mirror - How do you sum up an event that keeps you going day and night, introduces you to hundreds, if not thousands of people and celebrates 100 years of serving youth? (August 10, 2007)




» Scouters gather from around world - Peterborough Examiner - When the Centennial Jamboree opened in Camp Tamaracouta at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25 there were thousands of excited leaders and youth realizing that they'd finally arrived. The months of fundraising and planning were over and they looked forward to a week of exciting program adventures, the hopes of meeting as many Scouting members from different countries as possible and the realization that Scouting is, indeed, a fantastic organization for youth and adults. (August 10, 2007)




» Dorval Honours the 100th Anniversary of the Scouts Movement - Le Messager Lachine Dorval - The City of Dorval is proud to dedicate the Dorval Circle floral arrangement to the Scouts movement, in this its world-wide centennial celebration year. (August 2, 2007)




» Scouting's new motto: Be prepared for diversity - Globe and Mail - The group of young adventurers known as World Organization of the Scout Movement is growing up - and according to those in charge of its Canadian following, it is aging for the better. By Geoff Nixon. (August 2, 2007)




» Scouts celebrate centennial - Regina Leader-Post - There wasn't any knot-tying or badge-sewing, but Wednesday's fresh and pleasant morning witnessed a khaki-clad community gathered to celebrate a centennial. By Joe Couture. (August 2, 2007)




» Did you ever wear green garter tabs? - Soo Today - Over 28 million Scouts worldwide celebrate; thousands attending CJ'07 are honoured with the presence of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's great-grandson, Adam Baden-Clay. (August 1, 2007)




» Volunteers Honoured - Caledon Citizen - Group commissioners from Alton, Bolton, Caledon, Caledon East and Mono Mills all received a pin and a certificate signed by The Honourable Mike Colle, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. (August 1, 2007)




» Worldwide Sunrise Ceremony Marks 100 Years of Scouting - CNW Telbec - Over 28 million Scouts worldwide celebrate; thousands attending CJ'07 are honoured with the presence of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's great-grandson, Adam Baden-Clay. (August 1, 2007)




» Scouts Canada Helps Break Cycle of Poverty for Kids in Kenya - CNW Telbec - Canada Hosts Ten Kenyan Extension Scouting Members as Special Guests at National Jamboree; Providing Youth with Hope for the Future. (July 31, 2007)




» Canadian teen celebrates 100 years of scouting with royalties in London - Canoe.ca - A young Canadian boy is bringing home a royal memory from a trip to England to celebrate the centenary of scouting. By Russ Morgan. (July 28, 2007)




» Canadian teen celebrates 100 years of scouting with royalties in London - Chronicle Journal - A young Canadian boy is bringing home a royal memory from a trip to England to celebrate the centenary of scouting. (July 28, 2007)




» Scouts honoured at 100 - London Free Press - You wouldn't know it by looking at them, but the Boy Scouts turn 100 next week. (July 28, 2007)




» Long-awaited jamboree under way - Peterborough Examiner - For more than a year, Scouting youth and adults have been preparing for the Centennial Jamboree which marks the 100th anniversary of Scouting around the world. (July 27, 2007)




» Jamboree celebrates 100 years of Scouting - Montreal Gazette - Scouts arrive en masse in laurentians Week full of competition and badge collecting. (July 26, 2007)




» More than 8,000 at Scouts Canada centennial jamboree - CBC.ca - More than 8,000 scouts, leaders and volunteers from as far away as Africa started arriving Thursday at Quebec's Camp Tamaracouta, near Saint-Jérôme, for the Canadian Jamboree celebrating scouting's centennial year. (July 26, 2007)




» Sask. contingent headed off to Que. - Regina Leader-Post - Some 250 Scouts, Venturers and their leaders from Regina, Saskatoon, Weyburn, Fort Qu'Appelle, Nokomis and Swift Current are heading to Quebec for Scouts Canada's 11th Canadian Jamboree. (July 23, 2007)




» Local scout joins 40,000 in London - Chilliwack Progress - Steven Burgoyne has a date with the Queen of England. He’s not sure if she’s actually going make it, but early next week the local teen will be at Windsor Castle, the largest occupied castle in the world. (July 22, 2007)




» Brownsea Base advanced paddlers enjoy first camp of season this month - Peterborough Examiner - Brownsea Base's Advanced paddlers held their first camp of the season with a trip to Buzzard Lake on the July 6 to 8 weekend. (July 20, 2007)




» Venturers win adventure award - Peterborough Examiner - The 1st Lakefield Sea Venturers were honoured to be presented with the 3rd Place Amory award in Canada at the Kawartha Waterways Area Centennial Camp in front of youth and leaders from all five sections, their peers, their friends and fellow Scouters. By Lenore Allen. (July 13, 2007)




» Not a joiner? Join the club - Vancouver Province - Scouts Canada, now celebrating a centennial and a parallel effort to boost membership, has 102,000 members across Canada, including adult volunteers. At its height in 1963, membership was more than 315,000. By Chris Cobb. (July 7, 2007)




» Cairn, plaque for Scouts - Caledon Citizen - aledon council recently supported the installation of a cairn and plaque on the Caledon Trailway near the Highway 10 pedestrian bridge in honour of Scouts Canada's 100th anniversary. (June 20, 2007)




» Historic Kawartha Waterways camp held - Peterborough Examiner - Late in the afternoon of Friday, June 8, the winds whipped trees, branches fell and rain pounded the Serpent Mounds as Scouters were beginning to arrive to set up for the first all-section camp the Kawartha Waterways had ever attempted in the same place at the same time. By Allen Lenore. (June 15, 2007)




» Scouts Canada Foundation Honours Scholarship Recipients - Marketwire - The Scouts Canada Foundation today announced it will award its annual scholarships to outstanding students involved in Canadian Scouting. Criteria for selection included academic achievement, demonstrated Scouting history, involvement and achievement, and community service. (June 15, 2007)




» Scouts Canada - Brampton Area To Host Camp Of The Century - Brampton Guardian - To celebrate 100 years of Scouting in Canada, Scouts Canada – Brampton Area will hold its Camp of the Century at Donald M. Gordon Chinguacousy Park from June 15 to 17. (June 13, 2007)




» Brownsea Base enters its 41st year - Peterborough Examiner - Brownsea Base, at the George Street wharf on Little Lake in Peterborough, the centre for Scouts Canada's Kawartha Waterways Area water skills training program, enters its 41st year on June 16 and 17. The pre-Brownsea camp will be held at Langley Park for first-year applicants to learn skills for self-contained camping that weekend. By Allen Lenore. (June 1, 2007)




» Peterborough scouter receiving Governor General's Caring Canadian Award - Peterborough Examiner - A 33-year veteran of the Peterborough Scouts District is receiving the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award from Gov.-Gen. Michaelle Jean Friday at a ceremony in Toronto. By Reg Watson. (May 31, 2007)




» Scouts put the 'out' in outdoors - 100 Mile House Free Press - Sixty-six Scout leaders and 20 trainers participated in Wood Badge Two training at Lake of The Trees on the weekend of May 3-6. (May 30, 2007)




» Leader of the pack left indelible mark on community through his volunteer efforts - Truro Daily News - When Gordon Poole takes a trip down memory lane, he realizes how dedicated he has been to the Scouting movement. BY Monique Chiasson. (May 25, 2007)




» Scouts set for Huck Finn races - Peterborough Examiner - Scouts Canada's 26th annual Huck Finn Raft Race will be held June 1 to 3. Sponsored by the Trillium Highlands Area and hosted by Bobcaygeon, this event will take place at Riverview Park. It is open to registered scouting and guiding members, but the public is welcome to come and cheer them on. By Comrie Palmer. (May 25, 2007)




» Scouts mark a century of honours - Toronto Star - Under the blazing sun, the Scouts marched toward the new school, leading the parade in full uniform. Arriving at the site, they took position flanking both sides of the adjoining road. As the government officials, community members and students attending the ceremony passed, each was greeted with a three-fingered Scout salute. By Craig and Marc Kielburger. (May 24, 2007)




» Local Scouts receive Chief Scout's and Queen's Venturer awards - Brantford Expositor - Scouts Canada recently honoured 77 of its outstanding local youth at the annual Chief Scout's/Queen's Venturer award ceremony. (May 23, 2007)




» Scouts presented with top awards; Scouts And Venturers From Welland And Port Colborne Attend Ceremony In Niagara Falls - Welland Tribune - Scouts Canada honoured 77 of its outstanding local youth at the annual Chief Scout's/Queen's Venturer award ceremony Friday evening at St. Andrew's United Church in Niagara Falls. (May 9, 2007)




» Scouts dig in to help environment - Peterborough Examiner - With a shovel twice as tall as he was in one hand and a small spruce sapling in the other, eight-year-old Shawn Burnham came prepared to plant Saturday. By Galen Eagle. (May 7, 2007)




» Top honours for local scouts - Niagara Falls Review - Seventy-seven boys and girls from across southern Ontario were honoured for their achievements in the Scouting movement, during a special ceremony Friday in Niagara Falls. By John Robbins. (May 7, 2007)




» Scouting hands out honours, awards - Peterborough Examiner - On April 19, members of the Kawartha Waterways Area Scouting family gathered at St. Paul's Church in Peterborough for the annual 2006/2007 Scouting year Honours and Awards dinner and presentations. By Allen Lenore. (May 4, 2007)




» Scouting aims to connect with Muslims - Toronto Star - An early-morning paddle across a still northern lake, just as the rising sun burns off the last of the fog from the surface of the water, your thoughts full of the stories, hot chocolate and marshmallows of the campfire the night before. By Stuart Laidlaw. (April 30, 2007)




» Scouting has seen many changes over the years - NewsLeader - After 100 years, the Scouts may be co-ed and members may be able to earn badges for computing and snowboarding, but its basic premise remains the same. (April 26, 2007)




» Scouting movement celebrates 100th anniversary - NewsLeader - In 1907, founder Robert Baden-Powell took a troop of boys camping on Brownsea Island in England. That initial group of 22 lads has now become 28 million Scouting members in 155 countries. By Sabine Boersch. (April 26, 2007)




» Top three finish for local scouts - Sooke News - The Klondike gold rush began in 1897 when ships brought gold-laden miners to San Francisco and Seattle from the Yukon. The press carried the story to the world and within six months, 100,000 gold-seekers headed for the Yukon. (April 25, 2007)




» Part clean-up,part green-up; wellanders turn out to help make their patch of Earth a better place - Welland Tribune - Welland's Earth Day celebration was part part clean-up and part green-up. City councillor Paul Grenier was pleased the event accomplished what it set out to. By Derek Swartz. (April 23, 2007)




» They've got the whole world in their hands - Welland Tribune - Scouts, cubs and beavers from Scouts Canada - Merritt Trail, will be digging in to do their part tomorrow at Merritt Island as part of the opening ceremonies of Earth Day Welland. (April 20, 2007)




» Councillor, longtime scout devoted life to community - Halifax Daily News - According to an article his son recently read, Kenneth Edward Margeson would have been "an elder of the tribe" had he lived centuries ago. By Paul Everest. (April 16, 2007)




» Cubs assist birthday-card record attempt - Timmins Daily Press - A group of local boy scouts are sending about 100 birthday cards to a young cancer patient from Lancaster, Ont., none of them have ever met. By Scott Paradis. (April 12, 2007)




» Waterloo scouts make a name for themselves in international knot-tying - Waterloo Chronicle - The 21st Waterloo Scout Troop won the knot-tying trophy at the 2007 Owen Sound Winter Camporee. The annual camporee, now in its 44th year, played host to over 500 scouts from Ontario and nearby U.S. states. (April 4, 2007)




» Celebrating Scouting - Western News - Penticton Mayor Jake Kimberley signs a proclamation honouring Scouting’s 100th anniversary as he is joined by some of the members of Penticton Scouts groups. (February 28, 2007)




» Renowned astronaut plans visit with Waterloo cub troupe - Waterloo Chronicle - Cubs learn many valuable lessons, like how to build a fire and paddle a canoe. By Jennifer Ormston. (February 28, 2007)




» Stoney Point scouts celebrate their centennial anniversary - Chronicle West End - Montreal West town hall played host to at least 100 scouts last Thursday as they rallied together to mark the centennial celebration of the scouting movement. By Charles Montgomery. (February 27, 2007)




» Great Canadians thank Scouts for success - Ottawa Citizen - Gala's keynote speakers credit organization for giving them expertise as well as confidence. By Caroline Phillips. (February 25, 2007)