Scouts Apple Day - Stoney Creek News - It's time for Hamilton's Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers to shine up the regions finest apples and present them at your favorite merchant's doorstep. - http://www.stoneycreeknews.com/scn/news/news_900075.html
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. - http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2007/10/11/4566605-sun.html
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 variou - http://www.cambridgenow.ca/npps/story.cfm?id=846
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? - http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=63204&sc=58
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. - http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/09/16/4500251-sun.html
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. - http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/story.html?id=310be2b3-1c5b-4391-a032-c4b19bb92864
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 fro - http://www.kootenayadvertiser.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=17&cat=23&id=1058656&more=0
There is so much you can do through scouts - Niagara Falls Review - Outdated public image doesn't describe skills, adventure group offers.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. - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=680139&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=666948&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. - http://iqra.typepad.com/read/2007/08/olive-tree-foun.html
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, a - http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=660069&catname=Local+News&classif=
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. - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=657708&catname=Local%20News&classif=News%20Live
Scouts Canada donates $10,000 to valley project for restoration - Mountain News - The City of Hamilton was presented with a cheque for $10,000 from the Hamilton area scouts Aug. 1. to be used towards the Red Hill Valley Project Ecological Restoration Program. - http://www.hamiltonmountainnews.com/hmn/news/news_856621.html
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 - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=647713&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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? - http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=6&cat=48&id=1041757&more=0
Scouts honoured at 100 - London Free Press - You wouldn't know it by looking at them, but the Boy Scouts turn 100 next week. - http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2007/07/28/4374779-sun.html
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. - http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/07/26/scouts-jamboree.html
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. - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=629757&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. - http://www.theprogress.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=39&cat=23&id=1030762&more=0
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. - http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=52fde6b0-7a22-44ab-bfc8-211093ca59d7
Jamboree celebrates 100 years of Scouting - Montreal Gazette - Scouts arrive en masse in laurentians Week full of competition and badge collecting. - http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=17bfdb46-fdcc-4454-ab5a-558922e02a43
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. - http://www.caledoncitizen.com/news/2007/0801/community/041.html
Scouts and Guides set for a new century - Vancouver Sun - The movement popularized by Lord Baden-Powell celebrates its centenary next year with a resurgence. By Gerry Bellett. - http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=cb9e7161-4a2f-4645-bd98-667a5c3a58ac&k=57609
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. - http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=26316
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. - http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/August2007/01/c3023.html
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. - http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=0a65bf91-8c42-41ed-9ec5-726bec3b360d
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. - http://www.messagerlachine.com/article-126494-Dorval-Honours-the-100th-Anniversary-of-the-Scouts-Movement.html
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. - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070802.wscouts02/BNStory/National/?query=%22scouts+canada%22
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 - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=610464&catname=Local%20News&classif=
Scouting turns 100 - The Labradorian - Local troop receives commemorative medals, will attend Centennial Jamboree. History has taught us that a simple idea or experiment can eventually turn in to something much larger with the potential to change the face of the world. By Kenn Oliver. - http://www.thelabradorian.ca/index.cfm?iid=2631&sid=22829
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. - http://www.canada.com/theprovince/features/saturdaymagazine/story.html?id=ceafd4b8-5f4a-4799-9443-7e64baba5a60&k=71507
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. - http://www.caledoncitizen.com/news/2007/0620/Front_page/002.html
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 a - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=572266&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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 - http://www.marketwire.com/2.0/release.do?id=742723
1812 cemetery salute begins with parade - Cheektowaga Times - Cheektowaga's parade season begins Sunday with the annual War of 1812 Cemetery parade, which begins at the intersection of Aero and Wehrle drives at noon and proceeds east on Aero to the cemetery. - http://www.cheektowagatimes.com/news/2007/0607/Front_Page/003.html
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 - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=552867&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=551897&catname=Local+News
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. - http://www.100milefreepress.net/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=1&cat=43&id=994549&more=0
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 - http://www.thestar.com/article/216860
Scouts Canada event marks its centennial - Guelph Tribune - Wellington area Scouts will celebrate 100 years of scouting during a special opening ceremonies at Guelph Lake on Saturday May 26. - http://www.guelphtribune.ca/trib/news/news_797863.html
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 publi - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=543503&catname=Local+News
Scouting a new way - Guelph Mercury - Scouts group retools to keep kids involved. By Brian Whitwham. - http://www.guelphmercury.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=mercury/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1179402288970&call_pageid=1050067726115&col=1050421501473
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. - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=517256&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=517806&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=514730&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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 - http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/208611
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. - http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=41&cat=43&id=971125&more=
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. - http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=41&cat=43&id=971124&more=
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. - http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=32&cat=40&id=970572&more=
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. - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=494295&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. - http://www.timminspress.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=483500&catname=Local+News&classif=
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. - http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=102&cat=43&id=842036&more=
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. - http://www.westendchronicle.com/article-79303-Stoney-Point-scouts-celebrate-their-centennial-anniversary.html
Heroes, among friends - Ottawa Citizen - Area Cub leaders receive awards for saving life of ailing colleague. By Roger Collier. - http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=824b3a52-b753-4c4c-8022-41aa00434f71&k=96172
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. - http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e8b37a43-007f-4153-a933-e76287c86f94
Scouting Celebrates 100 Years in National Capital This Weekend - CCN Matthews - As part of Scouts Canada's 2007 Centennial celebrations, media are invited to two very special events in the National Capital on Saturday, February 24, 2007. - http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=636709
Scouting celebrates 100 years - News Leader Pictorial - About a dozen badges are sewn to chaplain Frank Sarton’s shirt and each one tells a story. The story de jour comes from a purple badge that sits above his heart. By Michelle Thompson. - http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=9&cat=43&id=837277&more=
Service celebrates 100 years of Scouting, birth of founder - NiagaraThisWeek - Fruitbelt Area of Scouts Canada will be celebrating the 150th birthday of Scouting's founder Lord Baden-Powell, as well as the 100th anniversary of Scouting, with a church service in Grimsby next week. - http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/70692
Celebrate scouting - Esquimalt News - Canada’s legions of Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers, Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders are getting ready to join 25 million other young people around the world in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Scouting movement. - http://www.esquimaltnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=10&cat=23&id=832669&more=
Scouts appeal to Valentine hearts - Peace Arch News - White Rock and South Surrey scouts are hoping Peninsula couples will be in a giving mood this weekend. The scouts are holding a Valentine’s Dance and Silent Auction tonight (Feb. 10) at Crescent Beach Legion to help raise money for a leadership trip to - http://www.peacearchnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=44&cat=23&id=830022&more=
Scouts Canada celebrates 100 years - NorthernLife.ca - At Marymount Academy Sunday morning 36 Boy Scout Cubs got the chance to race their home made creations as part of a regional KubKar Rally.ademy Sunday morning 36 Boy Scout Cubs got the chance to race their home made creations as part of a regional KubKar - http://www.northernlife.ca/News/Lifestyle/2007/02-05-07-kubkarTOP.asp?NLStory=02-05-07-kubkarTOP
Longtime cub scout leaders to retire as movement hits century mark - Mountain News - Tuesday night cub scout meetings in the Christian Education Building of Barton Stone United Church won't be the same next fall as two leaders with more than 100 years of combined service are set to put away their compasses and hang up their scarves for th - http://www.hamiltonmountainnews.com/hmn/news/news_712391.html
Becky's Guiding Resource Centre - Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides. - http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/