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 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. - http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=782616    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 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. - http://www.chroniclejournal.com/CP_stories.php?id=56556 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= 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. - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=620543&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 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. - http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/07/28/4375767-cp.html 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 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. - http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2007/31/c2592.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 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. - http://www.northpeel.com/regional_news/article/26846 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 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. - http://trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=32060&sc=68 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. - http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=539465&catname=Local%20News&classif= 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 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. - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=520347&catname=Local%20News&classif= 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= 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. - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=497418&catname=Local%20News&classif= 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= 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. - http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=23102&sc=89 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= 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. - http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/wat/news/news_756883.html 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. - http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/wat/news/news_730716.html 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/ Prominent member of Scouting community dies - Guelph Mercury - A prominent member in the local Scouting community died over the weekend. Peter Collins died at his home in Guelph Saturday. He was 59 years old. - http://www.guelphmercury.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=mercury/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1167737766810&call_pageid=1050067726115&col=1050421501473 'Youth-led' Scouts enter 100th year - The Chilliwack Progress - Camp fires, close friends and merit badges. Some of Dee Williams most cherished memories are from her years as a Girl Guide. Well, the girl grew up, became a school teacher, married and had her own children. But the memories never left her. And when Willi - http://www.theprogress.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=39&cat=23&id=725427 Senator won't ditch Scout bill - Ottawa Sun - Conservative Ontario Sen. Consiglio Di Nino has no plans to back away from his Scouts Canada bill. Di Nino said the clamour of opposition coming from a group of dissident Scout leaders has not convinced him to drop Bill S-1001. Some Scout leaders claim th - http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/08/31/1789121-sun.html Scouting rebels, upset with changes to the national organization, are looking to take over - Ottawa Sun - Scouts Canada is facing a rebellion. A faction of Scout leaders have launched a campaign to wrest control of Scouts Canada from an administration they claim will destroy the nearly century-old organization. By Jorge Barrera. - http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/08/27/1779070-sun.html She's shipping out for European battle anniversary - Guelph Mercury - When 17-year-old Alicia (Lee) Mac Pherson saw fellow students walking over poppies in her school's hallways last Remembrance Day, she decided to write a poem about it. By Fiona Isaacson. - http://www.guelphmercury.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=mercury/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1150796887769&call_pageid=1050067726115&col=1050421501473 Scouting for a Future - Hamilton Spectator - Be prepared... for a crisis - Leaders of Scouts and Guides look to increase dwindling membership. By Rob Faulkner. - http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1148854213506&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815 Scouting is still alive and well - Sooke News Mirror - About 500 youth participated May 5 through 7 at a cubs and scouts weekend at Camp Barnard, learning new skills and meeting new people. The groups were from throughout Vancouver Island, as well as a couple groups from the mainland. All 14 scouting groups i - http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=32&cat=40&id=650109&more= Scouting honours two Valley people for work - Comox Valley Record - Two local Comox Valley Scout members were awarded medals last weekend for their especially good service to Scouting. They were honoured at the Scouts Canada–Cascadia Council honours and awards ceremony in Vancouver, reports Maxine McLean, Orca Coast ar - http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=8&cat=43&id=642398&more= Scouts 'in my blood' - TorontoSun - Man honoured for 60 years of service. For the past six decades, Edmonds Ozols has always made time for kids. Retired now for 20 years, the 86-year-old former plant inspector for Ontario Gardens stays busy looking after his own garden and scouring the cit - http://torontosun.com/News/Canada/2006/04/17/1537217-sun.html Scouts' hockey a thing of the past - London Free Press - It wasn't the 50th anniversary celebration London's scouts' hockey league expected. Instead of celebrations and a promise of many more years to come, the focus will be on its death. By Morris Dalla Costa. - http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Columnists/Dalla_Costa_Morris/2006/04/05/1520308.html Scouting out your adventure - Calgary Sun - Leadership is a focus during the heaping handful of activities offered throughout the Chinook Council Scouts Canada Summer Camp sessions. By Samara Cygman. - http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/03/26/1506073-sun.html Chemainus scout given group's highest honour - Ladysmith Chronicle - Adam Shepherd of Chemainus is one of a select group of scouts to earn the Queen's Venturer Award. A Chemainus master scout received the honour - the highest youth award within Scouts Canada - last week in Victoria from Iona Campagnolo, B.C.'s Lieutenant G - http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=9&cat=43&id=616015 Scouts Honoured - Victoria News - Four Victoria scouts will receive the Queen's Venturer Award from Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo today. - http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=23&id=608924&more= Ontario promotes new mining skills for youth - Parry Sound North Star - The Ontario government is promoting mining by partnering with Scouts Canada on the first ever digital prospecting specialty badge to be used in the Canadian scouting movement, Rick Bartolucci, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines announced t - http://www.parrysoundnorthstar.com/1142440640/ Scouts can now earn digital prospecting badge - Sault Ste. Marie News - The Ontario government is promoting mining by partnering with Scouts Canada on the first-ever digital prospecting specialty badge to be used in the Canadian scouting movement, Rick Bartolucci, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines announced t - http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=16150 Scouts in a diverse community - Toronto Star - Scouting began as a grassroots, community-based movement. It flourished in Toronto because it fulfilled the needs of a largely white, Anglo-Saxon, male population. We took our first steps as an organization serving the community in another era and without - http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1140648613120&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795 Scouts Canada Announces New Chief Commissioner - CNN Matthews - On behalf of Her Excellency the Honorable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada and Chief Scout of Canada, Scouts Canada's Board of Governors is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Glenn Armstrong as Chief Commissi - http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=573050 Dyb, dyb, dyb - Victoria News - "Be prepared." That well-known motto of the Scouting movement has been adopted by millions of young people around the globe over the past century. The saying is especially appropriate now, as Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada prepare to ce - http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=43&id=594764 The Death of Canadian Scouting - MichNews.com - Big Canadian real estate is on the market. A rather sizable chunk of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's Empire is available for investors, homebuilders, fishing resort prospectors, or blacktop barons. Scouts Canada is pounding in "for sale" signs at the - http://www.michnews.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/165/4691 Rover Reflections - Resources for Rovers including ceremonies, program information, links and forums. - http://www.teambedlam.tv/~roverreflections/ Ottawa 67's and Local Scouts set to honour Veterans - Ottawa Start - Scouts Canada has created a badge to show appreciation to those who have served, and those who continue to serve and protect peace and freedom in the world. In a special ceremony before the Ottawa 67's game against the Mississauga IceDogs on Friday, Novem - http://ottawastart.com/story/2984.php Scouts Canada's Climate Change Program receives Honourable Mention - Scouts Canada and the Delphi Group, Nexen Inc. and Alcan Inc., partners in combating climate change, have received an Honourable Mention - Partnership Award from Imagine Canada for their innovative work in launching the Climate Change Education and Action - http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=566807 Local food drive preparations underway - Regina Leader-Post - An army of Guides and Scouts will be hitting city streets on Saturday to collect donations of food to help the food bank battle hunger in Regina. By Ken Gousseau. - http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/news/city_province/story.html?id=8528433b-0977-4288-8dff-9a5c135de42f Scouts Canada looks to attract new recruits - Brandon Sun - Scouts Canada is looking for a few good boys and girls to join its ranks. With declining membership in Manitoba and across the country, scouting leaders in Brandon are recruiting new members. By Robson Fletcher. - http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=4088 Scouts try to boost dwindling numbers - Brandon Sun - If there were a merit badge for doing more with less, Scouts Canada would have earned it long ago. By: FPNS. - http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=3447 Scout's got the right stuff - Bancroft This Week - What was to be a trip of a lifetime turned into a chance for one Bancroft Scout to show his true colours and step up when he was needed the most. By Angela Casselman. - http://www.bancroftthisweek.com/webapp/sitepages/search/results.asp?contentID=122385 Canadian Badgers Club - Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog. - http://www.canbadge.com/ Scouts Canada saddened by deaths at jamboree - canada.com - Scouts Canada says it is saddened by the deaths of four scout leaders at an international jamboree that just got underway in Virginia. - http://www.canada.com/search/story.html?id=80eea564-7f22-4138-a3c8-9850c8ec39dc Sons of killed Scout leaders go home to Alaska - CTV.ca - Three sons of Boy Scout leaders killed in an electrical accident at the National Scout Jamboree in Virginia have returned home to Alaska, officials said Tuesday. - http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122381050436_5 Falling interest prompts Scouts to close camps - The Globe and Mail - Scouts Canada plans to put 20 of its Ontario campgrounds on the chopping block after dwindling membership and declining revenues have forced the venerable youth organization to streamline its operations. [Paid subscription or article purchase required.] - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040811.wxcamps0811/BNStory/National/ Trouble boils over for Scouts - Sarnia Observer - One official blames the turmoil on people not getting along. While cubs and boy scouts in Sarnia's church basements continue to meet regularly, the executive that runs the show is in disarray and Scouts Canada has rescinded the Sarnia charter. For the - http://www.theobserver.ca/2001/pts_010117.html Scout Camp on Chopping Block - Sarnia Observer - Scouts Canada's decision to put Camp Chester near here on a list of 20 properties to be sold will be appealled by the local camp committee. To deal with declining enrolment and growing costs, Scouts Canada recently reviewed all of the 260 or so properties - http://www.theobserver.ca/2004/pts_040812.html Scout leaders clash over future of camp - London Free Press - Elgin Scout leaders are becoming increasingly frustrated with the "sham" process they face in an effort to overturn a Scouts Canada property review committee decision to close Camp Timken. Barely able to contain her anger, Karen Palmer, one of f - http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/09/11/624279.html Why Scouts Canada is selling land - TheStar.com - A great deal has been reported in the media lately, including this newspaper, concerning Scouts Canada's intention to reduce the number of properties it maintains and operates in Ontario. As the head of Scouts Canada, a volunteer position, I feel it is im - http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1094206568288&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795 SCOUT eh! - SCOUT eh! is a group of registered Scouts Canada members dedicated to turning Scouts Canada into a democratic association. - http://scouteh.ca/ 20 Scout camps may close - TheStar.com - Faced with falling membership and rising competition for the interest of children and teens, Scouts Canada has decided to sell 20 of its 260 properties in Ontario. - http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1092262212621&call_pageid=968350130169&col=969483202845 20 Scout camps on the block - London Free Press - Five local camps are on the sell-off list, but some scout leaders are fighting the plan. - http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/08/09/574360.html Canadian Rovers EH? - Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?. - http://webpages.scoutscan.com/canrover/ Central Division Rover Round Table - Association for Ontario and Quebec Rovers. Information about meetings. - http://www.rovering.org/ Scouting in Canada - History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations. - http://n2zgu.50megs.com/CAND.htm Sea Scouting in Canada - Index of units. - http://www.seascout.org/ships/international/Canada/index.html 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. - http://www.scoutscan.com/scoutscan.shtml Canadian Sea Scouts Home Port - Information about Sea Scouting in Canada, resources, and the World Sea Scout Directory. - http://www.seascouts.ca Canadian Scouting Catalogue - Comprehensive catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present. - http://scoutalog.com/ ScoutDocs - Resources site. Topics include: Klondike Derby, Scouting issues, spirituality, ceremonies, kit lists, Venturer and Rover bylaws. - http://scoutdocs.ca/ |
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