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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.
• Preston Scout House Alumni Band - Provides participant information, tour, and booking availability.
• 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.
• Change for change's sake Letter of the day - Winnipeg Free Press - Scouts Canada's "new" uniform is little different from the one introduced in 1968. One thing is different: putting badges on the sleeve instead of the badge sash is what was done before 1968. (March 30, 2011)
• It's not your Leave it to Beaver Scouts any more - The Globe and Mail - As its membership declines, new Canadians have started joining in. But can the age-old wilderness movement rise again? (August 06, 2010)
• Scouts are planning for the next century - Winnipeg Free Press - Michael Crivici became involved with Scouts Canada because he wanted to spend more quality time with his son Benjamin. But in the past year, the Charleswood resident got more out of being a Beaver leader than he could ever have imagined. (July 29, 2010)
• Scouts Canada Centennial Cub Jamboree 2010 - Approximately 550 youth and adults will attend this year's Centennial Cub Jamboree. Celebrating 100 years of Scouting in Ontario, youth will participate in a variety of activities and programs geared at allowing them to have fun while learning valuable skills and earning requirements for badges & stars within the Cub Program. (July 27, 2010)
• Scouts to meet peers in England - Daily Gleaner - A group of 13 Scouts and Venturers from Fredericton will leave Tuesday to begin a trip to England that's being described as a once in a lifetime opportunity. (July 26, 2010)
• Camp's anniversary celebrated by Scouts near Tweed - Belleville Intelligencer - Members of the area's Scouting movement celebrated a special anniversary in the woods last weekend. (July 19, 2010)
• Barrie group is the last holdout - The Barrie Examiner - Nestled among a mix of residential country properties, on the outskirts of Midhurst, lies a 100-acre parcel of land belonging to the Girl Guides of Canada. (July 12, 2010)
• South Delta Scouts receive organization's top honour - Delta Optimist - Scouts from South Delta troops received the highest award they can achieve last month. (July 10, 2010)
• Scouts celebrate 25 years - Belleville Intelligencer - Scouts Canada, Algonquinte Area, is celebrating 25 years of adventure at the Flat Rock Rapids Camporee with a host of activities from July 16 to 18. (July 08, 2010)
• Chief Scout Awards presented to Kenora Pathfinders - Lake of the Woods Enterprise - Five receive plaque, badge, certificate from the City and a metallic copy of the achievement (July 05, 2010)
• Cub collected all 60 badges - Daily Gleaner - Zachary Day's sash was weighed down with colourful badges, but that didn't stop him from proudly accepting a special award from Scouts Canada this weekend. (June 28, 2010)
• Scouts get funding from Ottawa for Yoko Lake reserve upgrade - Daily Gleaner - Fredericton-area Boy Scouts had better "be prepared" to upgrade the waterfront of their reserve on Yoho Lake after receiving more than $8,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency for the work. (June 26, 2010)
• Volunteers make the Scouting experience possible for kids - The Cornwall Standard Freeholder - The universal appeal of the campfire took on a new meaning when I attended as a volunteer at a recent Scouts Canada Cubs camping excursion at the Apple Hill Scout Reserve. (June 25, 2010)
• Scouts Canada Foundation honours scholarship recipients - CNW Telbec - Eighteen deserving Scouting youth across Canada will soon receive $1,000 each in support of their post-secondary studies (June 14, 2010)
• Scouts Canada Foundation honours scholarship recipients - Canada NewsWire - Eighteen deserving Scouting youth across Canada will soon receive $1,000 each in support of their post-secondary studies (June 14, 2010)
• Fund gives all boys opportunity to be a Scout - Belleville Intelligencer - A new fund established by the Algonquinte Area of Scouts Canada will open the doors for area youths interested in participating in Scouts, but who otherwise may not be able to afford joining. (June 08, 2010)
• A day of fun and nostalgia planned for Camp Sylvan - London Free Press - Camp Sylvan, located just outside of London between Parkhill and Thedford, is one of Ontario’s largest Scouts Canada camps and a precious natural resource. (June 05, 2010)
• Orléans Beavers demonstrate their first aid skills - Orléans Star - A colony of Orléans Beavers was hiking along Petrie Island’s Muskrat Trail on Monday, May 31 when calamity suddenly struck. (June 04, 2010)
• Scouting in Haldimand - Dunnville Chronicle - If Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell had ever had the chance to meet Sheila Berry, he surely would have been impressed. (May 26, 2010)
• Scouts head back to basics - Hamilton Spectator - Youth slog it out at a good old-fashioned campout -- that marks its 55th year (May 25, 2010)
• Scouts looking for leaders - The Daily Graphic/Central Plains Herald-Leader - The 5th Portage Scouts Group is currently running low on active leaders. The group consists of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts with an age range from 5-15-year-old youth who are interested in the Scouting Movement. (May 22, 2010)
• Queen's Venturer Award goes to Three PG Scouts - HQ Prince George - The hard work of three youth involved in the Prince George R-C-M-P Venturer Company travelled to Victoria recently to receive special awards. (May 10, 2010)
• Local magicians to help make houses appear in Mexico - Winnipeg Free Press - Club co-president Anders Boulanger says part of the proceeds from the event will go to Scouts Canada to assist with a home building project in Vicente Guerrero, Mexico next year. (May 06, 2010)
• Scoutrees Saturday - News Briefs - The North Bay Nugget - Nipissing Area Scouts Canada will mark the 38th annual Scoutrees Saturday morning by planting trees and shrubs in North Bay's Laurier Woods Conservation Area. (May 04, 2010)
• Scouts gather at CFB Petawawa to plant 7,000 trees - The Daily Observer - Scouts, cubs, beavers from Petawawa, Laurentian Valley, Eganville, Arnprior take part (May 03, 2010)
• Scouts prepared to lead cleanup - Brantford Expositor - As National Volunteer Week draws to a close, there are those in the community continuing to do what they do best -volunteering. (May 01, 2010)
• Area scouts are greening up Laurier Woods - Bay Today - Youth with Nipissing Area Scouts Canada will mark the 38th annual Scoutrees event, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday May 8, by planting trees and shrubs in North Bay’s Laurier Woods Conservation Area. (April 30, 2010)
• A Boy Scout badge for … video games? - The Globe and Mail - The U.S. group has added belt loops and academic pins for gaming-related tasks (April 29, 2010)
• Scouts get adventure and award - Navy News Online - Forty three Venturer scouts from B.C. were transported from Vancouver to Victoria by Orca class vessels and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats to receive the highest scouting honour, the Queen's Venturer award. (April 26, 2010)
• Forest City growing by thousands - London Free Press - In a massive blitz to put more forest in The Forest City, volunteers will descend on a major roadway and 10 parks Saturday to plant thousands of trees and shrubs. (April 21, 2010)
• New twist on a classic - Timmins Daily Press - Mayor Tom Laughren picks up a small shot glass and downs it. (April 21, 2010)
• Sears Canada and Scouts Across Canada Join Together to Plant Over 200,000 Trees - CNW - Sears Canada Inc. (TSX: SCC) announced today that it has joined forces with Scouts Canada and L'Association des Scouts du Canada, to raise funds and awareness for Scoutrees, a program which involves 25,000 youth in an effort to plant approximately over 200,000 trees across Canada this year. During Sears Days, Sears biggest sale event of the year, customers can contribute in two ways. At the point of sale, customers can either round up their bill to the next dollar amount with donations going to buy trees or customers can make a donation directly to the Scouts themselves who will be in the stores. (April 09, 2010)
• Sears Canada and Scouts Across Canada Join Together to Plant Over 200,000 Trees - Daily Commercial News - Sears Canada Inc. (TSX: SCC) announced today that it has joined forces with Scouts Canada and L'Association des Scouts du Canada, to raise funds and awareness for Scoutrees, a program which involves 25,000 youth in an effort to plant approximately over 200,000 trees across Canada this year. (April 09, 2010)
• Girl Guides shutting down camps, selling off land - The Globe and Mail - Steep decline in Guide membership and financial crunch forcing movement to sell properties. (April 05, 2010)
• Scouts Canada not worried about bad US rap - iNews 880 - As the legal battle rages regarding charges Boy Scouts of America knowingly allowed suspected child molesters among its adult volunteers, you'd expect that might reflect poorly on Scouts Canada. (March 31, 2010)
• Scouts drive away with busloads of food - Welland Tribune - Food Drive: Welland Scouts pass on a good deed. Jerry Vanderklok of the Open Arms Mission saw a David-and-Goliath story unfold Saturday. (March 22, 2010)
• High honour for local Scouting leader - Comox Valley Echo - Jim Tickner was presented with Scouts Canada's Medal of the Maple at 1st Comox's annual family banquet on February 28th. (March 19, 2010)
• Signing of MOU between Scouts Canada and Duke of Edinburgh's Award - CNW Telbec - Media are advised that His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex, Steve Kent, Chief Commissioner of Scouts Canada, and Tom McGrath, National President of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award will sign a Memorandum of Understanding between Scouts Canada and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards on Friday, March 19 at 11:30 am in Vancouver. The signing follows a Gold Ceremony in which individuals will receive their Duke of Edinburgh's Awards. (March 18, 2010)
• Scouting for the past - Welland Tribune - It's an idea members of the 9th Welland Rovers have been thinking about for a while. (March 13, 2010)
• Become part of the wave - TheStar.com - If a young boy or girl does you a special favour this week, then passes you a red wristband, don't be surprised if they ask you to spread the kindness with a good turn of your own. (March 10, 2010)
• Scouts Canada-Catch the Wave: National Good Turn Week - PR-CANADA.net - It's an event never before seen in Canadian history. From March 7 – 13, 2010, Scouts Canada is celebrating the first ever National Good Turn Week, and we are totally pumped. (March 10, 2010)
• Wrong term used - The Cornwall Standard Freeholder - I wish to correct a misconception that your newspaper created with a photo caption printed in the March 8, edition of the Standard -Freeholder. (March 10, 2010)
• Three Havelock Scouts earn highest honour - Community Press - Three members of the First Havelock Scouts have earned the Chief Scouts Award, elevating them into an elite company of Scouts who have reached this highest level of Canadian scouting achievement. (March 10, 2010)
• Scouts Canada hosts citizenship ceremony at Laval City Hall - Laval News Online - The council chamber of Laval city hall was the setting on Feb. 25 for an unusual kind of Canadian citizenship rite. Not only did more than more than two dozen newcomers to Canada finally gain the privilege of being full-fledged Canadian citizens, but Judge Gilles Duguay, who presided over the ceremony, was formally initiated into the Scouting movement. (March 10, 2010)
• Nipissing Area Scouts want you to catch the wave & pass it on - Bay Today - Nipissing Area Scouts Canada’s 200-plus youth and adult members involved in National Good Turn Week are asking the public to pass it on. (March 09, 2010)
• Membership in Scouts on the upswing - Napanee Guide - Over her 28-year involvement in the Scouting movement, JoAnne Wright, group commissioner for the 2nd Napanee Scouting division, has seen the number of boys participating drop. (March 05, 2010)
• Catch the Scouts Canada Kindness Wave: Youth Organization Launches First National Good Turn Week - CNW Telbec - It will be an event not quite like any other in Canadian history. From March 7 - 13, 2010, Scouts Canada will celebrate its first National Good Turn Week, and Scouts across the nation are totally pumped. (March 05, 2010)
• Scouting for donations - Welland Tribune - Youth will be scouting for donations this month to help feed those in need. (March 04, 2010)
• Old Scout document discovered - Seaway News - Mr. James Macfarlane of Cornwall, was cleaning his mother’s basement when he discovered the framed “Troop Charter. (March 03, 2010)
• 1st Fort Scouts troop celebrates 90th anniversary in city - Fort Saskatchewan Record - For 90 years, 1st Fort Scouts has provided local boys a place to learn about teamwork, self-reliance and community service while focusing on developing their outdoor survival skills and creating lifelong friendships. (February 25, 2010)
• Chief scouring nation for recruits - The Whig Standard - Scouting Canada has to do a better job of attracting young people or the organization will die, the head of the organization says. (February 24, 2010)
• Helping others may help Scouts out - Cowichan Valley Citizen - Dwindling numbers won't slow the efforts of Cowichan Valley Scouts as they try to collect as much food as they can for the area's food banks. (February 24, 2010)
• Scouts craft Kub Kars - Welland Tribune - Scouts shouted and cheered as their flashy cars raced to the finish line. Seaway Mall turned into a race track for Scouts Canada Kub Kar races with some 100 children pitting their speedsters against each other in some friendly competition. (February 22, 2010)
• Scouting must attract more kids or die: Leader - Belleville Intelligencer - Scouting Canada has to do a better job of attracting young people or the organization will die, said the head of the organization. (February 22, 2010)
• A salute to local Scouts and Girl Guides - Lacombe Globe - This week—during Scout-Guide Week from Feb. 22 to 26— Girl Guides across Canada are celebrating 100 years of history. (February 22, 2010)
• Scouting out some fun - The Barrie Examiner - Simcoe County's Scouts and Girl Guides have 100 reasons to celebrate this week. Local groups are turning the Kozolv Centre into one giant party room to commemorate two very big birthdays -- 100 years of Scouting in Ontario and 100 years of Guiding worldwide. (February 22, 2010)
• Scouts and guides parading at churches - Waterloo Region Record - Scouts and guides will be parading in local churches and trying to stamp out poverty and hunger during a series of events starting this weekend. (February 20, 2010)
• Scouts Canada Chief Commissioner to present cheque for $125,000 to Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake Fund - CNW Group - The youngest ever Chief Commissioner for Scouts Canada will present a cheque for approximately $125,000 to the Canadian Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Fund on Tuesday, February 16. (February 12, 2010)
• Scouts show support - North Shore News - Five North and West Vancouver Scout groups have pledged $4,000 from the proceeds of their annual Christmas tree sale to the Scouts Canada Haiti Earthquake Relief campaign. (February 10, 2010)
• Scouts lead by example on trip to the Philippines - North Shore News - Nicholas Pearson and Andrew Wallwork, two Rover Scouts from the North Shore, were among 31 Vancouver Scouts who provided leadership training for more than 350 Filipino youth and adults over the Christmas holiday. (February 03, 2010)
• S.O.S...Shovel Out Seniors - CKBW News - Their motto is "Be Prepared"...now they're committed to helping seniors shovel snow. The local 3rd Bridgewater Scout Troop is getting set to dig out local seniors with a new program called Operation S.O.S. (January 31, 2010)
• Beavering away for Haiti - Burnaby Now - When they got the call to action, six-year-old Burnaby boy, Scott Hansen and his friend Nicholas Kean donned their Beavers uniforms and went door-knocking to collect money for disaster relief efforts in Haiti. (January 27, 2010)
• Westfield Scouting celebrates 50 years - Telegraph-Journal - Al Thompson is a quiet, gentle man, but when the 81-year-old talks about the scouting movement in his hometown of Grand Bay-Westfield, he beams with pride. (January 16, 2010)
• Top Scout delivers message - Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times - Steve Kent has a message. And the Chiefs Commissioner of Scouts Canada delivered it to Meadow Ridge Rotary Club members during their lunch meeting Tuesday afternoon. (January 15, 2010)
• Mould outbreak closes Brampton scout clubhouse - Brampton Guardian - A local scout troop has been temporarily left without a home after mould was discovered in the organization’s clubhouse. (January 06, 2010)
• Blondie's turkey lunch proceeds help cubs - Bracebridge Examiner and Gravenhurst Banner - The turkey lunch hosted by Blondie’s Restaurant last month will help three members of the Gravenhurst Cubs attend the Centennial Cub Jamboree in July. (January 06, 2010)
• Sales were popping! - Comox Valley Echo - Eight-year-old William Munro, a member of 1st Comox Wolf Cub pack, set a personal goal to sell $2500 worth of popcorn to achieve the top popcorn sales level and to qualify for an educational scholarship of 6% of his total sales. (December 11, 2009)
• Scouts Canada - Oshawa Area Hosts Skate For Scouts - OurSports Central - The Oshawa Scouting Area will be hosting an open to the public Skate Event at Legends Centre on December 27th. The Oshawa Area has been operating the Scouting Program since 1909 just two years after the birth of the Scouting movement in England, founded by Lt. Gen. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell. (December 06, 2009)
• A century of scouting - The Westmount Examiner - Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers from Westmount gathered at Victoria Hall last Saturday evening for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the local Scouting movement. (December 03, 2009)
• Celebrate with Scouts this Saturday - The Westmount Examiner - Members of the Scouting movement in Westmount are preparing an evening of fun, food and fantastic entertainment at Victoria Hall this Saturday, Nov. 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. (November 26, 2009)
• Scouts Canada designates $1 million to accelerate its mission for Canadian youth - CNW Telbec - At Scouts Canada's national conference held in downtown Regina this weekend, Chief Commissioner Steve Kent announced a fully-funded one million dollar fund earmarked to further the organization's goal to help develop Canadian youth through its programs of leadership, fun, healthy active living and adventure. (November 20, 2009)
• Miramichi scouts honoured for service - Telegraph-Journal - Two young Miramichi scouts are being honoured for their years of service. (November 14, 2009)
• A much-needed facelift for Veterans Memorial Parkway - The Londoner - As Londoners spend this Nov. 11 – and hopefully many other days as well – thinking about the sacrifices of the men and women of the Canadian Forces, a roadway designed to recognize those efforts is once again being paid attention to as well. (November 10, 2009)
• From boy Scout to commissioner - Daily Gleaner - Stephen Kent says he owes a lot of his success in life to his involvement with the Boy Scouts of Canada. (November 09, 2009)
• Scouts Canada turns to e-learning to train thousands of new volunteers - itbusiness.ca - Using Adobe software, Scouts Canada has already trained 2,000 volunteers through a new e-learning program. The more than 100-year-old organization plans to start meeting volunteer demands for quick and accessible training online and to do away with "coffee and donuts" face-to-face weekend training sessions. (November 06, 2009)
• Young and old reap help's rewards - Toronto Star - Seventy-nine-year-old Harry Bruce, who grew up in the Depression in Toronto's east end, remembers the generosity of grim times. He can't help but think it influences his ongoing work with the Star's Santa Claus Fund. (October 31, 2009)
• Unhappy Campers - The Globe and Mail - $140,000 tax bill owed by the Girl Guides' Camp Olave $4 price of a carton of Girl Guide cookies, with net profit of $1.25 each 100,000 cartons of cookies needed to pay the bill. (October 30, 2009)
• Duke of Edinburgh awards to be presented to five local youth Saturday - Caledon Citizen - The 1st Bolton Venturers are going to be well represented Saturday at Queen’s Park. (October 29, 2009)
• Scouts Canada Proudly Supports the Royal Canadian Legion's Annual Poppy Campaign - CNW Group - Pin a bright red poppy on your coat or jacket and take a few minutes to remember those who have died fighting for the freedoms we enjoy and be thankful for the thousands of Canadian troops still serving in active combat. (October 29, 2009)
• Rude to sellers - Maple Ridge Times - I write this letter independent of Scouts Canada. We applaud and praise all the good people who either support us on our popcorn sales drive or those who did not order through us but listened attentively and respectfully to our sales pitch. (October 09, 2009)
• Scouter awarded national honour - Northumberland Today - Port Hope resident Kim Bisset has been honoured with a Scouts Canada award for Outstanding Service To Scouting. (October 01, 2009)
• Two ways to help support local Scouts - Belleville Intelligencer - A new auction of Scouting memorabilia and the return of Apple Day are two ways in which local Scouts are seeking your support this October. (September 26, 2009)
• 2 of 3 P.E.I. scout camps shut down - CBC.ca - Falling membership numbers have led to the closure of two of P.E.I.'s three scout camps. (September 21, 2009)
• Scouts, Cubs and Beaver populations booming in area - Innisfil Examiner - With over 100% membership growth last year, the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts of the 1st Stroud Scout Group are looking forward to another action-packed year, beginning with their registration night being held on Monday, Sept. 14. (September 18, 2009)
• Scouts trying to reorganize in Vulcan - Vulcan Advocate - By the time you read this, a Scout group might already have been formed in Vulcan. (September 16, 2009)
• Scouts hoping to resurrect troop - Amherst Daily News - It’s been three years since Amherst had a Scout troop but that could change this year. All that’s needed are more leaders. (September 13, 2009)
• Scouts, Girl Guides get image makeover - Kelowna.com - A new season of Scouts and Girl Guides is kicking off, and both century-old organizations are reinventing themselves in an effort to buoy flagging memberships and show they’re relevant to a generation more worried about cyberbullying than charred marshmallows. (September 10, 2009)
• Scouts, Guides have come a long way in the last 100 years - Canada.com - Both century-old organizations are reinventing themselves in an effort to buoy flagging memberships and show they're relevant to the current generation (September 09, 2009)
• Scouts plan to give away 30,000 Bags of Scout Popcorn - CNW Group - A team of Scouts Canada volunteers plan to give away more than 30,000 bags of freshly popped Scout Popcorn at Yonge-Dundas Square to raise awareness of their annual fundraiser supporting Scouting activities. Championing the campaign is the Toronto Argonauts, whose Cheerleaders will provide a special appearance. (September 01, 2009)
• Scouts, family, friends mourn accident victim - The Sudbury Star - Gary Waycik -- a former Sudbury resident who worked for Scouts Canada -- was the victim of the fatal car crash on Elm Street in Sudbury on Thursday. (August 25, 2009)
• Trenton and Wooler Scouts to hold registration Aug. 26 - Belleville Intelligencer - The Trenton and Wooler Scout Groups will be holding their registration night on August 26 from 6 p. m. to 9 p. m. at St. Georges Parish Hall behind Liquidation World in Trenton. (August 15, 2009)
• Movement gets special recognition - Niagara Falls Review - Training generations of Scouts to "be prepared" has earned the Scouting Movement a special place in Canadian History. (July 29, 2009)
• Scout Reserve sells shoreline property - Haliburton Echo - Scouts Canada has sold a 101-acre stretch of land along Drag Lake. Originally posted at $1.4 million, the small piece of the Haliburton Scout Reserve was sold for $1.25 million on June 19. (July 21, 2009)
• Scouting Trailways - Daily Gleaner - Scoutrees is a local and national fundraising and conservation effort by Scouts Canada. Each year, hundreds of thousands of trees are planted coast to coast by members of the scouting movement. (May 19, 2009)
• Scouting memorabilia on auction block - Belleville Intelligencer - Wearing a scouting uniform is a badge of honour, if you ask Nick Fry. "It's a treasure that not everyone gets a chance to wear," said Fry, a long-time local volunteer with Scouts Canada. (May 19, 2009)
• They came, they saw, they planted - The Orillia Packet & Times - What happens when you mix together 300 kids and 3,000 tree seedlings? You get an instant forest! (May 16, 2009)
• Chief Commissioner of Scouts Canada challenges Canadian families to "Be Prepared" for an emergency - CNW Group - With Emergency Preparedness Week underway, and in light of the current H1N1 flu virus, there's never been a better time to ask: If an emergency situation occurred today, would you know what to do? Would you know how to protect your family? (May 07, 2009)
• Scouts Take up the Challenge to "Be Prepared" for Any Emergency - CNW Group - It's storming outside. Tree branches are bending. The power just went out, along with the lights. Do you know what to do? Now, thousands of young people and their families across Canada do, thanks to Scouts Canada's new Emergency Preparedness program. (May 04, 2009)
• Scouts plant 10,000 trees - Peterborough Examiner - Scout Blair Harrison, 11, has some advice for anyone who cares about the environment: Get out and plant a tree. (May 04, 2009)
• Planting trees for the future - Brantford Expositor - Bailey and Jared McNeil discovered how tough it can be to break ground and properly plant a young sumac with a long root. (April 27, 2009)
• These Boy Scouts have a rule:No girls allowed - Calgary Herald - Calgary finally has Boy Scouts of America chapter (April 17, 2009)
• Sears Canada and Scouts Canada Join Together to Plant 250,000 Trees Across Canada - CNW Group - Sears Canada Inc. announced today that it has joined forces with Scouts Canada to raise funds and awareness for Scoutrees, a program which involves 25,000 youth in an effort to plant approximately 250,000 trees across Canada this year. (April 16, 2009)
• Scouts prepare for Great Urban Race - Kings County Record - On the afternoon of April 25, be prepared to see groups of uniformed young people running purposefully around the City of Moncton. They're participating in the city's first ever Great Urban Race. (April 16, 2009)
• Scouts to plant 3,000 trees - Milton Canadian Champion - Making the world a little greener will be the goal of Milton and Campbellville Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, who are gearing up to plant a whopping 3,000 trees (April 10, 2009)
• Cubs Learn First Aid At Toronto EMS - CityNews.ca - About 250 children learned a valuable lesson Saturday: the importance of first aid. (March 29, 2009)
• Motor Madness ready to take over the city - North Bay News - Nipissing Area Scouting youth will celebrate more than just fast Beaver Buggies, Kub Kars and Scout Trucks when they gather at Motor Madness 2009, Saturday April 4 at the College Education Centre cafeteria. (March 22, 2009)
• Scouting leaders receive honours, twice - Beausejour Review - At a ceremony held at Government House, His Honour, Lieutenant Governor John Harvard, presented Bob Chochinov and Jennifer Thorsteinsson the Scouts Canada Medal of Merit. (March 20, 2009)
• Vulcan Scout troop still in limbo - Vulcan Advocate - Although support didn’t seem to grow very much in the effort to find volunteers to launch a local scout group, the original support hasn’t waned. (March 11, 2009)
• Campers escape morning blaze - Milton Canadian Champion - A Saturday morning fire at an area campground left a group of teenaged Scouts shaken up but without serious injury. (March 04, 2009)
• East end celebrates Scout-Guide week - Orléans Star / East Ottawa Star - It may have been a blustery winter day, but east-end Scout and Girl Guide groups were out in full force this past weekend to celebrate their joint heritage and test their outdoor skills. (February 27, 2009)
• Kub Kars cruise into South Common Mall - The Mississauga News - Instead of souping up his car this year, Erik Gillis opted for a clean, simple design. (February 22, 2009)
• Kanata Lakes boy earns shot at $75,000 scholarship - Kanata Kourier - Gordon Stephen is a real Boy Scout. The 17-year-old Kanata Lakes youth has spent his formative years following the advice of Scouting founder Lt.-Gen. Robert Baden Powell: Be Prepared. (February 13, 2009)
• Hike for Hunger this weekend - The Sarnia Observer - Ontario - Last year, about 75 scouts aged five to 17 collected 1,000 pounds of food and brought it in backpacks, sleds and wagons from Tecumseh Park to the Inn of the Good Shepherd. (February 10, 2009)
• Scouts brave frigid park - Owen Sound Sun Times - Troops converge on city for annual camp-out. After winter camping in Harrison Park this weekend hundreds of Scouts probably would agree not only must they be prepared, but they must be prepared to be cold. (February 02, 2009)
• Scouting returns to Kirkland Lake in a big way - Northern News - KIRKLAND LAKE -Scouting has come back to Kirkland Lake. Over the past while Scouts Canada has been conducting a number of registrations for Beavers, Wolves and Scouts and to date the results have been extremely positive. (January 28, 2009)
• Scouts launch online protest of land sale - Haliburton Echo - The Toronto chapter of Scouts Canada is facing strong opposition to the sale of a portion of the Haliburton Scout Reserve along Drag Lake. A group of 680 members, many of whom are Scouts, has joined together on Facebook, a social networking site online, to discourage Scouts Canada from selling the 100-acre parcel for $1.3 million. (January 27, 2009)
• Vulcan scout group needs volunteers to relaunch - Vulcan Advocate - Parent leaders required before making further plans - The biggest hurdle to overcome in creating a scout group in Vulcan is finding enough parent leaders and volunteers to organize the endeavour. (January 21, 2009)
• Scouts to invade park - Owen Sound Sun Times - Hundreds of Scouts will spend two winter nights camping at Harrison Park later this month. (January 14, 2009)
• Scout's Honour - Daily Gleaner - Herb Allen has always been prepared to lead a busy, happy and fulfilling life. (January 13, 2009)
• Omemee Scouts were glad to help - The Lindsay Post - Some of the 1st Omemee Scouts along with their leaders joined the Omemee Foodbank team to prepare the Christmas hampers. (December 18, 2008)
• Scout leader presented Award of Fortitude - Community Press - A Havelock Scout leader has been awarded one of the organization’s highest honours. (December 10, 2008)
• Scouts ask $1.3M for land - Haliburton Echo - Scouts Canada has put a small portion of their vast Haliburton County property up for sale. One hundred acres of property with 2,400 feet of waterfront on Drag Lake has been listed with Century 21 for $1.39 million. (December 10, 2008)
• Order of Canada to Sooke man for scouts work - Times Colonist - A long-time Scouts Canada leader from Sooke is among 47 people to be invested in the Order of Canada in Ottawa this Friday. (December 09, 2008)
• Scouts for kids - Vulcan Advocate - t seems like we're always in need of volunteers in this area. If it's not referees, it's Moonlight Madness. There are plenty of things in the county that simply would not happen without the efforts of volunteers. As a society, Canadians value volunteerism, but really just a few people actually do volunteer. (December 03, 2008)
• Scouting for volunteers - Vulcan Advocate - The biggest challenge in restarting a Scout’s group in Vulcan is not finding enough kids. It’s finding adults to run the group, said Juran Greene, field executive for Scouts Canada. (December 03, 2008)
• Scouts and guides learn CPR - Chatham Daily News - One is never too young to save a life, kids heard at the Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village last weekend. (December 01, 2008)
• Scouts Canada Appoints Youngest-ever Canadian to Board Chair and Chief Commissioner Post - CNW Group - Scouts Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Kent to the position of Chief Commissioner and Chair of the Board. (November 27, 2008)
• Scouts take on mountains, and win - The Gulf News - “Memories that will last a lifetime.” That’s how local Scout leader Terry Anderson summed up a recent outing over the Long Range Mountains. (November 24, 2008)
• 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)
• 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 05, 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 04, 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)
• Apple drive coming up - The Lindsay Post - Buy an apple a day and keep the Scouts away on camping trips. (October 09, 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 07, 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 05, 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 03, 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 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 05, 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 04, 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 02, 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)
• 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 leader honoured - Langley Advance - A Langley Mountie has been honoured for his commitment to public service and Scouts Canada. (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 05, 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 02, 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)
• 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 05, 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)
• 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 09, 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 07, 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 06, 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)
• 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 07, 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 05, 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 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)
• 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)
• 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 06, 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 05, 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 05, 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)
• 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 05, 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)
• 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)
• 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 02, 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 02, 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 02, 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 01, 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 01, 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 01, 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)
• 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)
• 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 07, 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 - 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 01, 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)
• 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 09, 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 07, 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 07, 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 04, 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)
• 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)
• 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 04, 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)
• Heroes, among friends - Ottawa Citizen - Area Cub leaders receive awards for saving life of ailing colleague. By Roger Collier. (February 25, 2007)
• 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. (February 16, 2007)
• 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. (February 14, 2007)
• 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. (November 25, 2006)
• 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. (March 26, 2006)
• 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 today. By David Helwig. (March 06, 2006)
• 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, November 11, scouts from the 1st Manotick, 23rd Ottawa, and 3rd Orleans will present badges to Veterans at centre ice Friday night at the Civic Centre. (November 10, 2005)
• 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. (October 12, 2005)
• 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. (July 27, 2005)
• 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. (July 26, 2005)
• 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 five local leaders working on a business plan to justify Camp Timken's continued operation, compares the exercise to "being led down the garden path." By Ian McCallum. (September 11, 2004)
• 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.] (August 11, 2004)
• 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. (August 09, 2004)
• Theft from Scout Camp in Blandford-Blenheim - Woodstock Sentinel Review - On Monday, the Oxford Community Police service received a theft report at 6:52 p.m. from the Impeesa Camp belonging to Scouts Canada, located at 827559, Road 8. (January 01, 2000)

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