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Scoutscan.com - http://www.scoutscan.com/scoutscan.shtml
Scouts Scope Newsletter, news, and resources including games, program ideas, Scoutmaster's Minutes, books by BP and others, and the entire Jim Speirs archives. |
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SCOUT eh! - http://scouteh.ca/
SCOUT eh! is a group of registered Scouts Canada members dedicated to turning Scouts Canada into a democratic association. |
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ScoutDocs - http://scoutdocs.ca/
Resources site. Topics include: Klondike Derby, Scouting issues, spirituality, ceremonies, kit lists, Venturer and Rover bylaws. |
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Preston Scout House Alumni Band - http://www.scouthouseband.com/
Provides participant information, tour, and booking availability. |
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Cubs Learn First Aid At Toronto EMS - CityNews.ca - http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_33289.aspx
About 250 children learned a valuable lesson Saturday: the importance of first aid. |
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Waterloo scouts make a name for themselves in international knot-tying - Waterloo Chronicle - http://scouts21.ca/2007-04-04_owen-sound-camporee.php
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. |
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Renowned astronaut plans visit with Waterloo cub troupe - Waterloo Chronicle - http://scouts21.ca/2007-02-28_chris-hadfield.php
Cubs learn many valuable lessons, like how to build a fire and paddle a canoe. By Jennifer Ormston. |
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Young folks among volunteer nominees - Bedford/Sackville Community Herald - http://thechronicleherald.ca/BCW/1114076.html
Sometimes getting youth involved in the community can be as difficult as splitting hairs. Not so for youth in the Bedford area. |
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An Apple On Apple Day Goes A Long, Long Way - Cambridge Now - http://www.cambridgenow.ca/npps/story.cfm?id=846
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. |
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Scouts mark a century of honours - Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/article/216860
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. |
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Becky's Guiding Resource Centre - http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/
Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides. |
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More than 8,000 at Scouts Canada centennial jamboree - CBC.ca - http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/07/26/scouts-jamboree.html
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. |
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Scouting in Canada - http://n2zgu.50megs.com/CAND.htm
History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations. |
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Scouting groups seek donations to aid Scoutrees for Canada - Georgetown Independent and Free Press - http://www.independentfreepress.com/lifestyle/article/46700
Georgetown and Acton Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will help plant 3,000 trees, as part of the national Scoutrees for Canada program, on Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Dufferin's Acton Quarry. |
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East end celebrates Scout-Guide week - Orléans Star / East Ottawa Star - http://www.eastottawa.ca/article-308283-East-end-celebrates-ScoutGuide-week.html
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. |
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Ottawa 67's and Local Scouts set to honour Veterans - Ottawa Start - http://ottawastart.com/story/2984.php
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. |
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Heroes, among friends - Ottawa Citizen - http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=824b3a52-b753-4c4c-8022-41aa00434f71&k=96172
Area Cub leaders receive awards for saving life of ailing colleague. By Roger Collier. |
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Scouts Canada - Brampton Area To Host Camp Of The Century - Brampton Guardian - http://www.northpeel.com/regional_news/article/26846
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. |
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He's been in Scouting for his entire life - Regina Leader Post - http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=2a94082c-f579-4e0c-b026-ee011d1c1d97
Francis Martens-Poole, a Scouts Canada Commemorative Centennial Medal recipient, was in the Scouting movement even as a baby. |
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Not a joiner? Join the club - Vancouver Province - http://www.canada.com/theprovince/features/saturdaymagazine/story.html?id=ceafd4b8-5f4a-4799-9443-7e64baba5a60&k=71507
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. |
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Scouts celebrate centennial - Regina Leader-Post - http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=0a65bf91-8c42-41ed-9ec5-726bec3b360d
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. |
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Did you ever wear green garter tabs? - Soo Today - http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=26316
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. |
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Humber College Rovers test career in policing - Etobicoke Guardian - http://www.insidetoronto.com/News/Etobicoke/article/41426
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. |
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Scouts Canada not giving staff Family Day off - Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/300857
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. |
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A Scout's honour - Ottawa Citizen - http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=b9bd3238-c318-4849-8102-a1dadfaaea33
At 16, Edward King — once a violent, at times suicidal, 11-year-old — has become a person others can admire, as Shelley Page explains |
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Hazel receives scout's honour - The Mississauga News - http://www.mississauga.com/article/10513
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. |
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SolHuma's Partnership With the Scouts Could Reach Out to 28 Million Members - Marketwire - http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=799659
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. |
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Scouts Canada's financial health under microscope - Vancouver Province - http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=96ce1dca-9fa8-4868-82b5-4ee7fbb946ca
Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, could face bankruptcy, according to a watchdog group. By Kent Spencer. |
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Scouts Canada Helps Break Cycle of Poverty for Kids in Kenya - CNW Telbec - http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2007/31/c2592.html
Canada Hosts Ten Kenyan Extension Scouting Members as Special Guests at National Jamboree; Providing Youth with Hope for the Future. |
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Scouts may face bankruptcy - Edmonton Journal - http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=5e9066f9-b4fe-4c86-8980-326916d79ffe
$6-million pension shortfall alarms watchdog. Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, could face bankruptcy, according to a watchdog group. |
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Scouts Canada in financial trouble - Victoria Times Colonist - http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=390420d3-0e90-47ba-b049-050a9d974c74
Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, could face bankruptcy, according to a watchdog group. |
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Scouting aims to connect with Muslims - Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/208611
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. |
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Great Canadians thank Scouts for success - Ottawa Citizen - http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e8b37a43-007f-4153-a933-e76287c86f94
Gala's keynote speakers credit organization for giving them expertise as well as confidence. By Caroline Phillips. |
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Boy, scouts have changed - Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/326797
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 |
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`Raksha' loved life, mentoring Scouts - Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/429224
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. |
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Brampton resident fears unique scout camp could close - Brampton Guardian - http://www.northpeel.com/news/article/51710
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. |
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Scout leader honoured - Langley Advance - http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/story.html?id=25c701b8-ec8d-47fa-9ee9-790542dd9aff
A Langley Mountie has been honoured for his commitment to public service and Scouts Canada. |
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Rotary Club names couple as Citizens of the Year - Bracebridge Examiner - http://www.gravenhurstbanner.com/muskokanews/article/111010
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. |
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Boy Scouts - Tumbler Ridge News - http://www.tumblerridgenews.com/story.php?id=202691
McDonald was in Tumbler Ridge to discuss leader training, which will be offered in Prince George in early October and again in November. |
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Teen ATV rider dies - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1235707
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. |
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Motor Madness ready to take over the city - North Bay News - http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=30604
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. |
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Kub Kars cruise into South Common Mall - The Mississauga News - http://www.mississauganews.com/article/24279
Instead of souping up his car this year, Erik Gillis opted for a clean, simple design. |
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Theft from Scout Camp in Blandford-Blenheim - Woodstock Sentinel Review - http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1553824
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. |
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Chief Commissioner of Scouts Canada challenges Canadian families to "Be Prepared" for an emergency - CNW Group - http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/07/c9325.html
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? |
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Scouts' Apple Day, popcorn and a job well done - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/onyourmark/article/454485
In the fall of 1932, the first Scouts Canada Apple Day was held in Saint John. |
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Scouting youth get popping - Stoney Creek News - http://www.stoneycreeknews.com/news/article/145019
As youth return to regular Beaver, Cub, Scout, Venturer and Rover meetings across Fruitbelt Area, they also begin their biggest fund-raising campaign of the year: popcorn sales. |
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Youth not only ones who earn badges - Kings County Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/431406
A good volunteer is always seeking ways to improve themselves through courses, lectures or practice. Scouts Canada has a laid out training program for their adult volunteers and it consists of the three methods I mentioned. |
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Niagara scouts reach out for new recruits - Niagara Falls Review - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1230766
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. |
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Scout, Guide fundraising pits healthy eating against guilty delights - Times Colonist - http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/capital_van_isl/story.html?id=879efb29-6cb3-4539-a3f3-87fe6d81e04d
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. |
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Scouting honours two Valley people for work - Comox Valley Record - http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=8&cat=43&id=642398&more=
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 area commissioner. |
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Apple drive coming up - The Lindsay Post - http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1239653
Buy an apple a day and keep the Scouts away on camping trips. |
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Scouts' hockey a thing of the past - London Free Press - http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Columnists/Dalla_Costa_Morris/2006/04/05/1520308.html
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. |
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Being prepared - Globe and Mail - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081021.A2SCOUTS21/TPStory/International
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. |
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Scouts have been fighting climate change since 2004 - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/461752
Like all youth organizations, Scouts Canada is constantly coming up with new and fresh ideas, trying to keep their youth programs meaningful in modern times. |
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Happy faces make delivering boxes a joy - Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/SantaClausFund/article/529921
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. |
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Queen's Venturer Award - Miramichi Leader - http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/community/article/470665
Tyler Young (centre) of 1st Gretna Green Venturers received his Queen's Venturer Award at the Legislative Assembly in Fredericton on Saturday. He is shown here receiving the certificate from Lieutenant Governor Hermenegilde Chiasson while Glenn Armstrong, Chief Commissioner for Scouts Canada, looks on. |
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Youngsters recognized for overcoming obstacles - Telegraph Journal - http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/471119
A steep challenge has never deterred two Kings County boys from doing the things other kids their age enjoy. |
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Scouting offers many experiences we take for granted - King's Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/476703
The Scouts Canada mission statement says, "to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens, and as members of their local, national, and international communities, through the application of our Principles and Practices." |
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We should be proud of Remembrance Day turnout in Sussex - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/483737
I attended the annual Sussex Remembrance Day parade and cenotaph ceremony as part of the Scouts Canada contingent, and once again was proud to be part of such a large group of youth and adults, who year after year take part in this celebration of remembrance. This year there were 74 scouting youth and adults taking part. |
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Stringent screening - Ottawa Citizen - http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/letters/story.html?id=9ebe4151-5570-48c3-b843-079fa75e6094
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. |
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Scouts and guides learn CPR - Chatham Daily News - http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1323356
One is never too young to save a life, kids heard at the Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village last weekend. |
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Evidence strong to support scouting movement was born in Port Morien - Cape Breton Post - http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=148267&sc=150
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. |
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Scouting trio receive federal youth awards - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1096460
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. |
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Youth deserve praise, not negative press - thisweekonline.ca - http://monctonthisweek.canadaeast.com/article/343255
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. |
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Proud to give back - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/347618
Since 1950, the Canadian Scout Brotherhood Fund has supported community development projects carried out in Third World countries. The Scouts Canada International Relations Committee administers this fund, and the World Scout Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland, suggests projects that need funding. |
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Port Hope teen receives Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Northumberland News - http://www.northumberlandnews.com/northumberland/news/porthope/article/102362
Devon Campbell of Port Hope recently received the Duke of Edinburgh's award. |
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Mountie honoured beyond the call - Langley Advance - http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/story.html?id=313cd6ec-58e6-4b1e-af54-1ff275dc20c6
Staff Sgt. Dave Fitzharris of the Langley RCMP was given a Community Contribution Award this week by the Pacific Federal Council. |
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Senator won't ditch Scout bill - Ottawa Sun - http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/08/31/1789121-sun.html
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 the bill will entrench a suffocating corporate structure that will eventually lead to the organization's demise. By Jorge Barrera. |
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Scouts heading to Scotland - Comox Valley Echo - http://www.canada.com/comoxvalleyecho/news/community/story.html?id=e370097e-e441-45f5-b420-c7e88a8c76f8
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! |
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Scouting rebels, upset with changes to the national organization, are looking to take over - Ottawa Sun - http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/08/27/1779070-sun.html
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. |
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Scouts learned how to party green - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/361056
The 2007-08 scouting year is in summer shutdown mode, but went out with a bang. The weekend of June 27-29, saw 250 youth and adults descend on the Yoho Scout Reserve, near Fredericton, for the NB Council Linking camp. Cubs, Scouts and Venturer groups landed Friday night, and set up their camps, keeping their fingers crossed that it wouldn't rain. On Saturday morning, 40 Beavers and adults landed for the day, with 30 coming from Moncton on a chartered bus. |
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Reward youth for a job well done - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/381155
All too often, the only press and publicity that young people get is negative. A lot of positive news gets passed over because it isn't sensational enough. |
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Scouting lessons vital for life, veteran says - Ottawa Citizen - http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=b20e5907-672e-4ae7-aadc-b4b6c82cfedf
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. |
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Local scouts among 350 at Owen Sound winter camp - Orangeville Citizen - http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2008/0207/regional_news/031.html
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. |
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A unique experience - The Sarnia Observer - http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1162633
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. |
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Volunteers sustain the scouting world - Kings County Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/396733
There have been hundreds of adult volunteers who have spent time working with the Sussex area Scouts Canada groups over the years. Many are Sussex business owners and operators, and have provided not only time, but financial resources as well. |
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Registration for scouting is always a big time of year - Kings County Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/402748
Many of our scouting groups are getting ready for the new 2008-09 year. There will be a booth at the upcoming Sussex registration fair, where youth can be registered and parents receive information. All local groups will have their own registration nights as well. |
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Community groups raise funds thanks to FREX parking demand - Daily Gleaner - http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/407075
The Fredericton Exhibition gives the community a chance to get out and have some fun, but it also gives some charitable organizations a financial boost. |
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Scouts have to raise cash - Owen Sound Sun Times - http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1186506
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. |
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Scouts teaches about life through camp fires, tying knots - Kings County Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/415785
Every youth organization promises to teach their participants some valuable skills. It could be how to shoot three-point baskets, stick handle around pylons or make a great tackle. While these are all admirable skills, they are hardly what are called "life skills." |
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Scouts Canada saddened by deaths at jamboree - canada.com - http://www.canada.com/search/story.html?id=80eea564-7f22-4138-a3c8-9850c8ec39dc
Scouts Canada says it is saddened by the deaths of four scout leaders at an international jamboree that just got underway in Virginia. |
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Scouts to plant 3,000 trees - Milton Canadian Champion - http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/247764
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 |
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Sears Canada and Scouts Canada Join Together to Plant 250,000 Trees Across Canada - CNW Group - http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2009/16/c2187.html
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. |
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Scouts prepare for Great Urban Race - Kings County Record - http://riverviewthisweek.canadaeast.com/news/article/636437
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. |
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Sons of killed Scout leaders go home to Alaska - CTV.ca - http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122381050436_5
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. |
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Falling interest prompts Scouts to close camps - The Globe and Mail - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040811.wxcamps0811/BNStory/National/
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.] |
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Cubs learn canoe skills at Walter Baker - Your Nepean - http://www.yournepean.com/article/12463
Every year Scouts Canada does basic canoe training before their spring camp. In the latest session at the Walter Baker Sports Centre on April 25, the kids learned survival techniques. Instructors would push the canoes over and the cubs would try and rescue each other. |
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Scouts Take up the Challenge to "Be Prepared" for Any Emergency - CNW Group - http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/04/c7810.html
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. |
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Scouts plant 10,000 trees - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1551876
Scout Blair Harrison, 11, has some advice for anyone who cares about the environment: Get out and plant a tree. |
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Scout leaders clash over future of camp - London Free Press - http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/09/11/624279.html
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. |
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Scouts for kids - Vulcan Advocate - http://www.vulcanadvocate.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1326561
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. |
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Scouting for volunteers - Vulcan Advocate - http://www.vulcanadvocate.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1326554
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. |
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Live Smart BC Community Heros: Tumbler Ridge Troop, Cubs, Beavers & Scouts - Tumbler Ridge News - http://www.tumblerridgenews.com/story.php?id=203181
We ask our youth to “Think globally, act locally”, which is our Conservation Badge Motto, Sarah Falcon, Scout Leader |
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Order of Canada to Sooke man for scouts work - Times Colonist - http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=1051128
A long-time Scouts Canada leader from Sooke is among 47 people to be invested in the Order of Canada in Ottawa this Friday. |
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Scout leader presented Award of Fortitude - Community Press - http://www.communitypress.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1339908
A Havelock Scout leader has been awarded one of the organization’s highest honours. |
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Scouts launch online protest of land sale - Haliburton Echo - http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1405370
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. |
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N.B. scouters helping PEI rebuild - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/news/article/551996
A very important part of the Scout's Promise is "to help other people at all times," and in the past few months, that has been very prevalent in New Brunswick. |
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Chemainus scout given group's highest honour - Ladysmith Chronicle - http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=9&cat=43&id=616015
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 Governor. By Edward Hill. |
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Scouting returns to Kirkland Lake in a big way - Northern News - http://www.northernnews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1407788
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. |
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Hike for Hunger this weekend - The Sarnia Observer - Ontario - http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1427393
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. |
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Scouting Celebrates 100 Years in National Capital This Weekend - CCN Matthews - http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Scouts-Canada-636709.html
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. |
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Scouts Canada's Climate Change Program receives Honourable Mention - http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Scouts-Canada-566807.html
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 Program (CCEAP). |
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Scouts Canada Announces New Chief Commissioner - CNN Matthews - http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Scouts-Canada-573050.html
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 Commissioner and Chair of the Board of Governors. |
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Kanata Lakes boy earns shot at $75,000 scholarship - Kanata Kourier - http://yourarnprior.com/KanataKourier/news/article/10205
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. |
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Scouts Honoured - Victoria News - http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=23&id=608924&more=
Four Victoria scouts will receive the Queen's Venturer Award from Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo today. |
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Ontario promotes new mining skills for youth - Parry Sound North Star - http://www.parrysoundnorthstar.com/1142440640/
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. |
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Dyb, dyb, dyb - Victoria News - http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=43&id=594764
"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 celebrate the organization's 100th anniversary in 2007. By Thomas Winterhoff. |
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Scouts brave frigid park - Owen Sound Sun Times - http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1414966
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. |
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Scouts honoured at 100 - London Free Press - http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2007/07/28/4374779-sun.html
You wouldn't know it by looking at them, but the Boy Scouts turn 100 next week. |
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Canadian teen celebrates 100 years of scouting with royalties in London - Chronicle Journal - http://www.chroniclejournal.com/CP_stories.php?id=56556
A young Canadian boy is bringing home a royal memory from a trip to England to celebrate the centenary of scouting. |
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Joining in the celebration of Scouting - Campbell River Mirror - http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=6&cat=48&id=1041757&more=0
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? |
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Scouters gather from around world - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=647713&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Scouts celebrate 100 years - Niagara Falls Review - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=657708&catname=Local%20News&classif=News%20Live
When a young girl fell down a hill and broke her ankle in a remote Kingston park, Mike Baskin knew exactly what to do. |
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Rubber ducks invade the Thames; 7,500 yellow quackers float in river for charity - Chatham Daily News - http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=660069&catname=Local+News&classif=
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. |
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Olive Tree Foundation Announces Grant to Scouts Canada - IQRA - http://iqra.typepad.com/read/2007/08/olive-tree-foun.html
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. |
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Another Brownsea season winds down - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=666948&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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There is so much you can do through scouts - Niagara Falls Review - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=680139&catname=Local%20News&classif=
Outdated public image doesn't describe skills, adventure group offers. By Alisom Langley. |
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Girl Guides looking for a new camp - Kootenay News Editor - http://www.kootenayadvertiser.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=17&cat=23&id=1058656&more=0
The directors on the Board of the Regional District of East Kootenay will be making a decision this week on an application by the Cranbrook Girl Guides. The organization has asked that the zoning of a piece of property in the Cranbrook area be changed from Rural Residential Country to Public Institutional to allow for the establishment of a Girl Guide Camp on the property. By Kerstin Renner. |
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Opportunities abound through scouting - Langley Advance - http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/story.html?id=310be2b3-1c5b-4391-a032-c4b19bb92864
Today scouting is far different from what was begun as the Boy Scouts a century ago by Lord Robert Baden-Powell in England. |
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Scouts pop up short of record - Calgary Sun - http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/09/16/4500251-sun.html
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. |
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Campfire trouble - Amherst Daily News - http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=63204&sc=58
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? |
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Scouts dig in to help environment - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=517806&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Merit Badge for Lobbying - http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2007/10/11/4566605-sun.html
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. |
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Governor General Welcomes 150 Young Canadians to Rideau Hall in Honour of the 100TH Anniversary of Scouts Canada - MarketWire - http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=782616
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. |
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Scouts place flags on veterans' graves - mykawartha.com - http://www.mykawartha.com/ka/news/article/21719
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. |
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Brownsea Base enters its 41st year - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=552867&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Peterborough scouter receiving Governor General's Caring Canadian Award - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=551897&catname=Local+News
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. |
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Scouts put the 'out' in outdoors - 100 Mile House Free Press - http://www.100milefreepress.net/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=1&cat=43&id=994549&more=0
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. |
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Historic Kawartha Waterways camp held - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=572266&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Cairn, plaque for Scouts - Caledon Citizen - http://www.caledoncitizen.com/news/2007/0620/Front_page/002.html
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. |
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Scouts set for Huck Finn races - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=543503&catname=Local+News
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. |
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Venturers win adventure award - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=610464&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Scouting's new motto: Be prepared for diversity - Globe and Mail - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070802.wscouts02/BNStory/National/?query=%22scouts+canada%22
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. |
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Dorval Honours the 100th Anniversary of the Scouts Movement - Le Messager Lachine Dorval - http://www.messagerlachine.com/article-126494-Dorval-Honours-the-100th-Anniversary-of-the-Scouts-Movement.html
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. |
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Leader of the pack left indelible mark on community through his volunteer efforts - Truro Daily News - http://trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=32060&sc=68
When Gordon Poole takes a trip down memory lane, he realizes how dedicated he has been to the Scouting movement. BY Monique Chiasson. |
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Long-awaited jamboree under way - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=629757&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Top honours for local scouts - Niagara Falls Review - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=517256&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Racing to the finish line - Midland Mirror - http://www.midlandmirror.com/midlandmirror/article/73120
Saturday featured the 6th-Annual Scouts Canada Windake Shores Area soapbox derby. |
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Scouts Canada awards Calgarians - Calgary Herald - http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=a90568f1-8bf2-49fb-a3cd-7ed65ad0cbca
Two Calgary citizens were awarded in mid-April for their outstanding service and dedication to the Scouting movement by Scouts Canada. |
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Youth get connected at Global Development Village - CNW Group - http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2008/30/c3411.html
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. |
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Celebrate scouting - Esquimalt News - http://www.esquimaltnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=10&cat=23&id=832669&more=
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. |
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After more than 50 years, man receives scouting award - Chatham Daily News - http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1041961
It's been more than 50 years since Tom Vella-Zarb was involved with scouts in his homeland of Malta. |
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Scouts appeal to Valentine hearts - Peace Arch News - http://www.peacearchnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=44&cat=23&id=830022&more=
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 the Canadian Jamboree in Tamaracouta, Quebec – to celebrate Scouts Canada’s 100th anniversary – this summer. By Kristine Thiessen. |
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Scouts Canada celebrates 100 years - NorthernLife.ca - http://www.northernlife.ca/News/Lifestyle/2007/02-05-07-kubkarTOP.asp?NLStory=02-05-07-kubkarTOP
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 Rally. By Bill Bradley. |
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Down scouting's memory lane - King's County Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/306866
I was looking through some old Central Kings District scrapbooks from 20 years ago, and I found some interesting items. Central Kings District had many great scouters over the years, and I would like to share comments from three of the original founders of scouting in Sussex and area. |
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City takes back our Scout Hall - Barrie Advance - http://www.barrieadvance.com/barrieadvance/article/108361
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!). |
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Scout Hall to be demolished by city - The Barrie Examiner - http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1084279
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. |
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Scouts Canada issues warning to Sault area - Sault This Week - http://www.saultthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1086571
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. |
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'Youth-led' Scouts enter 100th year - The Chilliwack Progress - http://www.theprogress.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=39&cat=23&id=725427
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 Williams enrolled her oldest child into the like-minded Boy Scouts, it was to give him the same experiences. Then, somewhere between nine years ago and today, the mom became a Beaver leader. By Jessica Murdy. |
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Heir to scouts movement on tour - West Island Chronicle - http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-161890-Heir-to-scouts-movement-on-tour.html
When Adam Baden-Clay, 32, emerged out of a mud session dripping head to toe this summer at camp Tamaracouta, he did not look the part for a hug, but that is exactly what a Dorval beaver scouts leader gave him. By Raffy Boudjikanian. |
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Top three finish for local scouts - Sooke News - http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=32&cat=40&id=970572&more=
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. |
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Waiting list to join Scouts in Kennebecasis Valley - CBC.ca - http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/12/14/scout-demand.html
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. |
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Scouts' money returned - North Shore News - http://www.canada.com/northshorenews/news/story.html?id=4ad523f1-c632-4076-b185-8d7ff76865b4
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. |
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They've got the whole world in their hands - Welland Tribune - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=494295&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Councillor, longtime scout devoted life to community - Halifax Daily News - http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=23102&sc=89
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. |
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Scouting celebrates 100 years - News Leader Pictorial - http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=9&cat=43&id=837277&more=
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. |
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Scout earns city honours - The Sarnia Observer - http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=978653
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. |
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Service celebrates 100 years of Scouting, birth of founder - NiagaraThisWeek - http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/70692
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. |
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Local scouts receive new medal - Welland Tribune - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=989148
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. |
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GM donates $100K to plant 20,000 trees - St. Catharines Standard - http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=997830
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. |