This category is for Canadian Scouting. Scouting is an educational movement for young people with over 250,000 members in Canada. Scouting was established in the UK by Lord Baden-Powell 1907 and quickly spread around the world. Earl Grey, the Governor-General of Canada, at the request of Lord Baden-Powell became the first Chief-Scout of Canada in 1910. Association des Eclaireurs Baden-Powell@ (2) Campsites@ (64) Canadian Federation of Independent Scouting@ (15) Chats & Forums@ (9) Events@ (55) Girl Guides of Canada@ (47) History, Girl Guides of Canada@ (8) History, Scouts Canada@ (6) Ontario (6) Organizations & Groups@ (6) Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization@ (1) Resources@ (2) Scouts Canada@ (349) 1. Becky's Guiding Resource Centre - Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides. 2. Boy Scout gets important badge - Airdrie Echo - Airdrie, Alberta - A local boy scout was awarded the Chief Scout badge, one of the most prestigious awards to be given within the youth organization, at a ceremony held at Glenmore Inn in Calgary earlier this month. By Brendan Wood. 3. Camp ownership will be tested - St. Thomas Times-Journal - Scouts Canada in row with local volunteers. Following a town hall meeting earlier this week, Elgin Scout leaders are prepared to "go forward" in their efforts to determine the legal ownership of Camp Timken. By Ian McCallum. 4. Canadian Badgers Club - Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog. 5. Canadian Rovers EH? - Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?. 6. Canadian Scouting Catalogue - Comprehensive catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present. 7. Canadian Sea Scouts Home Port - Information about Sea Scouting in Canada, resources, and the World Sea Scout Directory. 8. Central Division Rover Round Table - Association for Ontario and Quebec Rovers. Information about meetings. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Reprieve for Camp Timken - St. Thomas Times-Journal - Local Scouting groups continue to contest ownership. Dismissed earlier this year as “a property that had very little of special significance,” Camp Timken has been given the thumbs up from a Scouts Canada property review committee. By Ian McCallum. 12. Scout camp on chopping block - Sarnia Observer - couts Canada's decision to put Camp Chester near here on a list of 20 properties to be sold will be appealled by the local camp committee. To deal with declining enrolment and growing costs, Scouts Canada recently reviewed all of the 260 or so properties it owns in Ontario, including 150-acre Camp Chester on Marthaville Road in Enniskillen Township. 13. ScoutDocs - Resources site. Topics include: Klondike Derby, Scouting issues, spirituality, ceremonies, kit lists, Venturer and Rover bylaws. 14. Scouting in Canada - History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations. 15. Scouting with Staves & Stetsons - Canadian Scouting history through a photo gallery and stories. Photographs from personal collections of Canadian Scouts through the Years. 16. Scouts a great experience that benefits the whole child - InsideToronto.ca - By Anne Kyne. Column about the effect of Scouting on children from a parent's perspective. 17. 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. 18. Sea Scouting in Canada - Index of units. 19. Trouble boils over for Scouts - Sarnia Observer - One official blames the turmoil on people not getting along. While cubs and boy scouts in Sarnia's church basements continue to meet regularly, the executive that runs the show is in disarray and Scouts Canada has rescinded the Sarnia charter. For the last five months, just two men have been trying to do the work that 12 executive members normally handle. 20. 'Youth-led' Scouts enter 100th year - The Chilliwack Progress NEW! - 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. 21. 20 Scout camps may close - TheStar.com - Faced with falling membership and rising competition for the interest of children and teens, Scouts Canada has decided to sell 20 of its 260 properties in Ontario. 22. 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. 23. A Scouter’s Thoughts… Learning to Lead - Stirling Community Press - I remember the first time I was asked by my church to consider becoming a Scout leader. I'm afraid I was reluctant to commit. I questioned my ability to teach youth about surviving in the wild as this was what I imagined would be the main skill I'd need. I was convinced I knew nothing about preparing for a camping weekend. By Terry Wilder. 24. Baden-Powell Scouts active in the Brampton area - Brampton Guardian - At first, Baden-Powell scouts may seem like any others. They go camping, learn survival techniques and emergency procedures and play a large role in the community. By Chris Daponte. 25. Campbellford - Scouting needs volunteers - Tonight, and every night until next June, young Canadians from nearly every community across Canada will gather in school gyms, community centres, parks, and church basements to experience fun adventures, environmental stewardship, and teamwork. 26. Chemainus scout given group's highest honour - Ladysmith Chronicle - Adam Shepherd of Chemainus is one of a select group of scouts to earn the Queen's Venturer Award. A Chemainus master scout received the honour - the highest youth award within Scouts Canada - last week in Victoria from Iona Campagnolo, B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor. By Edward Hill. 27. Dyb, dyb, dyb - Victoria News - "Be prepared." That well-known motto of the Scouting movement has been adopted by millions of young people around the globe over the past century. The saying is especially appropriate now, as Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada prepare to celebrate the organization's 100th anniversary in 2007. By Thomas Winterhoff. 28. 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.] 29. Fight on for Camp Timken - St. Thomas Times-Journal - Scouts Canada ‘bargaining in bad faith;’ public meeting tonight. Frustrated by a series of missed deadlines and the impression Scouts Canada is “bargaining in bad faith,” Elgin Scout leaders have begun to “mobilize” in their fight to block the sale of Camp Timken. By Ian McCallum. 30. Legal action over Camp Timken - St. Thomas Times-Journal, Ontario - In a move designed to ensure Camp Timken remains in operation with "significant local input," Elgin Scouters have launched legal action against the provincial corporation of Scouts Canada. The process begins Thursday in Kitchener, Ont., when Camp Timken committee chairman David Palmer will be cross-examined by representatives of Ontario Provincial Council, Boy Scouts of Canada. By Ian McCallum. 31. Life-long resident presented Canada's top honour - Alliston Herald - Les Farquharson presented with the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award. Although a recent stroke has robbed Les Farquharson of most of his speech, there were no words needed at an awards ceremony held in his honour Friday afternoon. By Jason Ballantyne. 32. Ontario promotes new mining skills for youth - Parry Sound North Star - The Ontario government is promoting mining by partnering with Scouts Canada on the first ever digital prospecting specialty badge to be used in the Canadian scouting movement, Rick Bartolucci, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines announced today. 33. Police Venturers start area chapter - Yorkregion.com - The York Regional Police Venturers are headed south. The youth group that has spent 11 years bringing together Scouts Canada and local cops in the Newmarket area is expanding to Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan this year. By Martin Derbyshire. 34. Rover Reflections - Resources for Rovers including ceremonies, program information, links and forums. 35. SCOUT eh! - SCOUT eh! is a group of registered Scouts Canada members dedicated to turning Scouts Canada into a democratic association. 36. 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. 37. Scout leaders get well-deserved kudos - Cochrane Times (AB) - After a number of years where no names from Cochrane have been put forward for national awards, this year, that trend has been shattered as no fewer than six of 1st Cochrane Scouts volunteers have been selected to receive awards through the Scouts Canada head office in Ottawa. By Darryl Mills. 38. Scout's got the right stuff - Bancroft This Week - What was to be a trip of a lifetime turned into a chance for one Bancroft Scout to show his true colours and step up when he was needed the most. By Angela Casselman. 39. Scouting Awards Day - Campbellford Community Press - On Saturday, May 28, 1st Campbellford Scouting held their Annual Awards Day and barbeque at the Rotary Youth Hall. Thirty-one kids attended along with Scout leaders, volunteers, family and friends. By Esther Schuette. 40. Scouting for a Future - Hamilton Spectator - Be prepared... for a crisis - Leaders of Scouts and Guides look to increase dwindling membership. By Rob Faulkner. 41. Scouting honours two Valley people for work - Comox Valley Record - Two local Comox Valley Scout members were awarded medals last weekend for their especially good service to Scouting. They were honoured at the Scouts Canada–Cascadia Council honours and awards ceremony in Vancouver, reports Maxine McLean, Orca Coast area commissioner. 42. Scouting is still alive and well - Sooke News Mirror - About 500 youth participated May 5 through 7 at a cubs and scouts weekend at Camp Barnard, learning new skills and meeting new people. The groups were from throughout Vancouver Island, as well as a couple groups from the mainland. All 14 scouting groups in the Greater Victoria area were represented at the three-day camp. By Paul Frey. 43. Scouting movement expands - Brighton Community Press - Scouting is becoming a growing concern in Brighton. The 1st Brighton Scouting program has grown from thirty members in 2003 to fifty-seven strong this year. Brighton councillor Brian Ostrander may have summed up part of the reason for this sudden growth: "One thing you do that's different from when I was a Scout is that you let girls in," said Ostrander. "That’s brilliant!" By Joyce Cassin. 44. 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. 45. Scouting rebels, upset with changes to the national organization, are looking to take over - Ottawa Sun NEW! - 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. 46. Scouts 'in my blood' - TorontoSun - Man honoured for 60 years of service. For the past six decades, Edmonds Ozols has always made time for kids. Retired now for 20 years, the 86-year-old former plant inspector for Ontario Gardens stays busy looking after his own garden and scouring the city for that rare stamp to add to his collection of more than 100,000. By David Silverman. 47. 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. 48. Scouts Canada Announces New Chief Commissioner - CNN Matthews - On behalf of Her Excellency the Honorable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada and Chief Scout of Canada, Scouts Canada's Board of Governors is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Glenn Armstrong as Chief Commissioner and Chair of the Board of Governors. 49. Scouts Canada are inclusive, diverse - The Brampton Guardian - I read with interest your article entitled, Baden-Powell Scouts active in the Brampton area which appeared in the Dec. 5 edition. Regrettably, Scouts Canada was not contacted in order to fact check the comments that were made about our organization. I would therefore like to take the opportunity to clarify a few matters. By Bruce Wannamaker. 50. Scouts Canada looks to attract new recruits - Brandon Sun - Scouts Canada is looking for a few good boys and girls to join its ranks. With declining membership in Manitoba and across the country, scouting leaders in Brandon are recruiting new members. By Robson Fletcher. 51. 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. 52. Scouts Canada's Climate Change Program receives Honourable Mention - Scouts Canada and the Delphi Group, Nexen Inc. and Alcan Inc., partners in combating climate change, have received an Honourable Mention - Partnership Award from Imagine Canada for their innovative work in launching the Climate Change Education and Action Program (CCEAP). 53. Scouts get glimpse of prospecting - Sudbury Mining Solutions - One never quite knows how diversified one's client base can become. In the case of Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' CLAIMaps, targeted at the mining and exploration industry, the client base has expanded to include young Scouts Canada enthusiasts. By Sari Huhtala. 54. Scouts have plan - St. Thomas Times-Journal - Elgin Scout leaders have formulated a five-year program plan designed to justify the continued operation of Camp Timken, currently under threat of closure by a Scouts Canada property review committee. The plan hinges on increasing local membership after several years of dramatic decline, explains a former area commissioner. By Ian McCallum, Times-Journal Staff. 55. Scouts Honoured - Victoria News - Four Victoria scouts will receive the Queen's Venturer Award from Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo today. 56. Scouts in a diverse community - Toronto Star - Scouting began as a grassroots, community-based movement. It flourished in Toronto because it fulfilled the needs of a largely white, Anglo-Saxon, male population. We took our first steps as an organization serving the community in another era and without significant competition. By Terry McGowan. 57. Scouts try to boost dwindling numbers - Brandon Sun - If there were a merit badge for doing more with less, Scouts Canada would have earned it long ago. By: FPNS. 58. Scouts' hockey a thing of the past - London Free Press - It wasn't the 50th anniversary celebration London's scouts' hockey league expected. Instead of celebrations and a promise of many more years to come, the focus will be on its death. By Morris Dalla Costa. 59. Senator won't ditch Scout bill - Ottawa Sun NEW! - 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. 60. She's shipping out for European battle anniversary - Guelph Mercury - When 17-year-old Alicia (Lee) Mac Pherson saw fellow students walking over poppies in her school's hallways last Remembrance Day, she decided to write a poem about it. By Fiona Isaacson. 61. 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. 62. The Death of Canadian Scouting - MichNews.com - Big Canadian real estate is on the market. A rather sizable chunk of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's Empire is available for investors, homebuilders, fishing resort prospectors, or blacktop barons. Scouts Canada is pounding in "for sale" signs at the entrances of a number of Scout camps across the country, including at least twenty camps in Ontario. But don't worry. No Boy Scouts will mourn the loss of their summer camps, for the Boy Scouts of Canada no longer exist. 63. Trailways - Scouts - Daily Gleaner - All Scouters (Beaver, Cub, Scout, Venturer and Rover Leaders and/or advisers) are invited to attend the monthly meeting on April 13 at the Ancillary Building, Hugh John Flemming Forestry Complex. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the meeting runs from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Coffee will be served. By Alvin Ashfield. 64. Whitby, Ajax scouts are Angels with Backpacks - durhamregion.com - Members of Scouts Canada from Whitby and Ajax stopped by the Refuge Centre in Oshawa recently to delivery some much-needed supplies. 65. Why Scouts Canada is selling land - TheStar.com - A great deal has been reported in the media lately, including this newspaper, concerning Scouts Canada's intention to reduce the number of properties it maintains and operates in Ontario. As the head of Scouts Canada, a volunteer position, I feel it is important to clear the air. By Mike Scott.

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