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• Becky's Guiding Resource Centre NameSpy.CN - Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides.
• Canadian Badgers Club NameSpy.CN - Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog.
• Canadian Rovers EH? NameSpy.CN - Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?.
• Canadian Scouting Catalogue NameSpy.CN - A catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present.
• Central Division Rover Round Table NameSpy.CN - Association for Ontario and Quebec Rovers. Information about meetings.
• Rover Reflections NameSpy.CN - Resources for Rovers including ceremonies, program information, links and forums.
• SCOUT eh! NameSpy.CN - SCOUT eh! is a group of registered Scouts Canada members dedicated to turning Scouts Canada into a democratic association.
• ScoutDocs NameSpy.CN - Resources site. Topics include: Klondike Derby, Scouting issues, spirituality, ceremonies, kit lists, Venturer and Rover bylaws.
• Scouting in Canada NameSpy.CN - History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations.
• Scouting with Staves & Stetsons NameSpy.CN - Canadian Scouting history through a photo gallery and stories. Photographs from personal collections of Canadian Scouts through the Years.
• Scoutscan.com NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN NameSpy.CN - Index of units.

• Stringent screening - Ottawa Citizen NameSpy.CN - 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)
• We should be proud of Remembrance Day turnout in Sussex - Kings Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (November 18, 2008)
• Scouting offers many experiences we take for granted - King's Record NameSpy.CN - 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." (November 11, 2008)
• Queen's Venturer Award - Miramichi Leader NameSpy.CN - 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. (November 5, 2008)
• Youngsters recognized for overcoming obstacles - Telegraph Journal NameSpy.CN - A steep challenge has never deterred two Kings County boys from doing the things other kids their age enjoy. (November 5, 2008)
• Happy faces make delivering boxes a joy - Toronto Star NameSpy.CN - 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 4, 2008)
• Scouts have been fighting climate change since 2004 - Kings Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (October 28, 2008)
• Being prepared - Globe and Mail NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouts' Apple Day, popcorn and a job well done - Kings Record NameSpy.CN - In the fall of 1932, the first Scouts Canada Apple Day was held in Saint John. (October 21, 2008)
• Apple drive coming up - The Lindsay Post NameSpy.CN - Buy an apple a day and keep the Scouts away on camping trips. (October 9, 2008)
• Teen ATV rider dies - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 7, 2008)
• Scout, Guide fundraising pits healthy eating against guilty delights - Times Colonist NameSpy.CN - 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 5, 2008)
• Niagara scouts reach out for new recruits - Niagara Falls Review NameSpy.CN - 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 3, 2008)
• Scouts pop up some corn - Vernon Morning Star NameSpy.CN - If it's fall, it must mean it's time for Scouts Canada's annual Popcorn Blitz. (October 3, 2008)
• Youth not only ones who earn badges - Kings County Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (September 30, 2008)
• Scouting out new horizons - Penticton Western News NameSpy.CN - Scouts make friends with Mother Nature on hikes, in tents, canoes and kayaks, and make lasting friendships among themselves. (September 27, 2008)
• Scouting youth get popping - Stoney Creek News NameSpy.CN - 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. (September 26, 2008)
• Boy Scouts - Tumbler Ridge News NameSpy.CN - McDonald was in Tumbler Ridge to discuss leader training, which will be offered in Prince George in early October and again in November. (September 24, 2008)
• Registrations continue for Scouts, Guides - Belleville Intelligencer NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - Remember when scouting was about building a fire, constructing a bird feeder and hanging out in the woods? (September 17, 2008)
• Scouts teaches about life through camp fires, tying knots - Kings County Record NameSpy.CN - 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." (September 16, 2008)
• Community groups raise funds thanks to FREX parking demand - Daily Gleaner NameSpy.CN - 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. (September 6, 2008)
• Scouts have to raise cash - Owen Sound Sun Times NameSpy.CN - 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 5, 2008)
• Registration for scouting is always a big time of year - Kings County Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (September 2, 2008)
• Volunteers sustain the scouting world - Kings County Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (August 26, 2008)
• A unique experience - The Sarnia Observer NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Local scouts among 350 at Owen Sound winter camp - Orangeville Citizen NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouting lessons vital for life, veteran says - Ottawa Citizen NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Reward youth for a job well done - Kings Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (August 12, 2008)
• Scouts learned how to party green - Kings Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (July 22, 2008)
• Rotary Club names couple as Citizens of the Year - Bracebridge Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Port Hope teen receives Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Northumberland News NameSpy.CN - Devon Campbell of Port Hope recently received the Duke of Edinburgh's award. (July 8, 2008)
• Proud to give back - Kings Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (July 8, 2008)
• Youth deserve praise, not negative press - thisweekonline.ca NameSpy.CN - 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 4, 2008)
• Scouting trio receive federal youth awards - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 2, 2008)
• Evidence strong to support scouting movement was born in Port Morien - Cape Breton Post NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scout leader honoured - Langley Advance NameSpy.CN - A Langley Mountie has been honoured for his commitment to public service and Scouts Canada. (June 24, 2008)
• Scouts Canada issues warning to Sault area - Sault This Week NameSpy.CN - 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 Hall to be demolished by city - The Barrie Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 5, 2008)
• What's in a name? - Kings County Record NameSpy.CN - When a new organization is created, a suitable name for the organization must be created as well. When Sir Robert Baden-Powell started an outdoor program for young boys in 1907, he based it on the training program that new army scouts took, and the program became known as Boy Scouts. (June 3, 2008)
• Cubs have fun while learning life skills - Belleville Intelligencer NameSpy.CN - 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 2, 2008)
• Down scouting's memory lane - King's County Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (May 27, 2008)
• Trip celebrates 100 years of Scouting - Miramichi Leader NameSpy.CN - The weekend weather forecast predicted rain, rain, rain for the Miramichi area. It was not what we'd hoped for in our plans to canoe the mighty Southwest Miramichi River in May. (May 26, 2008)
• Whycocomagh scouts honoured by Lt.-Gov with Chief Scout awards - Cape Breton Post NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - Members of the 4th Petawawa Scout Group pitched in to assist the Base Construction Engineers with their reforestation plans. (May 13, 2008)
• The serious “business” of scouting - kingscorecord.com NameSpy.CN - When most people think of scouting, they tend to think of youth hiking through the woods, camping by a crystal clear lake, and standing at attention in their uniforms at a ceremony. No one thinks of scouting as a business, but it really is. (May 13, 2008)
• Volunteer award for Cutler - Welland Tribune NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 5, 2008)
• Youth get connected at Global Development Village - CNW Group NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - Saturday featured the 6th-Annual Scouts Canada Windake Shores Area soapbox derby. (April 28, 2008)
• Scouts Canada awards Calgarians - Calgary Herald NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouting groups seek donations to aid Scoutrees for Canada - Georgetown Independent and Free Press NameSpy.CN - 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. (April 11, 2008)
• Scout earns city honours - The Sarnia Observer NameSpy.CN - 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 9, 2008)
• Boy, scouts have changed - Toronto Star NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - On Saturday, March 15, the Scouting groups in Kawartha Waterways Area will participate in the eighth annual Lorraine Hannah Memorial Food Drive. (March 7, 2008)
• Big rig racing; Scouts, Venturers and Rovers will race homemade vehicles against each other this weekend - Welland Tribune NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 6, 2008)
• A Scout's honour - Ottawa Citizen NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Potential to 'change the world' - Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald NameSpy.CN - Great-grandson of Scouts’ founder, wife bound for Kenya to work with youth. (January 24, 2008)
• Hazel receives scout's honour - The Mississauga News NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 7, 2007)
• SolHuma's Partnership With the Scouts Could Reach Out to 28 Million Members - Marketwire NameSpy.CN - 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 5, 2007)
• Heir to scouts movement on tour - West Island Chronicle NameSpy.CN - 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. (November 27, 2007)
• Scouts Canada's financial health under microscope - Vancouver Province NameSpy.CN - Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, could face bankruptcy, according to a watchdog group. By Kent Spencer. (November 21, 2007)
• Scouts Canada and St. Joseph Communications Extend Unique Reforestation Program: Partners in Growth - CNW Group NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouts Canada in financial trouble - Victoria Times Colonist NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - $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)
• Oshawa Scouts team canoe their way to notable honour - News Durham Region NameSpy.CN - The 21st Oshawa Venturer company will be honoured by Lieutenant-Governor David Onley at Queen's Park in Toronto on Nov. 17. (November 6, 2007)
• Scouts place flags on veterans' graves - mykawartha.com NameSpy.CN - 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 5, 2007)
• Governor General Welcomes 150 Young Canadians to Rideau Hall in Honour of the 100TH Anniversary of Scouts Canada - MarketWire NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 5, 2007)
• Campfire trouble - Amherst Daily News NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Girl Guides looking for a new camp - Kootenay News Editor NameSpy.CN - 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. (September 5, 2007)
• There is so much you can do through scouts - Niagara Falls Review NameSpy.CN - Outdated public image doesn't describe skills, adventure group offers. By Alisom Langley. (September 5, 2007)
• Another Brownsea season winds down - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Joining in the celebration of Scouting - Campbell River Mirror NameSpy.CN - 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? (August 10, 2007)
• Scouters gather from around world - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Dorval Honours the 100th Anniversary of the Scouts Movement - Le Messager Lachine Dorval NameSpy.CN - 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 2, 2007)
• Scouting's new motto: Be prepared for diversity - Globe and Mail NameSpy.CN - 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 2, 2007)
• Scouts celebrate centennial - Regina Leader-Post NameSpy.CN - 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 2, 2007)
• Did you ever wear green garter tabs? - Soo Today NameSpy.CN - 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 1, 2007)
• Volunteers Honoured - Caledon Citizen NameSpy.CN - 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 1, 2007)
• Worldwide Sunrise Ceremony Marks 100 Years of Scouting - CNW Telbec NameSpy.CN - 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 1, 2007)
• Scouts Canada Helps Break Cycle of Poverty for Kids in Kenya - CNW Telbec NameSpy.CN - Canada Hosts Ten Kenyan Extension Scouting Members as Special Guests at National Jamboree; Providing Youth with Hope for the Future. (July 31, 2007)
• Canadian teen celebrates 100 years of scouting with royalties in London - Canoe.ca NameSpy.CN - A young Canadian boy is bringing home a royal memory from a trip to England to celebrate the centenary of scouting. By Russ Morgan. (July 28, 2007)
• Canadian teen celebrates 100 years of scouting with royalties in London - Chronicle Journal NameSpy.CN - A young Canadian boy is bringing home a royal memory from a trip to England to celebrate the centenary of scouting. (July 28, 2007)
• Scouts honoured at 100 - London Free Press NameSpy.CN - You wouldn't know it by looking at them, but the Boy Scouts turn 100 next week. (July 28, 2007)
• Long-awaited jamboree under way - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Local scout joins 40,000 in London - Chilliwack Progress NameSpy.CN - Steven Burgoyne has a date with the Queen of England. He’s not sure if she’s actually going make it, but early next week the local teen will be at Windsor Castle, the largest occupied castle in the world. (July 22, 2007)
• Brownsea Base advanced paddlers enjoy first camp of season this month - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 7, 2007)
• Cairn, plaque for Scouts - Caledon Citizen NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 Foundation Honours Scholarship Recipients - Marketwire NameSpy.CN - The Scouts Canada Foundation today announced it will award its annual scholarships to outstanding students involved in Canadian Scouting. Criteria for selection included academic achievement, demonstrated Scouting history, involvement and achievement, and community service. (June 15, 2007)
• Scouts Canada - Brampton Area To Host Camp Of The Century - Brampton Guardian NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 1, 2007)
• Peterborough scouter receiving Governor General's Caring Canadian Award - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouts put the 'out' in outdoors - 100 Mile House Free Press NameSpy.CN - 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. (May 30, 2007)
• Leader of the pack left indelible mark on community through his volunteer efforts - Truro Daily News NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 9, 2007)
• Scouts dig in to help environment - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 7, 2007)
• Top honours for local scouts - Niagara Falls Review NameSpy.CN - 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 7, 2007)
• Scouting hands out honours, awards - Peterborough Examiner NameSpy.CN - 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 4, 2007)
• Scouting aims to connect with Muslims - Toronto Star NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouting has seen many changes over the years - NewsLeader NameSpy.CN - After 100 years, the Scouts may be co-ed and members may be able to earn badges for computing and snowboarding, but its basic premise remains the same. (April 26, 2007)
• Scouting movement celebrates 100th anniversary - NewsLeader NameSpy.CN - In 1907, founder Robert Baden-Powell took a troop of boys camping on Brownsea Island in England. That initial group of 22 lads has now become 28 million Scouting members in 155 countries. By Sabine Boersch. (April 26, 2007)
• Top three finish for local scouts - Sooke News NameSpy.CN - 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. (April 25, 2007)
• Part clean-up,part green-up; wellanders turn out to help make their patch of Earth a better place - Welland Tribune NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Councillor, longtime scout devoted life to community - Halifax Daily News NameSpy.CN - 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. (April 16, 2007)
• Cubs assist birthday-card record attempt - Timmins Daily Press NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 4, 2007)
• Celebrating Scouting - Western News NameSpy.CN - Penticton Mayor Jake Kimberley signs a proclamation honouring Scouting’s 100th anniversary as he is joined by some of the members of Penticton Scouts groups. (February 28, 2007)
• Renowned astronaut plans visit with Waterloo cub troupe - Waterloo Chronicle NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - Area Cub leaders receive awards for saving life of ailing colleague. By Roger Collier. (February 25, 2007)
• Scouting celebrates 100 years - News Leader Pictorial NameSpy.CN - 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. (February 21, 2007)
• Scouting Celebrates 100 Years in National Capital This Weekend - CCN Matthews NameSpy.CN - 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. (February 21, 2007)
• Service celebrates 100 years of Scouting, birth of founder - NiagaraThisWeek NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 appeal to Valentine hearts - Peace Arch News NameSpy.CN - 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. (February 9, 2007)
• Scouts Canada celebrates 100 years - NorthernLife.ca NameSpy.CN - 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. (February 5, 2007)
• Scouts and Guides set for a new century - Vancouver Sun NameSpy.CN - The movement popularized by Lord Baden-Powell celebrates its centenary next year with a resurgence. By Gerry Bellett. (November 25, 2006)
• 'Youth-led' Scouts enter 100th year - The Chilliwack Progress NameSpy.CN - 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. (September 10, 2006)
• Senator won't ditch Scout bill - Ottawa Sun NameSpy.CN - 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. (August 31, 2006)
• Scouting rebels, upset with changes to the national organization, are looking to take over - Ottawa Sun NameSpy.CN - 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. (August 27, 2006)
• Scouting is still alive and well - Sooke News Mirror NameSpy.CN - 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. (May 17, 2006)
• Scouting honours two Valley people for work - Comox Valley Record NameSpy.CN - 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. (May 5, 2006)
• Scouts' hockey a thing of the past - London Free Press NameSpy.CN - 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. (April 5, 2006)
• Scouting out your adventure - Calgary Sun NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Chemainus scout given group's highest honour - Ladysmith Chronicle NameSpy.CN - 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. (March 25, 2006)
• Ontario promotes new mining skills for youth - Parry Sound North Star NameSpy.CN - 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. (March 15, 2006)
• Scouts Honoured - Victoria News NameSpy.CN - Four Victoria scouts will receive the Queen's Venturer Award from Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo today. (March 15, 2006)
• Scouts can now earn digital prospecting badge - Sault Ste. Marie News NameSpy.CN - 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 6, 2006)
• Dyb, dyb, dyb - Victoria News NameSpy.CN - "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. (February 22, 2006)
• Scouts Canada Announces New Chief Commissioner - CNN Matthews NameSpy.CN - 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. (December 21, 2005)
• Ottawa 67's and Local Scouts set to honour Veterans - Ottawa Start NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouts Canada's Climate Change Program receives Honourable Mention NameSpy.CN - 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). (November 9, 2005)
• Local food drive preparations underway - Regina Leader-Post NameSpy.CN - 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)
• Scouts Canada looks to attract new recruits - Brandon Sun NameSpy.CN - 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. (September 18, 2005)
• Scouts try to boost dwindling numbers - Brandon Sun NameSpy.CN - If there were a merit badge for doing more with less, Scouts Canada would have earned it long ago. By: FPNS. (September 12, 2005)
• Sons of killed Scout leaders go home to Alaska - CTV.ca NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - 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)
• The Death of Canadian Scouting - MichNews.com NameSpy.CN - 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. (August 13, 2004)
• Falling interest prompts Scouts to close camps - The Globe and Mail NameSpy.CN - 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 NameSpy.CN - Five local camps are on the sell-off list, but some scout leaders are fighting the plan. (August 9, 2004)

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