| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Becky's Guiding Resource Centre - Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Canadian Badgers Club - Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog. |
| • | Canadian Rovers EH? - Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?. |
| • | Canadian Scouting Catalogue - Comprehensive catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present. |
| • | Canadian Sea Scouts Home Port - Information about Sea Scouting in Canada, resources, and the World Sea Scout Directory. |
| • | Central Division Rover Round Table - Association for Ontario and Quebec Rovers. Information about meetings. |
| • | 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.] |
| • | 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 |
| • | Girl Guides, Scouts losing members - CBC Saskatchewan - Scouts and Girl Guides in Saskatchewan say the declining farm economy is having an effect on their groups. |
| • | 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 Cam |
| • | 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 Ballanty |
| • | 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. |
| • | Ottawa 67's and Local Scouts set to honour Veterans - Ottawa Start - Scouts Canada has created a badge to show appreciation to those who have served, and those who continue to serve and protect peace and freedom in the world. In a special ceremony before the Ottawa 67's game against the Mississauga IceDogs on Friday, Novem |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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 McCa |
| • | Rover Reflections - Resources for Rovers including ceremonies, program information, links and forums. |
| • | Scout battles Scouts over camp sale - CBC Ottawa - A 43-year-old Scout camp in Eastern Ontario is on the verge of disappearing, as the national organization tries to grapple with a diminishing roll call. |
| • | 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 |
| • | Scout Crest Trading Centre - Canadian badger wishing to trade for District, Regional, Provincial, and other crests from Canada and foreign countries. Large display of crests. |
| • | SCOUT eh! - SCOUT eh! is a group of registered Scouts Canada members dedicated to turning Scouts Canada into a democratic association. |
| • | Scout leaders clash over future of camp - London Free Press - Elgin Scout leaders are becoming increasingly frustrated with the "sham" process they face in an effort to overturn a Scouts Canada property review committee decision to close Camp Timken. Barely able to contain her anger, Karen Palmer, one of f |
| • | 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. |
| • | ScoutDocs - Resources site. Topics include: Klondike Derby, Scouting issues, spirituality, ceremonies, kit lists, Venturer and Rover bylaws. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Scouting in Canada - History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations. |
| • | Scouting with Staves & Stetsons - Canadian Scouting history through a photo gallery and stories. Photographs from personal collections of Canadian Scouts through the Years. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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 wou |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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 |
| • | 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 enthusias |
| • | 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 s |
| • | 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. |
| • | Scoutscan.com - Scouts Scope Newsletter, news, and resources including games, program ideas, Scoutmaster's Minutes, books by BP and others, and the entire Jim Speirs archives. |
| • | Sea Scouting in Canada - Index of units. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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 |
| • | 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 |
| • | Why Scouts Canada is selling land - TheStar.com - A great deal has been reported in the media lately, including this newspaper, concerning Scouts Canada's intention to reduce the number of properties it maintains and operates in Ontario. As the head of Scouts Canada, a volunteer position, I feel it is im |
