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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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Scouting Trailways - Daily Gleaner - http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/liveit/article/793215
Please send news of upcoming Scouting events and reports of activities to Alvin Ashfield, email ashphoto@nbnet.nb.ca or phone 450-2949. Items of general Scouting interest are welcome. Thanks to the Daily Gleaner for making the Trailways column possible. |
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Local food drive preparations underway - Regina Leader-Post - http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/news/city_province/story.html?id=8528433b-0977-4288-8dff-9a5c135de42f
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. |
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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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Scouts, Cubs and Beaver populations booming in area - Innisfil Examiner - http://www.innisfilexaminer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1759990
With over 100% membership growth last year, the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts of the 1st Stroud Scout Group are looking forward to another action-packed year, beginning with their registration night being held on Monday, Sept. 14. |
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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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Preston Scout House Alumni Band - http://www.scouthouseband.com/
Provides participant information, tour, and booking availability. |
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Canadian Badgers Club - http://www.canbadge.com
Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog. |
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RBC recognizes Scouts Canada volunteer as its first Ottawa Torchbearer - tradingmarkets.com - http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2354149/
John James, RBC's first Ottawa Torchbearer, has pledged to create a stronger community through continuing his volunteer efforts with Scouts Canada by helping young adults grow and become leaders. |
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Into the wild - Prince George Citizen - http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090818208575/local/news/into-the-wild.html
Seven youth. Three days. Forty-five kilometre hike. And that was the warmup for the next six days... Seven youth aged 14 to 17 went out to the bush for nine days to fend for themselves on the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail/Nuxalk-Carrier Grease Trail. |
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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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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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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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Boy Scout leader charged with sexual exploitation - Vancouver Province - http://www.theprovince.com/news/Scout+leader+charged+with+sexual+exploitation/1664674/story.html
A Boy Scout leader has been charged in Vancouver with sexual exploitation and assault for incidents involving a child. |
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Canadian Scouting Catalogue - http://www.scoutalog.com/
A catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present. |
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Sea Scouting in Canada - http://www.seascout.org/ships/international/Canada/index.html
Index of units. |
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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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Scouts, family, friends mourn accident victim - The Sudbury Star - http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1714484
Gary Waycik -- a former Sudbury resident who worked for Scouts Canada -- was the victim of the fatal car crash on Elm Street in Sudbury on Thursday. |
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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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Local scout troop wins top prize at provincial competition - Waterloo Chronicle - http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/article/167256
The 21st Waterloo Scout Troop won three trophies at the 2009 Owen Sound Winter Scout Camporee. |
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Jamboree celebrates 100 years of Scouting - Montreal Gazette - http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=17bfdb46-fdcc-4454-ab5a-558922e02a43
Scouts arrive en masse in laurentians Week full of competition and badge collecting. |
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Scouts can now earn digital prospecting badge - Sault Ste. Marie News - http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=16150
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. |
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Scouts Canada Foundation Honours Scholarship Recipients - Marketwire - http://www.marketwire.com/2.0/release.do?id=742723
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. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Worldwide Sunrise Ceremony Marks 100 Years of Scouting - CNW Telbec - http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/August2007/01/c3023.html
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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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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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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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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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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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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`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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Sask. contingent headed off to Que. - Regina Leader-Post - http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=52fde6b0-7a22-44ab-bfc8-211093ca59d7
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. |
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Campers escape morning blaze - Milton Canadian Champion - http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/239991
A Saturday morning fire at an area campground left a group of teenaged Scouts shaken up but without serious injury. |
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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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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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Kanata Lakes boy earns shot at $75,000 scholarship - Nepean This Week - http://www.yournepean.com/article/10310
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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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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Oshawa Scouts team canoe their way to notable honour - News Durham Region - http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/oshawa/article/88876
The 21st Oshawa Venturer company will be honoured by Lieutenant-Governor David Onley at Queen's Park in Toronto on Nov. 17. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Scouting in Canada - http://n2zgu.50megs.com/CAND.htm
History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations. |
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Registrations continue for Scouts, Guides - Belleville Intelligencer - http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1214031
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. |
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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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Scouts plan to give away 30,000 Bags of Scout Popcorn - CNW Group - http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/01/c9520.html
A team of Scouts Canada volunteers plan to give away more than 30,000 bags of freshly popped Scout Popcorn at Yonge-Dundas Square to raise awareness of their annual fundraiser supporting Scouting activities. Championing the campaign is the Toronto Argonauts, whose Cheerleaders will provide a special appearance. |
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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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Scouting memorabilia on auction block - Belleville Intelligencer - http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1572544
Wearing a scouting uniform is a badge of honour, if you ask Nick Fry. "It's a treasure that not everyone gets a chance to wear," said Fry, a long-time local volunteer with Scouts Canada. |
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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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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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Planting trees for the future - Brantford Expositor - http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1540990
Bailey and Jared McNeil discovered how tough it can be to break ground and properly plant a young sumac with a long root. |
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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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Scout Reserve sells shoreline property - Haliburton Echo - http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1664247
Scouts Canada has sold a 101-acre stretch of land along Drag Lake. Originally posted at $1.4 million, the small piece of the Haliburton Scout Reserve was sold for $1.25 million on June 19. |
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Scouts, Girl Guides get image makeover - Kelowna.com - http://www.kelowna.com/2009/09/10/scouts-girl-guides-get-image-makeover/
A new season of Scouts and Girl Guides is kicking off, and both century-old organizations are reinventing themselves in an effort to buoy flagging memberships and show they’re relevant to a generation more worried about cyberbullying than charred marshmallows. |
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2 of 3 P.E.I. scout camps shut down - CBC.ca - http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/09/21/pei-scout-camps-closed-584.html
Falling membership numbers have led to the closure of two of P.E.I.'s three scout camps. |
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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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Long-time Scouter recognized - The Northern Light - http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/whatson/article/491217
Local resident Helen Knowles was recognized for her contribution to the Scouting movement at the annual awards ceremony for the New Brunswick Council of Scouts Canada, held Nov. 1 at the Legislative Assembly in Fredericton. |
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Meritorious conduct, perseverance rewarded - Kings Record - http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/490995
At the annual Scouts Canada awards ceremony Nov. 1, two members of the New Brunswick Council received awards for meritorious conduct, and should be publicly recognized for their actions. |
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Scouts Canada Appoints Youngest-ever Canadian to Board Chair and Chief Commissioner Post - CNW Group - http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2008/27/c4787.html
Scouts Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Kent to the position of Chief Commissioner and Chair of the Board. |
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Scouts take on mountains, and win - The Gulf News - http://www.gulfnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=193188&sc=342
“Memories that will last a lifetime.” That’s how local Scout leader Terry Anderson summed up a recent outing over the Long Range Mountains. |
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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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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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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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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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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' 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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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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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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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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Scouting leaders receive honours, twice - Beausejour Review - http://www.beausejourreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1487896
At a ceremony held at Government House, His Honour, Lieutenant Governor John Harvard, presented Bob Chochinov and Jennifer Thorsteinsson the Scouts Canada Medal of Merit. |
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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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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 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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Scouting Trailways - Daily Gleaner - http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/liveit/article/671064
Scoutrees is a local and national fundraising and conservation effort by Scouts Canada. Each year, hundreds of thousands of trees are planted coast to coast by members of the scouting movement. |
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Canadian Rovers EH? - http://webpages.scoutscan.com/canrover/
Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?. |
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Movement gets special recognition - Niagara Falls Review - http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1676926
Training generations of Scouts to "be prepared" has earned the Scouting Movement a special place in Canadian History. |
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Scouts happy at new camp north of Bald Mountain - Lake Cowichan Gazette - http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/lakecowichangazette/community/52918702.html
Vancouver Island Scouts gathered in Lake Cowichan at their new campsite last week for their annual summer get-together. |
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Scouts, Guides have come a long way in the last 100 years - Canada.com - http://www.canada.com/news/national/SCOUTS+GUIDES+TURN/1976254/story.html
Both century-old organizations are reinventing themselves in an effort to buoy flagging memberships and show they're relevant to the current generation |
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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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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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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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Omemee Scouts were glad to help - The Lindsay Post - http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1351523
Some of the 1st Omemee Scouts along with their leaders joined the Omemee Foodbank team to prepare the Christmas hampers. |
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Scouts ask $1.3M for land - Haliburton Echo - http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1336004
Scouts Canada has put a small portion of their vast Haliburton County property up for sale. One hundred acres of property with 2,400 feet of waterfront on Drag Lake has been listed with Century 21 for $1.39 million. |
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Scouts to invade park - Owen Sound Sun Times - http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1386684
Hundreds of Scouts will spend two winter nights camping at Harrison Park later this month. |
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Vulcan scout group needs volunteers to relaunch - Vulcan Advocate - http://www.vulcanadvocate.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1396295
Parent leaders required before making further plans - The biggest hurdle to overcome in creating a scout group in Vulcan is finding enough parent leaders and volunteers to organize the endeavour. |
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 out your adventure - Calgary Sun - http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/03/26/1506073-sun.html
Leadership is a focus during the heaping handful of activities offered throughout the Chinook Council Scouts Canada Summer Camp sessions. By Samara Cygman. |
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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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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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Scouting is still alive and well - Sooke News Mirror - http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=32&cat=40&id=650109&more=
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. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Celebrating Scouting - Western News - http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=102&cat=43&id=842036&more=
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. |
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Cubs assist birthday-card record attempt - Timmins Daily Press - http://www.timminspress.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=483500&catname=Local+News&classif=
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. |
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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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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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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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Part clean-up,part green-up; wellanders turn out to help make their patch of Earth a better place - Welland Tribune - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=497418&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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Scouting movement celebrates 100th anniversary - NewsLeader - http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=41&cat=43&id=971124&more=
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. |
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Scouting has seen many changes over the years - NewsLeader - http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=41&cat=43&id=971125&more=
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. |
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Scouting hands out honours, awards - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=514730&catname=Local%20News&classif=
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. |
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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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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 $100,000 for youth tree-planting initiative - newsdurhamregion.com - http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/durham/article/97565
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. |
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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. |
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Hard to top this Scout badge - Belleville Intelligencer - http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1002210
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. |
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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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New trees greening up rural areas; Young and old plant saplings on the weekend - The Cornwall Standard Freeholder - http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1013821
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. |
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Young Scouts to boost disaster relief in Ontario - canada.com - http://www.canada.com/cityguides/fortstjohn/story.html?id=dca9b2fd-545b-4d1c-b122-a9edc3796d14
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. |
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Scouts help Base grow new forests - The Daily Observer - http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025315
Members of the 4th Petawawa Scout Group pitched in to assist the Base Construction Engineers with their reforestation plans. |
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Volunteer award for Cutler - Welland Tribune - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025779
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. |
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Kawarthas is a playground for canoeists, kayakers - Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1060351
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. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. |