Canada

» 'Youth-led' Scouts enter 100th year - The Chilliwack Progress
   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 Willi

   
   http://www.theprogress.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=39&cat=23&id=725427

» 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.

   
   http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/08/09/574360.html

» A Scout's honour - Ottawa Citizen
   At 16, Edward King — once a violent, at times suicidal, 11-year-old — has become a person others can admire, as Shelley Page explains

   
   http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=b9bd3238-c318-4849-8102-a1dadfaaea33

» A unique experience - The Sarnia Observer
   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.

   
   http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1162633

» After more than 50 years, man receives scouting award - Chatham Daily News
   It's been more than 50 years since Tom Vella-Zarb was involved with scouts in his homeland of Malta.

   
   http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1041961

» An Apple On Apple Day Goes A Long, Long Way - Cambridge Now
   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 variou

   
   http://www.cambridgenow.ca/npps/story.cfm?id=846

» Another Brownsea season winds down - Peterborough Examiner
   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.

   
   http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=666948&catname=Local%20News&classif=

» Apple drive coming up - The Lindsay Post
   Buy an apple a day and keep the Scouts away on camping trips.

   
   http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1239653

» Becky's Guiding Resource Centre
   Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides.

   
   http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/

» Being prepared - Globe and Mail
   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

   
   http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081021.A2SCOUTS21/TPStory/International

» Big rig racing; Scouts, Venturers and Rovers will race homemade vehicles against each other this weekend - Welland Tribune
   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.

   
   http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=920857

» Boy Scouts - Tumbler Ridge News
   McDonald was in Tumbler Ridge to discuss leader training, which will be offered in Prince George in early October and again in November.

   
   http://www.tumblerridgenews.com/story.php?id=202691

» Boy, scouts have changed - Toronto Star
   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

   
   http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/326797

» Brampton resident fears unique scout camp could close - Brampton Guardian
   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 Bra

   
   http://www.northpeel.com/news/article/51710

» Brownsea Base advanced paddlers enjoy first camp of season this month - Peterborough Examiner
   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.

   
   http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=620543&catname=Local%20News&classif=

» Brownsea Base enters its 41st year - Peterborough Examiner
   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

   
   http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=552867&catname=Local%20News&classif=

» Cairn, plaque for Scouts - Caledon Citizen
   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.

   
   http://www.caledoncitizen.com/news/2007/0620/Front_page/002.html

» Campfire trouble - Amherst Daily News
   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?

   
   http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=63204&sc=58

» Canadian Badgers Club
   Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog.

   
   http://www.canbadge.com/

» Canadian Rovers EH?
   Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?.

   
   http://webpages.scoutscan.com/canrover/

» Canadian Scouting Catalogue
   A catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present.

   
   http://scoutalog.com/

» Canadian teen celebrates 100 years of scouting with royalties in London - Canoe.ca
   A young Canadian boy is bringing home a royal memory from a trip to England to celebrate the centenary of scouting. By Russ Morgan.

   
   http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/07/28/4375767-cp.html

» Canadian teen celebrates 100 years of scouting with royalties in London - Chronicle Journal
   A young Canadian boy is bringing home a royal memory from a trip to England to celebrate the centenary of scouting.

   
   http://www.chroniclejournal.com/CP_stories.php?id=56556

» Celebrate scouting - Esquimalt News
   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.

   
   http://www.esquimaltnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=10&cat=23&id=832669&more=

» Celebrating Scouting - Western News
   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.

   
   http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=102&cat=43&id=842036&more=

» Central Division Rover Round Table
   Association for Ontario and Quebec Rovers. Information about meetings.

   
   http://www.rovering.org/

» Chemainus scout given group's highest honour - Ladysmith Chronicle
   Adam Shepherd of Chemainus is one of a select group of scouts to earn the Queen's Venturer Award. A Chemainus master scout received the honour - the highest youth award within Scouts Canada - last week in Victoria from Iona Campagnolo, B.C.'s Lieutenant G

   
   http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=9&cat=43&id=616015

» City man honoured for 40 years of Scouting - Belleville Intelligencer
   For the past 40 years, few things have given David Bentley a feeling of more pride than wearing his scouting uniform.

   
   http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=915536

» City takes back our Scout Hall - Barrie Advance
   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

   
   http://www.barrieadvance.com/barrieadvance/article/108361

» Community groups raise funds thanks to FREX parking demand - Daily Gleaner
   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.

   
   http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/407075

» Councillor, longtime scout devoted life to community - Halifax Daily News
   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.

   
   http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=23102&sc=89

» Cubs assist birthday-card record attempt - Timmins Daily Press
   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.

   
   http://www.timminspress.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=483500&catname=Local+News&classif=

» Cubs have fun while learning life skills - Belleville Intelligencer
   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.

   
   http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1053671

» Cubs race their 'kars'; Four ounce blocks of wood turned into slick racers - Welland Tribune
   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.

   
   http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=906775

» Did you ever wear green garter tabs? - Soo Today
   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.

   
   http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=26316

» Dorval Honours the 100th Anniversary of the Scouts Movement - Le Messager Lachine Dorval
   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.

   
   http://www.messagerlachine.com/article-126494-Dorval-Honours-the-100th-Anniversary-of-the-Scouts-Movement.html

» Down scouting's memory lane - King's County Record
   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 o

   
   http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/306866

» Dyb, dyb, dyb - Victoria News
   "Be prepared." That well-known motto of the Scouting movement has been adopted by millions of young people around the globe over the past century. The saying is especially appropriate now, as Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada prepare to ce

   
   http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=43&id=594764

» Evidence strong to support scouting movement was born in Port Morien - Cape Breton Post
   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.

   
   http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=148267&sc=150

» 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.]

   
   http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040811.wxcamps0811/BNStory/National/

» GM donates $100,000 for youth tree-planting initiative - newsdurhamregion.com
   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.

   
   http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/durham/article/97565

» GM donates $100K to plant 20,000 trees - St. Catharines Standard
   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.

   
   http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=997830

» Girl Guides looking for a new camp - Kootenay News Editor
   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 fro

   
   http://www.kootenayadvertiser.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=17&cat=23&id=1058656&more=0

» Governor General Welcomes 150 Young Canadians to Rideau Hall in Honour of the 100TH Anniversary of Scouts Canada - MarketWire
   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.

   
   http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=782616

» Great Canadians thank Scouts for success - Ottawa Citizen
   Gala's keynote speakers credit organization for giving them expertise as well as confidence. By Caroline Phillips.

   
   http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e8b37a43-007f-4153-a933-e76287c86f94

» Hard to top this Scout badge - Belleville Intelligencer
   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.

   
   http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1002210

» Hazel receives scout's honour - The Mississauga News
   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.

   
   http://www.mississauga.com/article/10513

» He's been in Scouting for his entire life - Regina Leader Post
   Francis Martens-Poole, a Scouts Canada Commemorative Centennial Medal recipient, was in the Scouting movement even as a baby.

   
   http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=2a94082c-f579-4e0c-b026-ee011d1c1d97

» Heir to scouts movement on tour - West Island Chronicle
   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.

   
   http://www.westislandchronicle.com/article-161890-Heir-to-scouts-movement-on-tour.html

» Heroes, among friends - Ottawa Citizen
   Area Cub leaders receive awards for saving life of ailing colleague. By Roger Collier.

   
   http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=824b3a52-b753-4c4c-8022-41aa00434f71&k=96172

» Historic Kawartha Waterways camp held - Peterborough Examiner
   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 a

   
   http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=572266&catname=Local%20News&classif=

» Humber College Rovers test career in policing - Etobicoke Guardian
   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

   
   http://www.insidetoronto.com/News/Etobicoke/article/41426

» Jamboree celebrates 100 years of Scouting - Montreal Gazette
   Scouts arrive en masse in laurentians Week full of competition and badge collecting.

   
   http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=17bfdb46-fdcc-4454-ab5a-558922e02a43

» Joining in the celebration of Scouting - Campbell River Mirror
   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?

   
   http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=6&cat=48&id=1041757&more=0

» Kawarthas is a playground for canoeists, kayakers - Peterborough Examiner
   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.

   
   http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1060351

» Leader of the pack left indelible mark on community through his volunteer efforts - Truro Daily News
   When Gordon Poole takes a trip down memory lane, he realizes how dedicated he has been to the Scouting movement. BY Monique Chiasson.

   
   http://trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=32060&sc=68

» Local Scouts receive Chief Scout's and Queen's Venturer awards - Brantford Expositor
   Scouts Canada recently honoured 77 of its outstanding local youth at the annual Chief Scout's/Queen's Venturer award ceremony.

   
   http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=539465&catname=Local%20News&classif=

» 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.

   
   http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/news/city_province/story.html?id=8528433b-0977-4288-8dff-9a5c135de42f

» Local scout joins 40,000 in London - Chilliwack Progress
   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.

   
   http://www.theprogress.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=39&cat=23&id=1030762&more=0

» Local scouts among 350 at Owen Sound winter camp - Orangeville Citizen
   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.

   
   http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2008/0207/regional_news/031.html

» Local scouts receive new medal - Welland Tribune
   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.

   
   http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=989148

» Long-awaited jamboree under way - Peterborough Examiner
   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.

   
   http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=629757&catname=Local%20News&classif=

» Merit Badge for Lobbying
   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.

   
   http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2007/10/11/4566605-sun.html

» More than 8,000 at Scouts Canada centennial jamboree - CBC.ca
   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.

   
   http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/07/26/scouts-jamboree.html

» Mountie honoured beyond the call - Langley Advance
   Staff Sgt. Dave Fitzharris of the Langley RCMP was given a Community Contribution Award this week by the Pacific Federal Council.

   
   http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/story.html?id=313cd6ec-58e6-4b1e-af54-1ff275dc20c6

» New trees greening up rural areas; Young and old plant saplings on the weekend - The Cornwall Standard Freeholder
   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.

   
   http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1013821

» Niagara scouts reach out for new recruits - Niagara Falls Review
   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.

   
   http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1230766

» Not a joiner? Join the club - Vancouver Province
   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.

   
   http://www.canada.com/theprovince/features/saturdaymagazine/story.html?id=ceafd4b8-5f4a-4799-9443-7e64baba5a60&k=71507

» Olive Tree Foundation Announces Grant to Scouts Canada - IQRA
   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.

   
   http://iqra.typepad.com/read/2007/08/olive-tree-foun.html

» Ontario promotes new mining skills for youth - Parry Sound North Star
   The Ontario government is promoting mining by partnering with Scouts Canada on the first ever digital prospecting specialty badge to be used in the Canadian scouting movement, Rick Bartolucci, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines announced t

   
   http://www.parrysoundnorthstar.com/1142440640/

» Opportunities abound through scouting - Langley Advance
   Today scouting is far different from what was begun as the Boy Scouts a century ago by Lord Robert Baden-Powell in England.

   
   http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/story.html?id=310be2b3-1c5b-4391-a032-c4b19bb92864

» Oshawa Scouts team canoe their way to notable honour - News Durham Region
   The 21st Oshawa Venturer company will be honoured by Lieutenant-Governor David Onley at Queen's Park in Toronto on Nov. 17.

   
   http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/oshawa/article/88876

» 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

   
   http://ottawastart.com/story/2984.php

» Outdoor adventures await scouts - Larngley Advance
   For more than a century, scouting has provided outdoor adventures for boys and girls as young as five years old.

   
   http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/story.html?id=243b9920-b1c5-48f7-aa30-a88db4380b10&k=11067

» Part clean-up,part green-up; wellanders turn out to help make their patch of Earth a better place - Welland Tribune
   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.

   
   http://www.wellandtribune.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=497418&catname=Local%20News&classif=

» Peterborough scouter receiving Governor General's Caring Canadian Award - Peterborough Examiner
   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.

   
   http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=551897&catname=Local+News

» Port Hope teen receives Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Northumberland News
   Devon Campbell of Port Hope recently received the Duke of Edinburgh's award.

   
   http://www.northumberlandnews.com/northumberland/news/porthope/article/102362

» Potential to 'change the world' - Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald
   Great-grandson of Scouts’ founder, wife bound for Kenya to work with youth.

   
   http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1033708.html

» Proud to give back - Kings Record
   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

   
   http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/347618

» Racing to the finish line - Midland Mirror
   Saturday featured the 6th-Annual Scouts Canada Windake Shores Area soapbox derby.

   
   http://www.midlandmirror.com/midlandmirror/article/73120

» Registration for scouting is always a big time of year - Kings County Record
   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

   
   http://kingscorecord.canadaeast.com/friendsneighbours/article/402748

» Registrations continue for Scouts, Guides - Belleville Intelligencer
   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.

   
   http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1214031