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Welcome To Northern Lights Council!

In September 2000, the Edmonton and Northern Alberta Regions, together with parts of Central Alberta, came together as the Northern Lights Region. The territory now extending from the British Columbia border to the west to the Saskatchewan border in the east, and in the north including the Northwest Territories and in the south extending to about 20 kilometres south of Red Deer.

Now, one of the largest council territories in Canada, our Council include cities such as Edmonton, Red Deer, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray and Yellowknife--as well as dozens of small communities and rural centres.

 

With every new member, with every camp and every community service project, Scouts Canada makes one simple promise to Canadian youth, parents and society:

Scouts have fun adventures discovering new things and experiences they wouldn’t discover elsewhere. Along the way, they develop into capable, confident and well-rounded individuals, better prepared for success in the world. Scouts is the start of something great. It starts with Scouts.

Are you looking to register a youth? Do you want to give back to your local community? Click below to do either! Scouting isn't just for kids anymore! 

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NLC Events

14th Annual Edmonton Oil Kings Sleepover

The Oil Kings and Northern Lights Coucil are happy to announce the return of the 14th annual Oil Kings Scouts Night March 15th. 

Check back for more details are they come.

New Northern Lights Council Commissioner!!

We are thrilled to announce Ed Jolliffe as our new Council Commissioner! Ed will work with our outgoing Council Commissioner Brad Schmermund in November and December before taking over the role solely in January 2025. Ed will become part of the Council Key 3, along with Willa Holmes (Council Youth Commissioner) and Scott Rattray (Council Relationship Manager). To learn more about Ed, please see below.

 

Ed began his scouting journey with the 1st Campbellford Cubs and Scouts, which was folded into Trent Hills Group and located in Ontario. Since there were no Ventures close by, he then progressed on completing his time with the 2777 Army Cadets until graduation from high school.

 

Later after marriage and beginning a family, he then began his 12 year journey as a Scouter with the 17th Belleville A Colony, then the 26th Campbridge A Pack, in Cambridge, Ontario . Even after moving West for work as a surveyor, he was still compelled to remain a Scouter, even without children in the program. He continued volunteering with the 3rd Kamloops Scout Troop in British Columbia. Work then carried Ed to Alberta where he has planted roots since 2013 and teamed up with 203 Sherwood Park Scout Group. Here, he volunteered in both the Beaver and Cub sections before moving up to Group Commissioner for the past 2 years.

 

Ed is married to Luisa and has 2 children at home Nathali and Kevin. Not only has Ed loved each moment within Scouts, seeing youth grow up, and move on, but the friendships he has gained across Canada with the Scouters. In his leisure time, his passion is for fly fishing throughout the Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia, and looks forward to extending the fishing to hitting the Amazon rivers on his next trip with his family to Colombia.

 

He is looking forward to settling into his new role and serving the groups within Northern Lights Council. Ed will be making it a point to travel around and visit groups, as he feels this is the best way to open the door to communication and community. 

 

Programs

Scouting makes a difference in the lives of children, youth and young adults. With a versatile array of program areas to focus on, Scouting welcomes youth with diverse interests and goals.

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Important Info

Reminder - No Smoking/Vaping

Just a friendly reminder that Scouters are not to smoke or vape in front of youth. This is part of our Code of Conduct for all Scouters. There have been recent events in which Scouters have been seen doing so and this is in direct violation of code of conduct. Please remind your fellow Scouters of this and to view the full Code of Conduct, please click HERE

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Safety Corner

Emergency Response Plans

Emergency Response Plans (ERPs) are the documentation we use to plan for all reasonable incidents that could happen. We have two different forms, but each has the same information requirements. 

emergency-response-plan-jr-sections.pdf 

emergency-response-plan-sr-sections.pdf 

Each doument asks for the name of your council, which for us is "Northern Lights". Your group, section (IE. Beavers, Scouts), and who the ERP is prepared by. Anyone in th egroup can prepare and ERP. It does not need to be the contact scouter. Involve your youth in the creation of this document, it will get them thinking about safety as well.

Next section is for naming the Contact Scouter and any other Scouters that will be joining, plus the Group Commissioner. 

You then fill in where you are meeting. The title of this section is Regular meeting place, but its a placeholder for any meeting place. Include the address if you can. A phone number for the location if  one is available and what time you expect  members (volunteers OR youth) to be present.

Name your first aiders, wht type of first aid they have and when it expires. This is good practice as it gives you and others an idea of what different qualifications exist. Most, but not all, people in the medical field require their first aid be up-to-date yearly or every two years. A Pediatric Physician and a Family Physician have different specialties, but would likely still be helpful. Someone who gets standard first aid thier job will have a different level of emergency responce versus others who have wilderness first responder.

Next is other important information. This section lists where the first aid kit will be held, the location of other devices like an AED, who is responsible for restocking the kit and where should the kit be when you're not at your regular meeting place. Filling that information out will help others who need to use it. 

Important Group Medical information should include youth and adults in the group. Include their Scouts Canada number and Alberta Health care number if available. When you contact emergency Services, having that information will make check in at a health facility faster. Include the important details of medical conditions, allergies. Medical conditions are always physical, they can include facts like a youth is nerodivergent. Knowing if they take medication for this will help Emergency services know what interactions other medication may pose. Lastly, get a phone number of a trusted Emergency Contact. But also let the adults know that it needs to be at least one adult that will sober and able to drive. 

Make sure you have phone numbers your location, if one is available. we all know that 9-1-1 will get you the Fire Department, Police, and Ambulance. But if you just need the police and its not an emergency you should include it. In Edmonton the non-emergency number is 780-423-4567, check to see what your local number is going to be. Poison Control is 1-800-332-1414 and the Capital Region (Edmonton and the surrounding communities) only have one Children's dedicated Emergency Department, that is the Stoller Children's Hospital. All other Emergency Departments will see everyone. Make sure you include turn by turn instructions on how to get to the nearest health facility. When you're in an emergency or panicked you might not be able to think. Having the instructions for a second Scouter to read to you will be helpful, even if they are simple. We all react to shock in different ways.

Have an evancuation plan. Know what is a safe distance from the event epi-center in case you are required to get out. We have all heard of people getting stranded, like the summer of 2024 with the wild fires in Jasper and youth were not able to get out. Have a plan to get out if you can.

The Risk Identification and Management Plan portion requires that you name people as the leader and secondary lead for each situation. There is also a section for setting out custom risks. If you are going to partake in other activities that increases the risk to everyone, think about what could happen and how to mitigate those risks. 

We can't predict the future, but we can think through how to be as safe and realistic as possible.

 

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