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Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
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A fun, collaborative arts project shows how AI literacy can develop through creative activities, local culture, and community-based digital engagement in rural Canada.
Community Lens

How Community Arts Can Support AI Literacy

A weekend arts project in Northwestern Ontario demonstrates how creativity, community participation, and AI tools can support digital literacy and learning.
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New Canada AI strategy to boost employment
Community Lens

New Canada AI strategy to boost employment

Low adoption rates among small businesses prompt a massive federal employment and technology push
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A summer research project examining how WordPress, React, and AI can expand digital opportunities for grassroots organizations.
News

Can AI Help Small Arts Organizations Build Better Websites?

Investigating how artificial intelligence and modern web development can strengthen digital heritage, arts, and cultural initiatives.
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New data from Food Banks Canada shows Ontario residents spend 56.5 per cent of their income on fixed costs beyond housing, cementing a D- grade.
News

Ontario stuck at failing ‘D-‘ grade as housing and fixed costs crush households

Frontline food banks report record demand as Ontario's threadbare social safety net fails to cushion families from an intense affordability crisis.
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A vibrant, purple chive blossom bursts forth in a delicate, globe-like cluster of tiny florets, a beautiful and edible jewel in the garden. Set against a dense backdrop of their slender, emerald-green, and onion-scented stalks, this blooming stage signifies a healthy, well-established plant.
Community Garden

How to Care for Chives

Learn how to care for chives with our comprehensive guide to sunlight, watering, and soil. Discover the simple steps to keep this cold-hardy perennial producing…
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Blooming before the trees leaf out, this resilient native sedge brings early life to shaded northern forests. With its signature triangular stems, Pennsylvania sedge forms soft, flowing green carpets under the dense boreal canopy.
Community Garden

Golden Tassels: Pennsylvania Sedge

Learn how Ontario's wild Pennsylvania sedge uses wind pollination and creeping roots to anchor dry woodland ecosystems.
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One of the newest additions, this apple tree was seeded last winter in the greenhouse and was just planted in its new home.
Community Garden

How to Care for Apple Trees

Discover how to care for apple trees from planting to harvest.
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Growing Apple Trees from Seed
Community Garden

Growing Apple Trees from Seed

Watching our young apple seedlings leaf out brings a genuine sense of excitement to the garden routine.
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Vibrant glow moss carpets the damp boreal forest floor of Northwestern Ontario, creating a lush green wonderland. Lacking true roots, this microscopic ancient plant absorbs moisture directly through its leaves to survive harsh conditions.
Community Garden

Glow Moss: The Living Sponge

Glow Moss (Aulacomnium palustre), is a vibrant, water-retaining bryophyte blanketing the damp forest floors of Northwestern Ontario.
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These tiny native violets hug the cold forest floor to survive harsh northern winds and early frosts. Intricate purple nectar guides act as vivid runway lights, directing early spring pollinators to these microscopic wildflowers.
Photos and Short Stories

Tiny Treasures: The Secret World of White Violets

From feeding native bees to hosting rare butterfly caterpillars, these minuscule plants quietly anchor Ontario’s fragile ecosystem.
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Latest News and Updates

  • Melgund Creek Running Strong in Early Summer
  • Melgund Canada Day Arts and Crafts Market: Francine Higgins
  • Radical Rhubarb: The Tangy Triumph
  • Canada Day Celebration in Melgund Township Features Crafter Terri Bell’s Crocheted and Dolls
  • Painted Paddle, Northern Spirit

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Upcoming Events

Celebrate Canada Day by showcasing your talents at the upcoming Dyment Community Craft Sale on July 1st! Held at the Dyment, Ontario Community Centre & Grounds from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, this vibrant community market is officially calling for local vendors, artisans, and creators to join the festivities. Organizers are currently seeking applications for a wide variety of booths, including handmade crafts, artisan goods, local produce, vintage & unique finds, and delicious eats. It is a fantastic opportunity for small businesses and hobbyists alike, offering both tables and tent spaces with no fee for tables. To learn more about booth information, request an application, or register for the event, interested vendors can contact Terri at 807-220-5177, email melgundlsb@gmail.com, or visit the official website at www.melundrecreation.ca. Make sure to submit your application before the deadline on June 25th. Don't miss out on this incredible celebration of creativity and community in Melgund Township!
Celebrate Canada Day in Melgund Township with live music, local food, artists, vendors and family fun at the Dyment Recreation Hall and Complex on July 1. Enjoy performances by Gerry and Tanya McArthur, Walter and Friends, and more.
Join Art Borups Corners on July 18, 2026 at the Dyment Recreation Hall for an evening of food, music, creativity, and community connection. Enjoy a community BBQ, connect with neighbours, and help imagine the future of local parks and greenspaces through drawing, mapping, storytelling, and conversation. Part of the national Everyone Outdoors Together initiative led by the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA).
Discover a growing collection of inspirational and motivational short stories from Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, created to inspire hope, resilience, courage, and personal growth. These uplifting short stories and daily motivational reads are rooted in strong community values, dignity, integrity, perseverance, and leadership—reflecting life across the Prairies and Northern Ontario.

Each inspirational story delivers powerful life lessons, positive mindset reminders, and encouragement for self-improvement, mental strength, and purposeful living. Whether you’re searching for motivational stories for tough times, short stories about resilience and overcoming challenges, or inspirational reflections grounded in rural, northern, and Indigenous-informed community perspectives, this collection is designed to fuel optimism, confidence, and long-term success.

Through storytelling that highlights community leadership, youth empowerment, kindness, and values-based living, these inspirational short stories help readers in Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and beyond stay grounded, build inner strength, and move forward with clarity, hope, and possibility.

ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


BN: 790519573RC0001

ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SUPPORTED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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