Photos and Short Stories

Through photos and personal narratives, we aim to capture everything from community events and local traditions to the quiet, everyday experiences that make our corner of Northwestern Ontario special. It’s a place to celebrate our shared heritage, connect with neighbors, and ensure the spirit of Dyment and Borups Corners continues to thrive for generations to come.

The Old Books This year, programming in Borups Corners and Melgund Township is rebuilding memory through digital arts, storytelling, and community resilience.

This year, programming in Borups Corners and Melgund Township is rebuilding memory through digital arts, storytelling, and community resilience.

The Old Books

Terri Bell October 3, 2025

From loss comes renewal: storytelling and digital arts are helping rebuild Melgund’s cultural memory and identity.

Terry’s Big Creek Clean Up Terry's creek is drowning in junk. Can he clean it alone? Watch one boy's passion ignite a community, teaching everyone to cherish nature.

Terry's creek is drowning in junk. Can he clean it alone? Watch one boy's passion ignite a community, teaching everyone to cherish nature.

Terry’s Big Creek Clean Up

Art Borups Corners October 2, 2025

Terry's creek is drowning in junk. Can he clean it alone?

Yellow Leaves A collage of golden autumn leaves, each one carrying the marks of change and time. Together, they create a warm, textured reminder of the fleeting beauty of the season.

A collage of golden autumn leaves, each one carrying the marks of change and time. Together, they create a warm, textured reminder of the fleeting beauty of the season.

Yellow Leaves

Art Borups Corners September 30, 2025

Golden autumn leaves layered in a vivid collage, capturing nature’s fleeting beauty, imperfection, and seasonal transformation.

A Voice After Hours

This new work is a significant achievement for the Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba storytelling program, an initiative championed by the Art Borups Corners collective during its 2025 summer arts internship and mentorship project. The interdisciplinary arts program provides young writers and community members with practical arts-focused skill development, helping them turn personal experiences into resonant stories that connect with a wider audience. It's designed to build confidence and hone creative expression through structured mentorship and workshops.

A Voice After Hours

Art Borups Corners September 28, 2025

A shy teen's radio show accidentally broadcasts fears, forcing a choice: hide or share his true self.

Storytelling. Northern Style. A special thanks to the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program for supporting and funding our storytelling and oral history activities these past few months. We've learned a lot and are just beginning to put our new skills into practice.

A special thanks to the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program for supporting and funding our storytelling and oral history activities these past few months. We've learned a lot and are just beginning to put our new skills into practice.

Storytelling. Northern Style.

Art Borups Corners September 24, 2025

Northwestern Ontario Arts group explores storytelling and publishing Over the past months, the Art Borups Corners storytelling...

Community Election Thanks to the Ontario Arts Council, we were able to run our workshops on digital arts. We now have the skills for image processing and creating a stronger online presence for our community.

Thanks to the Ontario Arts Council, we were able to run our workshops on digital arts. We now have the skills for image processing and creating a stronger online presence for our community.

Community Election

Art Borups Corners September 23, 2025

Community Elections for the Local Services Board of Melgund are being held tonight, September 23, 2025 at...

Mona’s Secret Songs

Art Borups Corners September 23, 2025

"Mona's Secret Songs": a youth story about digital kindness and standing up for dignity.

Watch your step! The old deck terrace and outdoor performance space at the Dyment Recreation Hall was pulled out this week. It's being replaced with a new, expanded area that will support outdoor concerts and community events for years to come. Photo: Terri Bell

The old deck terrace and outdoor performance space at the Dyment Recreation Hall was pulled out this week. It's being replaced with a new, expanded area that will support outdoor concerts and community events for years to come. Photo: Terri Bell

Watch your step!

Art Borups Corners September 22, 2025

A new outdoor performance space is being constructed in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario.

Sharing Stories

Where Dignity Grows is a collection of short stories about dignity and kindness To mark two decades of promoting dignity and kindness, youth, artists and community volunteers from Art Borups Corners and Ottawa-based Global Dignity Canada launched a heartwarming community arts project. The groups, with funding from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program, worked with youth and artists to explore introductory storytelling as part of their summer program, and decided to publish a collection of 20 short stories.

Sharing Stories

Art Borups Corners September 20, 2025

Art Borups Corners project turns simple storytelling project into a published book of 20 short stories on...

Sarah’s Steady Note A new short story, "Sarah's Steady Note," by Inuk youth artist Tony Eetak, will soon be available, bringing a thoughtful look at a young girl's quiet determination. This narrative introduces readers to Sarah, a ten-year-old who finds deep satisfaction in playing the tuba, despite the doubts of her friends and even her own brother.