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Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
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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.

Fresh buds on raspberry canes signal that the backyard growing season is officially underway this May.
Food Security and Innovation

Waiting on the Green: Raspberries

Budding raspberry canes bring the first signs of life to grow boxes after a slow spring start.
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Nature’s Hidden Architecture
Photos and Short Stories

Nature’s Hidden Architecture

This close-up view reveals a gorgeous, almost alien structure of splintered fibers and hollowed-out chambers.
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Watching the slow emergence of Saskatoon berry buds brings a welcome sign of life this May.
Food Security and Innovation

Saskatoon Berries: Waiting on the Wild Side

Saskatoon berry bushes are running nearly a week behind, but buds are finally beginning to open.
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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.
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Join Us! Volunteer for Canada Day 2026 in Melgund Township!

Experience the magic of Northwestern Ontario this July with live music, local crafts, and incredible community spirit.
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Vibrant red flowers will soon decorate our land while thousands of other seeds finish their winter nap.
Community Garden

Little Sprouts, Big Ambitions

Our Milkweed To Market Journey Begins with Blood Flower Milkweed
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Colder temperatures mean our raspberry canes are still sleeping, putting us a bit behind last year's schedule. This photo is from May 11, last year.
Photos and Short Stories

The Raspberry Snooze

This spring is much colder than last year, causing our raspberry bushes to remain stubbornly in dormancy.
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Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity
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Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity

Baseline studies must not render local people invisible when they form the foundation for long-term project consequences.
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A northwestern Ontario arts and speaker series event focused on grief, memory, and healing, featuring artist Leanne Nicholson. This session explores how loss reshapes the body, work, and identity, and how art becomes a practice of holding experience that cannot be fully expressed in language.
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AFTER LEAH: Grief, Art and the Courage To Continue

June Speaker Series With Local Artist Leanne Nicholson June's artist speaker series session features a reflection on grief, memory, and what it means to continue…
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Residents at Dyment Recreation Hall compared British disposal facility progress with Canada’s own deep geological repository program.
Photos and Short Stories

UK Nuclear Waste Services Joins Local Dialogue in Melgund

A successful evening at the Dyment Recreation Hall focused on UK nuclear waste planning and Canadian DGR program similarities.
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Arts programming rooted in northern communities supports healing through storytelling, creative practice, and shared cultural expression processes.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Community-led initiatives continue shaping mental health conversations through art, dialogue, and intergenerational knowledge exchange across regions.
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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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