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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture

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We're a small, nonprofit recreation services provider in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/09/2026
The event brought together regional artists, crafters, musicians and visitors for an afternoon of artwork, handmade goods and live music. There were also plenty of hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill.
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Second annual Fall Artist Market caps busy summer of arts in Melgund - Melgund Recreation
Melgund's annual Fall Artist Market brought more than 80 people together from across Northwestern Ontario.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/09/2026
The recreation hall became a gathering place where artists, families and community members could spend time together and celebrate the creative work happening across the region.
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Dyment Recreation Hall Packed for Second Annual Fall Arts Exhibition and Market - Melgund Recreation
More than 80 people filled Dyment Recreation Hall on September 12 for an afternoon of art, music, markets and community.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/09/2026
Dyment Recreation Hall was full on September 12 as more than 80 people gathered for the community’s second annual Fall Arts Exhibition and Market. People came from across the region to see the exhibition, visit the market and take part in an afternoon of music and community.
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Fall Music Jam Connects Community - Melgund Recreation
Musicians from across Northwestern Ontario came out to the Dyment Recreation Hall for a music jam on Sept. 12.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/09/2026
Our community garden expansion is underway to support next year's growing! Sincere gratitude goes out to the Ontario Trillium Foundation Capital Grant program, Art Borups Corners, the Local Services Board of Melgund, and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
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Big Changes Underway at Dyment Community Recreation Grounds - Melgund Recreation
Site enhancements prepare local park grounds and community facilities for food security and a productive future.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 13/09/2026
Melgund's annual Fall Artist Market brought more than 80 people together from across Northwestern Ontario. melgundrecreation.ca/arts-and-cul...
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Second annual Fall Artist Market caps busy summer of arts in Melgund - Melgund Recreation
Melgund's annual Fall Artist Market brought more than 80 people together from across Northwestern Ontario.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/08/2026
Help make sure the regulatory record accurately reflects how people use the area today. This includes traditional activities, recreation, harvesting, hunting, fishing, gathering and other land uses. There is now just one week left to participate. The survey closes September 7, 2026.
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One Week Left: Help Inform Nuclear Waste Land Use and Diet Studies - Melgund Recreation
Share your knowledge of local land use, food consumption, harvesting and other activities before the September 7 survey deadline.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 14/08/2026
#Youth explore #sewing, traditional #skills and contemporary #fashion while creating their own ribbon skirts. #art
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Ribbon Skirt Workshops Bring Sewing, Tradition and Youth Creativity Together - Melgund Recreation
This week’s workshops are giving young people hands-on experience with sewing while connecting traditional ribbon skirt making with contemporary fashion.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 13/08/2026
There was plenty to look at on the tables at Dyment Recreation Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Animal bones and skulls became the focus of a hands-on art workshop led by local Borups Corners artist Leanne Nicholson.
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Art from the Unexpected: Bones, Skulls and Painting Workshop - Melgund Recreation
A hands-on bone and skull painting workshop encouraged participants to learn, experiment and create together.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 12/08/2026
Our annual Fall Arts Exhibition is back at the Dyment Recreation Hall, bringing together local artists, makers, and neighbours for an afternoon of art, live music, and entertainment. Saturday, September 12, 2026 · 1:00–5:00 p.m. Thanks to @ontrillium.bsky.social for supporting our programming!
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Fall Arts Exhibition and Music Jamboree - Melgund Recreation
Enjoy live music and the annual fall arts exhibition at the Dyment Recreation Hall on September 12, 2026 from 1-5:00 p.m.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 11/08/2026
Sewing needles and scissors were out this week at Dyment Recreation Hall, where young people and local artists gathered to learn the craft of making traditional ribbon dresses.
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Ribbon Dresses and Needlework at Dyment Hall This Summer - Art Borups Corners
Participants learned to make traditional ribbon dresses this summer at free drop-in sessions in Dyment Recreation Hall.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 03/07/2026
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is inviting land users and residents in the area of Canada’s deep geological repository project to take part in a diet and land-use survey. Results will help inform local perspectives in regulatory studies.
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Take the NWMO DGR Diet and Land Use Survey - Melgund Recreation
Have your say on local land use and food consumption. Complete the Diet and Land-Use Survey by September 7, 2026.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 02/07/2026
Loads of fun today for Canada Day! Thanks to everyone for making it so memorable!
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 28/06/2026
On July 1 from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m., Dyment Recreation Hall and Park fills up with live music, great food, local vendors, and that real Northern Ontario community energy you don’t get anywhere else.
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Canada Day: Celebrate July 1st at Dyment Recreation Hall & Park - Melgund Recreation
Spend Canada Day at Dyment Recreation Hall and Park with live music, local vendors, great food, and a full afternoon of community celebration.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 28/06/2026
Visitors to the Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township will have an opportunity to discover the beautiful craftsmanship of local artisan Joanne Keewaycabo, whose handmade hats and beadwork are popular with residents and visitors alike.
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Joanne Keewaycabo Craftwork Coming to Canada Day Festival in Melgund - Melgund Recreation
Discover unique hats and beadwork by Joanne Keewaycabo during the Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township on July 1.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 28/06/2026
Looking for a memorable way to celebrate Canada Day in Northwestern Ontario? Make your way to the Dyment Recreation Hall and Park on Wednesday, July 1, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for one of the area’s biggest Canada Day Festival Silent Auctions.
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Silent Auction Fundraiser: Bid Big This Canada Day in Melgund Township
Bid big at the Canada Day Silent Auction on July 1 at the Dyment Recreation Hall and Park!
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 28/06/2026
There’s nothing quite like live music to bring a community together, and this year’s Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township promises an afternoon filled with great entertainment. #Northwestern #Ontario
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Walter and Friends to Perform for Canada Day 2026 in Melgund Township - Melgund Recreation
Enjoy live music with Walter and Friends, Gerry and Tanya McArthur at the Melgund Township Canada Day Festival on July 1 in Dyment.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 23/06/2026
Visitors to the #Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township will have an opportunity to discover the beautiful craftsmanship of local artisan Joanne Keewaycabo, whose handmade hats and beadwork are popular with residents and visitors alike. Support #local #Indigenous #artists #art
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Joanne Keewaycabo Craftwork Coming to Canada Day Festival in Melgund - Melgund Recreation
Discover unique hats and beadwork by Joanne Keewaycabo during the Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township on July 1.
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Art Borups Corners Land Lab @artborupscorners.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Look at all this Yellow Rocket lighting up the trail today ✨🌼 #wildflowerhour #nature #flowers #photography
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Art Borups Corners Land Lab @artborupscorners.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The common snapping turtle. Check out the claws on this little beast. #photography #nature #wildlife
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 21/06/2026
Volunteers gathered to raise event tents to provide shelter and gathering space for the many activities, celebrations, and community events planned throughout the summer season. What could have been a challenging task became an enjoyable day filled with teamwork, cooperation, and community spirit.
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Building Community: Tent Raising Party at Dyment Recreation Park - Melgund Recreation
Volunteers gathered at Dyment Park to raise tents, build community, and enjoy a barbecue.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 21/06/2026
Curious about those odd, spiky bumps on wild roses? Understand the amazing secret behind rose galls and what's inside them!
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Unmasking the Wild Rose's Spiky Galls
Curious about those odd, spiky bumps on wild roses? Understand the amazing secret behind rose galls! This guide explains these unique plant growths, their surprising colors, and the tiny architects re...
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 19/06/2026
The 2026 Melgund Township Artist and Vendor Market, taking place on Canada Day, July 1st, will feature Dryden-based crafter Francine (Fran) Higgins, whose finely crafted textile work reflects a lifelong connection to family tradition, creativity, and hands-on making.
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Melgund Canada Day Arts and Crafts Market: Francine Higgins - Art Borups Corners
Melgund Township Canada Day Market Showcases Dryden Textile Artist Francine Higgins
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 19/06/2026
Help Raise the Tents! Join neighbours and volunteers on June 20 at 9:00 a.m. to raise the event tents and get Dyment Park ready for a full summer of community gatherings. We'll have a BBQ to feed everyone hot dogs and burgers!
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June 20: Help Raise the Tents! - Melgund Recreation
Volunteer for tent raising day in Melgund Township and help prepare Dyment Park for Canada Day and summer events. June 20, 9 a.m.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 19/06/2026
Join the #Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township on July 1 featuring live performances by longtime local favourites Gerry and Tanya McArthur. #Ontario #events
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Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township To Feature Music with Gerry & Tanya McArthur - Melgund Recreation
Join the Canada Day Festival in Melgund Township on July 1 featuring live performances by longtime local favourites Gerry and Tanya McArthur.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 17/06/2026
Come out, join in the fun on Canada Day July 1, and bring your money. The kids are organizing what just might be the most amazing lemonade stand in Canada! An event not to be missed!
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 17/06/2026
Flower planting continues today! It’s shaping up to be a busy summer, as the community works to revitalize the park — a space that has been in place for nearly a century and remains a central gathering point in Dyment. #recreation #parks #nature #Ontario
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Flower Planting Continues at Dyment Park - Melgund Recreation
Volunteers in Dyment continue park revitalization efforts with new flower beds, apple trees, and community placemaking.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 17/06/2026
The ongoing revitalization of Dyment Recreation Park highlights the practical and ecological advantages of utilizing native northern flora like the wild prickly rose.
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Hardy northwestern Ontario wild roses selected for Dyment Recreation Park - Melgund Recreation
Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario leverages regional plant life to enhance Dyment Recreation Park greenspace.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 17/06/2026
A cemetery cleanup will be held at Mountainview Cemetery in Dyment on Tuesday, June 23 at 9:00 AM. Volunteers are welcome to assist with basic grounds work. Please bring a rake or shovel if available.
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Community Cemetery Cleanup - Melgund Recreation
A cemetery cleanup will be held at Mountainview Cemetery in Dyment on Tuesday, June 23 at 9:00 AM.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 17/06/2026
Local Services Board of Melgund Meeting Minutes for June 15, 2026.
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LSB Meeting Minutes for June 15, 2026 - The Local Services Board of Melgund
Local Services Board of Melgund Meeting Minutes for June 15, 2026
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 17/06/2026
Everyone Outdoors Together in Melgund - July 18 at the Dyment Recreation Hall Park! All welcome! Travelling across Canada? We're two minutes off the TransCanada. Come join us!
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Everyone Outdoors Together in Melgund - Art Borups Corners
Art Borups Corners presents an Everyone Outdoors Together gathering in Melgund Township with food, music, and participatory greenspace design.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 17/06/2026
A big thank you to Art Borups Corners for donating a whole bunch of beautiful flowers to the Dyment Recreation Park rejuvenation! They're so beautiful and thank you for supporting the community's efforts to beautify our park and greenspace!
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Art Borups Corners Helps Grow a Greener Future at Dyment Recreation Park - Melgund Recreation
A June 15 announcement highlights new flower and apple tree donations from Art Borups Corners to Dyment Recreation Park in Melgund Township.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 14/06/2026
New Art Exhibition Blends Bold Paintings and Striking Bone #Art
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Where Wilderness Meets The Canvas - Melgund Recreation
Experience the raw beauty of the North through a striking collection of wildlife paintings and organic bone art. Visit Dyment Recreation Hall.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 10/06/2026
Melgund Township is a small rural community in Northwestern Ontario located just off Highway 17 via Highway 603. For people travelling across Canada, it offers a simple and welcoming opportunity to step off the highway, stretch your legs, and experience a quieter side of the north. Come Visit Us!
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Visit Melgund Township in Northwestern Ontario - Art Borups Corners
Visit Melgund Township in Northwestern Ontario, just off Highway 17 on Highway 603, offering a welcoming rural stop with rest facilities and seasonal cultural exhibits.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 08/06/2026
Community members gathered at the Dyment Recreation Hall on Sunday afternoon for the June instalment of the Summer Arts Speaker Series, where Borups Corners artist and social worker Leanne Nicholson led a workshop on grief, memory, healing, and the importance of community support following loss.
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Supporting Grief and Healing Through Art and Conversation - Arts Incubator Winnipeg
Community discussion explores grief, mental health, and healing through art, emphasizing reflection, support, and shared experience.
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The Arts Incubator Winnipeg @artsincubator.ca · 03/06/2026
Ontario has been handed a devastating overall grade of D- in the latest Food Banks Canada Poverty Report Card, driven by skyrocketing housing instability, failing social safety nets, and the weakest job market performance in Canada.
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Anatomy of an 'F': Policy choices left Ontario at the bottom of national rankings - The Arts Incubator
Crushing fixed costs and a collapsing safety net land Ontario worst-in-class rankings among large provinces
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brownsheila565.bsky.social @brownsheila565.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
With Ontario having the weakest job market performance in Canada, Doug Ford has just given MPPs a 21 week summer vacation after sitting just 30 days. Do you non-voters get it yet? He’s spending our tax dollars on schemes to enrich himself & his cronies, NOT to benefit Ontarians. We are so screwed.
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Casey Whitaker @alphacentauri53.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Are we ready to re-elect #FireDougFord with a fourth majority yet? Are 70% of Ontarians prepared to vote EVER? We won’t get the chance for years yet, so lots of time to think about it. Who needs food, shelter, education, health care, jobs or public transportation, anyway? We can buy beer anywhere!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Marilou & I are deeply saddened by the loss of our lifelong friend, Marcia. Not just a gifted, innovative artist, she also happened to be a genuinely nice person. Smart, funny, & just plain fun to be around. Thankfully, her memory lives on and we will never stop missing her. shorturl.at/wx6BV
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Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Editor Marcia Lucas Dies At 80
Marcia Lucas was the editor on 1983's “Return of the Jedi” and the pre-“Star Wars” George Lucas-directed films “THX 1138” and “American Graffiti.”
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/05/2026
Canada’s multi-decade timeline for storing used nuclear fuel faces a staggering technological mismatch, with roughly 40 generations of artificial intelligence expected to evolve before construction even begins on its highly-controversial Deep Geological Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel Project.
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Nuclear Waste and the 40-Generation AI Paradox - Art Borups Corners
Canada’s deep geological repository faces a massive technological mismatch. Discover how the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) plans to navigate the "40-generation AI paradox" before constr...
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/05/2026
Nuclear regulators and vendors converged in Vienna to implement human-centric oversight for AI in nuclear deployment.
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AI, Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Waste Management: Atoms for Algorithms - Art Borups Corners
Regulators and vendors converge in Vienna to implement human-centric oversight for AI in nuclear deployment and waste management.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/05/2026
The primary barrier preventing young people from taking over operations is the astronomical inflation of land values. Farmland prices are now 10 times higher than they were in the year 2000, having surged by an additional 12.5% in 2024 alone.
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The Collapse of Farm Succession in Canada - Art Borups Corners
Agriculture in Canada faces a major structural crisis as the national farm renewal rate drops to twenty four percent.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/05/2026
The economic viability of Canada’s creative arts sector faces a critical threat from generative artificial intelligence platforms, which are systematically scraping the intellectual property of local creators to flood commercial marketplaces with synthetic cultural products.
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Generative AI Threatens Artists and Canadian Creative Arts Sector - The Arts Incubator
Parliamentary heritage committees warn that generative artificial intelligence systems are rapidly replacing human creators, with AI-generated material now occupying up to 35 per cent of streaming cat...
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/05/2026
You don’t need a corner office with a glass skyline to change the world; sometimes, all it takes is a slab of weathered pine, two chunks of aggregate concrete, and a brick wall that’s heard one too many monologues.
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Concrete Boardrooms - The Arts Incubator
Public benches foster deep human connection and artistic placemaking. Explore the intersection of people, street performance, and open-air creative boardrooms.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/05/2026
Deep Time Storytelling and the One-Million-Year Neighbourhood: What kinds of stories, materials, and symbols could remain meaningful to societies living tens of thousands years ahead? artsincubator.ca/creative-ent...
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Deep Time Storytelling and the One-Million-Year Neighbourhood - The Arts Incubator
Near Northwestern Ontario’s proposed DGR site, artists and researchers are exploring environmental memory, archives, ceramics, and future interpretation.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 27/05/2026
This Northern Ontario arts incubator and living lab uses advanced AI to drive climate entrepreneurship and regional innovation for everything from arts exhibits to nuclear programs.
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Small Town, Smart Data - The Arts Incubator
This Northern Ontario arts incubator and living lab uses advanced AI to drive climate entrepreneurship and regional innovation.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 12/05/2026
Excited for C.C. Trubiak's new album to come out in just a few weeks! Terrific classic country music from Manitoba!!! Fire, Flight & Country Songs with C.C. Trubiak artsincubator.ca/arts/fire-fl...
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Fire, Flight & Country Songs with C.C. Trubiak - The Arts Incubator
C.C. Trubiak says fleeing Flin Flon during wildfires reignited creativity that ultimately shaped his new album.
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Art Borups Corners Land Lab @artborupscorners.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Today is the final day for submitting public comments on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Public Participation Plan for the Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. Don't miss your chance to speak up about what changes are needed.
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Nuclear Waste Impact Assessment Comment Period Closes May 10! - The Arts Incubator
Deadline day arrives as residents weigh concerns over Canada’s proposed underground nuclear waste repository near Melgund Township.
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The Arts Incubator Winnipeg @artsincubator.ca · 10/05/2026
Fire, Flight & Country Songs! C.C. Trubiak says fleeing Flin Flon during the #Manitoba wildfires reignited creativity that ultimately shaped his new classic country music album, which comes out on June 5.
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Fire, Flight & Country Songs with C.C. Trubiak - The Arts Incubator
C.C. Trubiak says fleeing Flin Flon during wildfires reignited creativity that ultimately shaped his new album.
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture @melgundrecreation.ca · 09/05/2026
Highly controversial nuclear waste consultations in Melgund Township continue as IAAC and CNSC meets with residents to discuss the proposed used nuclear fuel repository.
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Feds say NWMO Nuclear Waste Project “Not a Done Deal” - The Arts Incubator
Federal officials stress no final decision has been made as public comments continue shaping nuclear waste assessment guidelines.
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