Melgund Recreation

January Local Services Board of Melgund Meeting
2026-01-19 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Dyment Recreation Hall, HMX9+8Q, Dyment, Ontario, P0V 1P0, Canada
The next meeting of the Local Services Board of Melgund is scheduled for Monday, January 19th, 2026, at 7 p.m.
Residents and community members are encouraged to attend and participate in discussions about local services, ongoing projects, and community initiatives. The meeting will be held at the Dyment Recreation Hall, providing an opportunity for attendees to share their ideas, ask questions, and stay informed about matters affecting the community. Your involvement helps ensure that the board can make decisions that reflect the needs and priorities of the residents.
Agenda
The Agenda is as follows:

Call to Order
Acceptance of December Meeting Minutes
Correspondence
Business arising from the minutes
New Business
Treasurer’s Report

Pop Up Exhibition and Community Consultation
2026-01-17 10:00 - 13:00 | Dyment Recreation Hall, HMX9+8Q, Dyment, Ontario, P0V 1P0, Canada
Summer Blooms & Community Roots: A Pop-Up Exhibition and Community Consultation
Shake off the winter chill and join us on Saturday, January 17, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Dyment Recreation Hall. Presented by Art Borups Corners and Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture, this mid-day gathering blends local botanical beauty with vital community dialogue. We’ll have the hot chocolate ready and light refreshments waiting for everyone who drops by.
The hall will be transformed by a vibrant digital exhibition showcasing the hidden floral gems of our region. Using high-resolution screens, we are featuring a collection of plants and flowers captured during last summer’s arts program. This project, proudly funded by the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario, reveals a world of color many of us walk past every day without noticing. It’s a chance to see the local landscape through a new lens and appreciate the intricate biodiversity growing right in our own backyards.
While you take in the art, we invite you to participate in a critical Community Consultation. We are currently preparing a submission for the Impact Assessment regarding the NWMO Deep Geological Repository for Nuclear Waste Fuel, due on February 4th. This is an essential space for you to learn more about the project’s details and, more importantly, to share your personal perspectives and opinions on its potential impacts. Your voice is a necessary part of this process.
Whether you are coming for the art, the advocacy, or just a warm cup of cocoa, all are welcome. This event is about celebrating where we live while actively shaping its future. We look forward to seeing you there and hearing what you have to say.

Saturday Workshop: From Screens to Sawdust
2026-01-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Art Borups Corners Land Lab, 65 Melgund Road 4, Dryden, Ontario, P8N 2Y4
We’ve all spent a lot of time staring at blue light lately, meeting online to stay warm while the Land Lab is tucked away for the winter. But this week, we’re breaking the digital routine. It’s time to close the laptop, put on your boots, and get your hands dirty. We are opening up the workshop at Art Borups Corners for a special Saturday afternoon session where we’ll trade our keyboards for hammers and reclaimed timber.
Our mission is to take those silvered, weathered boards salvaged from old shacks in the bush and give them a second life. These planks have spent decades aging in the elements, and now we’re going to transform them into the skeleton of our future gallery space. We’ll be experimenting with textures and joinery to build custom display stands and plinths that will house our upcoming winter and spring arts exhibitions.
This isn’t just about building furniture; it’s about finding the “wabi-sabi” in the wreckage. Whether you’re a seasoned woodworker or have never picked up a drill (like many of us!), this three-hour workshop is all about collaborative experimentation. We’ll figure out how to showcase the natural decay and grain of the wood to create a rustic, high-end look for our community art space on a zero-dollar material budget.
To keep the creative energy flowing, we’ll have plenty of hot chocolate and snacks to keep us warm while we work. This is a rare chance to connect in person during the off-season and leave with a tangible contribution to our gallery’s infrastructure. Swap the screen for the woodshop and help us turn forest history into art history!

January Games Night
2026-01-07 16:00 - 19:00 | Dyment Recreation Hall, HMX9+8Q, Dyment, Ontario, P0V 1P0, Canada
Games Nights are held on the first Wednesday of every month at the Dyment Recreation Hall, running from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Community members of all ages are invited to join for an evening of fun, friendly competition, and social connection. These monthly gatherings provide a relaxed environment to enjoy board games, card games, and group activities while fostering community engagement and strengthening connections in Melgund Township and our area of Northwestern Ontario.
