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Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill
BACK ROADS BILL:
Field guide to dumb birds
This week Bill looks at a different sort of field guide for bird identification on the back roads
Jan 18, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Little airports in the north
To begin 2025 Bill looks at how many small airfields evolved and vanished along Highway 11, a story suggested by a reader
Jan 11, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Bill's favourite 2024 adventures, Part 2
This week in part two of two stories, Bill looks at some of his favourites in 2024
Jan 4, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Bill's favourite 2024 adventures, Part 1
This week in part one of two stories, leading into the New Year, Bill looks at some of his favourite stories in 2024 and tells us why
Dec 28, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Bill and friends extoll benefits of nature
This week leading up to the holiday break Bill has helped define the significance of back roads
Dec 21, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Sweat it out in saunas on the back roads
This week Bill takes us, near and afar, for a Sauna 101 primer
Dec 14, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Jewish art exhibit highlights immigrant history
This week Bill links a Toronto art gallery to part of the immigration history of northern Ontario
Dec 7, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Reconciliation and Truth on the land
There is sometimes good wisdom on the back roads, and Canadian society is learning that change is needed
Nov 30, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
on bathing and taking medicine outside
This week, Bill returns after hip surgery to tell us how he looks after himself on the back roads
Nov 23, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
On Slate Islands rocks, fish and caribou
This week Bill takes us to see some caribou and tells us to take a fishing rod. He has been to the Slate Islands four times, and it remains a favourite destination
Nov 2, 2024 10:30 AM
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