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Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill
BACK ROADS BILL:
Road trip, part one
Part one this week of an epic Canadian road trip like no other to the Great White North with a look at the rise of Canadianism
Mar 22, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Different views of who’s howl
Bill says this winter there seems to be a good many wolves out on the back roads, and through a Wolf ID 101 explains the current state of who thinks what
Mar 15, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
White Otter Castle
This week Bill takes us on a back roads’ winter tour of a northern Ontario log cabin like no other
Mar 8, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Snowshoeing, heritage activity in a modern context
This week, Bill invites us to go snowshoeing with a primer on a truly winter heritage activity
Mar 1, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Take the winter train - Part two
This week in part two of two stories Bill does a repeat on the Budd car – a train ride through a winter wonderland and more for many different reasons
Feb 22, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Take the winter train, part 1
This week, in part one, of two installments, Bill does a repeat on the Budd car – a train ride through a winter wonderland and more
Feb 15, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Winter ice roads
This week Bill is out and about on the north’s ice roads
Feb 8, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Winter with dogs
This week Bill shows us there are lots of things to do with your dog on the back roads in winter
Feb 1, 2025 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
shares significance of 'People of the Watershed'
This week, Bill tells us about John Macfie, a settler who travelled the Hudsons Bay watershed in the 50s and 60s capturing images of life in isolated northern Indigenous communities - and about a travelling exhibit of his photos curated by Paul Seesequasis
Jan 25, 2025 10:30 AM
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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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