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Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill
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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BACK ROADS BILL:
Owling under the aurora borealis
This week Bill goes owling at night in the boreal forest and learns much about bird banding
Oct 19, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Creation and homecoming of Sasquatch Sam
This week, Bill takes us through the creation and bringing home of a wooden sculpture that stands over eight feet tall and is a symbol of the untamed wilderness alive in the world
Oct 12, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Beavers and turtles on the coming winter
This week Bill tells us about what winter will be like in northern Ontario from the natural signs
Oct 5, 2024 10:32 AM
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BACKROADS BILL:
Budd Car run through Northern Ontario
This week Bill does something he has not done before and takes a pleasurable train ride across a part of northeastern Ontario
Sep 28, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Visits a unique museum on the back waters
This week Bill tells us of a community story that is about our mining heritage, not on the back roads, but on the water
Sep 21, 2024 10:30 AM
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