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Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill
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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BACK ROADS BILL:
Mitigating a catastrophe at a legacy mine
Bill tells us about a not-so-well-known, long-term environmental solution in the making
Sep 14, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL
Roadside labour monument remembers tragedy
This week Bill finally stops at a roadside monument he should have long ago
Sep 7, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Two stories, one place
This week Bill journeys to Ontario’s most northern camping park and tries to verify a Sasquatch story
Aug 31, 2024 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
nickels on the railway tracks
This week, Bill tells us about runaway nickels on the railway tracks
Aug 24, 2024 10:30 AM
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