Back Roads Bill

There is sometimes good wisdom on the back roads, and Canadian society is learning that change is needed

This week, Bill returns after hip surgery to tell us how he looks after himself on the back roads

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

This week Bill goes owling at night in the boreal forest and learns much about bird banding

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

This week Bill tells us about what winter will be like in northern Ontario from the natural signs

This week Bill does something he has not done before and takes a pleasurable train ride across a part of northeastern Ontario

This week Bill tells us of a community story that is about our mining heritage, not on the back roads, but on the water

Bill tells us about a not-so-well-known, long-term environmental solution in the making

This week Bill finally stops at a roadside monument he should have long ago