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Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill:
Bailey Bridges on the back roads
This week Bill salutes one of the important pieces of infrastructure on the back roads
Mar 15, 2023 7:30 PM
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Back Roads Bill's search for a crash site featured in book
Back Roads Bill is back and one of his stories is now part of a magazine article and an upcoming book
Mar 8, 2023 7:30 PM
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Back Roads Bill makes a winter prediction
Later start to winter and a milder one, says Bill. Others say bad winter ahead. After studying the natural signs since August, will Bill's prediction prove correct?
Nov 30, 2022 7:30 PM
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Back Roads Bill finds some culturally modified trees
This week, Bill tells us about culturally significant, living artifacts of Indigenous life and beliefs that many in northern Ontario may not be aware of
Nov 23, 2022 8:20 PM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Geneology discovered in remote cemetery
This week, Bill takes us back to a cemetery with a story about people and the places they once lived on the back roads
Nov 16, 2022 7:30 PM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Remembering aviators killed in the area
Bill revisits a Remembrance Day story with new information
Nov 9, 2022 7:30 PM
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Back Roads Bill:
Invitation to new spiritual path
This week Bill tells us about a labyrinth project he has been working on and forwards an invitation
Nov 2, 2022 7:30 PM
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Back Roads Bill:
Cold war radar bases in the north
On the back roads we sometimes come across twisted bits of metal and concrete telling us something was there in the past; there are many old mines and logging camps on the landscape.
Oct 26, 2022 7:30 PM
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Back Roads Bill:
Makes it all the way - north this time
Last week Bill told us about polar bears he encountered. This week we learn about the expedition to the most northern point in Ontario
Oct 19, 2022 7:30 PM
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Back Roads Bill has close encounters with polar bears
Next week Bill will tell us about journeying to the most northern point in Ontario, but this week it is all about a polar bear encounter en route
Oct 12, 2022 7:30 PM
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