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Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill
Visiting a ghost in Cobalt for a paranormal back roads experience
This week Back Roads Bill recalls a recent ghostly encounter, part of our Northern Ontario Heritage
Jan 12, 2022 8:32 PM
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Links to the land resonate with Bill and his readers
In part two of reflecting back on 2021 by Back Roads Bill he shares the most important of all the stories you told him were important and for him
Jan 5, 2022 7:30 PM
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Year in review:
Five of Back Roads Bill's favourites from 2021
Within this first week of two offerings, Back Roads Bill looks at some of his favourite stories from 2021
Dec 29, 2021 8:15 PM
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How tracking Santa evolved from the cold war
(5 photos)
This week, Back Roads Bill reflects upon the importance of the Bomarc missile to Northern Ontario’s heritage
Dec 22, 2021 7:30 PM
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Breaking a trail in search of the place a great Leaf fell
(10 photos)
This week Back Roads Bill takes us on an expedition while writing a story of a Northern Ontario legend
Dec 15, 2021 8:50 PM
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Roadside geology in three billion years on the back roads
(7 photos)
This week Back Roads Bill asks us to look at roadside rock cuts to learn about what makes up Northern Ontario and there is a guidebook to help
Dec 9, 2021 12:00 PM
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Canoodling Canada's original highways
Back Roads Bill interviews Roy MacGregor, one of Canada’s most prolific writers, who examines the historical legacy and future of Canada's greatest rivers through the lens of the canoe
Dec 1, 2021 8:15 PM
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Two old hands at bird banding give a hoot
(4 photos)
This week Back Roads Bill takes us beyond owl metaphors
Nov 26, 2021 1:00 PM
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Mystery holes evidence of an attempt to build a shipping canal in Georgian Bay
This week Back Roads Bill tells us of a megaproject that would have changed the course of Northern Ontario’s history
Nov 18, 2021 7:30 PM
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The bear and the place - Winnie the Pooh and White River
This week Back Roads Bill tells us about how a town has made a children's story character into a destination and about the evolution of writing a weekly story
Nov 11, 2021 7:30 PM
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