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BACK ROADS BILL Roadside labour monument remembers tragedy

BACK ROADS BILL Roadside labour monument remembers tragedy

This week Bill finally stops at a roadside monument he should have long ago
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BACK ROADS BILL: Two stories, one place

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
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BACK ROADS BILL: nickels on the railway tracks

BACK ROADS BILL: nickels on the railway tracks

This week, Bill tells us about runaway nickels on the railway tracks
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Back Roads Bill: The haunting legacy of the Temiscaming canoe tragedy

Back Roads Bill: The haunting legacy of the Temiscaming canoe tragedy

On June 11, 1978, a group of 27 adolescent boys set out on a three-week canoe trip bound for Moosonee. Only 15 of them would survive the first day
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BACK ROADS BILL: Matachewan: a gold mine of stories

BACK ROADS BILL: Matachewan: a gold mine of stories

Bill takes us to Matachewan for more stories that he can write about
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BACK ROADS BILL: Unsolved mystery at Onion Lake

BACK ROADS BILL: Unsolved mystery at Onion Lake

This week Bill is in the northwest of the province trying to bring a past labour incident to light
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BACK ROADS BILL: Summer waterfall checklist

BACK ROADS BILL: Summer waterfall checklist

This week, Bill takes us to some more waterfalls you don't want to miss
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BACK ROADS BILL: New find on the back roads

BACK ROADS BILL: New find on the back roads

This week Bill takes us to a new find, a waterfall worth seeing but there’s more
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BACK ROADS BILL: How come? By canoe - maybe a red one

BACK ROADS BILL: How come? By canoe - maybe a red one

This week Bill goes on a paved road trip and visits the recently opened new Canadian Canoe Museum, it invoked some emotional thoughts
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BACK ROADS BILL Water control mega projects of yesteryear

BACK ROADS BILL Water control mega projects of yesteryear

This week Bill looks damming at those mega-dam projects of the past
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