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Back Roads Bill

BACK ROADS BILL: Little airports in the north

BACK ROADS BILL: Little airports in the north

To begin 2025 Bill looks at how many small airfields evolved and vanished along Highway 11, a story suggested by a reader
BACK ROADS BILL: Bill's favourite 2024 adventures, Part 2

BACK ROADS BILL: Bill's favourite 2024 adventures, Part 2

This week in part two of two stories, Bill looks at some of his favourites in 2024
BACK ROADS BILL: Bill's favourite 2024 adventures, Part 1

BACK ROADS BILL: Bill's favourite 2024 adventures, Part 1

This week in part one of two stories, leading into the New Year, Bill looks at some of his favourite stories in 2024 and tells us why
BACK ROADS BILL: Bill and friends extoll benefits of nature

BACK ROADS BILL: Bill and friends extoll benefits of nature

This week leading up to the holiday break Bill has helped define the significance of back roads
BACK ROADS BILL: Sweat it out in saunas on the back roads

BACK ROADS BILL: Sweat it out in saunas on the back roads

This week Bill takes us, near and afar, for a Sauna 101 primer
BACK ROADS BILL: Jewish art exhibit highlights immigrant history

BACK ROADS BILL: Jewish art exhibit highlights immigrant history

This week Bill links a Toronto art gallery to part of the immigration history of northern Ontario
BACK ROADS BILL: Reconciliation and Truth on the land

BACK ROADS BILL: Reconciliation and Truth on the land

There is sometimes good wisdom on the back roads, and Canadian society is learning that change is needed
BACK ROADS BILL: on bathing and taking medicine outside

BACK ROADS BILL: on bathing and taking medicine outside

This week, Bill returns after hip surgery to tell us how he looks after himself on the back roads
BACK ROADS BILL: On Slate Islands rocks, fish and caribou

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
BACK ROADS BILL: Owling under the aurora borealis

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