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Bill Steer

Bill Steer

Back Roads Bill Steer is the founder and remains the GM of the Canadian Ecology Centre. He teaches part-time at Nipissing University (Schulich School of Education) and Canadore College. His features can be found across Village Media's Northern Ontario sites

Email
wilstonsteer@gmail.com

Recent Work by Bill

BACK ROADS BILL: Mitigating a catastrophe at a legacy mine

BACK ROADS BILL: Mitigating a catastrophe at a legacy mine

Bill tells us about a not-so-well-known, long-term environmental solution in the making
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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 northwestern Ontario 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: World-class museum helps define 'Canadian'

BACK ROADS BILL: World-class museum helps define 'Canadian'

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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