The prognosticating is done for another year and Wiarton Willie is calling for an early spring.
Ontario’s newest groundhog, replacing the last Willie who passed away about a year and a half ago, failed to see his shadow this morning and is predicting an early spring.
Willie is something of a standout from other well-known North American groundhogs. Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam is calling for six more weeks of winter, a sentiment echoed by Punxatawny Phil in the US.