Early Spring
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Groundhog Day 2022: Ontario’s Wiarton Willie predicts early spring, Nova Scotia predicts long winterNova Scotia's groundhog, Shubenacadie Sam, and Quebec's Fred la Marmotte both predicted a long winter ahead, while Ontario's Wiarton Willie claimed an early spring is on the way.CanadaFeb 2, 2022
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Shubenacadie Sam predicts an early spring in 2021Shubenacadie Sam is the first groundhog to make a prediction in North America, about an hour before other groundhogs in Eastern Canada and the United States.CanadaFeb 2, 2021
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Ontario’s Wiarton Willie predicts an early spring for 2021 on Groundhog DayDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual event went virtual and a pre-recorded video was posted online Tuesday morning.CanadaFeb 2, 2021
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Baby raccoons discovered in attic of Burlington, Ont. home weeks earlier than normalSkedaddle President Bill Dowd says this marks two years in a row that they've discovered babies in a home earlier than usual.EnvironmentMar 6, 2020
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Marmot meteorologist or furry fraud? How accurate are Groundhog Day predictionsAre any of these groundhogs to be believed?CanadaFeb 2, 2017
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Ontario’s albino groundhog Wiarton Willie predicts an early springOntario's Wiarton Willie didn’t see his shadow which means Canadians are in for an early spring.CanadaFeb 2, 2017
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Groundhog Day 2017: Early spring or six more weeks of winter?It's Groundhog Day, a day when many look to rodents to predict the end of winter.CanadaFeb 2, 2017
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Global Calgary forecasters helped create Balzac Billy for Groundhog DayAn impromptu history lesson in the Global Calgary newsroom Wednesday, brought out that Balzac Billy was invented by two of our own!Feb 1, 2017
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Gardening experts say an early spring means start plantingWith record-breaking heat and an early spring, many have been left scratching their heads as to whether to not to get out their gardening gloves.CanadaMay 4, 2016
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