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An early spring according to Wiarton Willie |
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 Dignitaries & Wiarton Willie gathered on the stage to hear the 'town crier'
Warm maple syrup is served over pancakes ...
... as hundreds turned up for breakfast |
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Huge crowds gathered on Groundhog Day in Wiarton on the Bruce Peninsula to wait for the prognostication of Wiarton Willie. There were politicians from every level of government, television and radio personalities, entertainers and media from across the province ... all waiting anxiously for Wiarton Willie's prediction.
Wiarton Willie According to folklore, if Willie saw his shadow it would mean six more weeks of winter. Fortunately, however, the skies were heavily overcast resulting in a prediction of an early spring that brought loud cheers from the hundreds who were there.
MP Larry Miller met Thomas Stredwich & his dad Clint
PC leader, Tim Hudak, talks with octogenarian Ken McPhetter and daughter, Debi Matias
A friend of Wiarton Willie
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Mayor John Close translates 'groundhogese' into English
Well-known television host from Toronto, Kevin Frankish
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