Ontario’s Wiarton Willie contradicts Nova Scotia groundhog Sam is the earliest riser among his fellow prognosticating rodents in North America, predicted an early spring. Feb. 2 ...

A respected step dancer and Gaelic singer on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island, Willie Fraser is credited for helping to keep traditional Scottish culture alive there. Mr. Fraser, who died in ...

Canada’s two most famous forecasting groundhogs, Wiarton Willie and Shubenacadie Sam, have given conflicting predictions of what’s to come for Canadian weather.

The National Hockey League announced this week that Dean Smith of Halifax has been named a Canadian finalist for the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award. The award is given to an individual who ...

Shubenacadie Sam exits her burrow at a Groundhog Day event at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Nova Scotia on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Sam saw her shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter.

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Shubenacadie Sam exits her burrow at a Groundhog Day event at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Nova Scotia on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. ... Those keeping the Wiarton Willie tradition alive in Ontario’s ...

Wiarton Willie sits in his cage in Wiarton, Ont., on Friday, Feb.2, 2018. Famed and furry forecasters of spring are set to make their predictions this morning. It's Groundhog Day, and as folklore goes ...