Town of South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson says weather prognosticator Wiarton Willie died well before the last Groundhog Day from an abscessed tooth.
She says they decided to not tell the public about the death because they wanted a smooth transition if they found a new albino groundhog.Willie fictitiously predicts whether spring comes early or not depending on if he sees his shadow. The festival occurs in early February as a celebration of Groundhog Day and is a big tourist draw for Wiarton, Ont.
Rumours of Willie’s death had swirled since last Groundhog Day after the town released a video that showed the mayor tossing a fur hat and making the annual prediction about how much longer winter would last, without the animal in sight. Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.
It's a rodent...this isn't worth the ink used to print. Who cares when it died.
but who actually cares
No masks nor social distancing 🙄 Don't you know fordnation that the innefective gene therapy doesn't stop transmission?
WIARTONWILLIEGATE!
I don't think he's dead, I think he's beefed up and inhabiting the Premiers office, the picture you used is him and his stunt double.
What an incredibly dull and pointless story.
what other deaths is the mayor covering up? frosty the snowman?
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