Groundhog Day: Willie and Sam at Odds Over Spring’s Arrival

Groundhog Day: Willie and Sam at Odds Over Spring’s Arrival
Wiarton Willie sits in his cage in Wiarton, Ont., on Feb. 2, 2018. The Canadian Press/Hannah Yoon
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In what will likely be heralded as a bleak Groundhog Day prognostication, one of Canada’s most famous rodents died before he was set to make his prediction about spring’s arrival.

Organizers in Quebec broke the news this morning to the crowd gathered in Val d'Espoir, saying nine-year-old Fred la Marmotte had been found dead the night before.