Good news, and bad news on this Groundhog Day 2011!
Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil, the reigning rodent of Groundhog Day in the States, didn’ty see his shadow this morning and that means an early spring for the Uhmericans.
Meanwhile, north of the border, Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam predicted an early spring.
Sam emerged into a special enclosure to the sound of bagpipes and the shouts of school children who had come to watch the event. “Sam, like usual, came out and greeted the crowd although he did seem a little sleepy,” said Theresa Adams, a nature interpreter at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park.
On a more sombre note, Ontaio’s Wiarton Willie was trapped under large snow and ice drifts, after last night’s blizzard that struck most of the Eastern seaboard.
At last report rescue crews were trying to dig him out.
Mac McKenzie, 83, who founded the Wiarton festival 55 years ago, said Willie’s burrow had been located with ground piercing radar and drilling equipment was on its way!
“Perspective” has dispatched a news crew to the scene, and more news on this developing story will be announced as it becomes available!
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