Groundhog Day 2024: Wiarton Willie predicts early spring for Canada

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  • Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024

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  • @mojachay
    @mojachay 9 месяцев назад +95

    now this is real canadian culture

    • @Liberal_From_Prairies689
      @Liberal_From_Prairies689 9 месяцев назад +8

      Actually American culture. It started with Punxsutawney Phil.

    • @tuneablestar1712
      @tuneablestar1712 9 месяцев назад +11

      @@Liberal_From_Prairies689 Well, originally German. We're allowed to share. 🙂

    • @starofdabloc
      @starofdabloc 9 месяцев назад

      @@tuneablestar1712in North America it started in America, Willie was started in the 1950s lmao

    • @bennyblunto973
      @bennyblunto973 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@tuneablestar1712yes the Germans have a lot to be proud of sharing from back in the days….

    • @tuneablestar1712
      @tuneablestar1712 9 месяцев назад +2

      Good for them. There's no rule that says it can't be a cross-cultural tradition, like most traditions in the world.@@starofdabloc

  • @Rakshasa1986
    @Rakshasa1986 9 месяцев назад +43

    Early spring? That would suggest we had a winter to begin with...

    • @somethingsomething404
      @somethingsomething404 9 месяцев назад +1

      It snowed for THREE DAYS in Vancouver, we hardly made it

    • @dawnelder9046
      @dawnelder9046 9 месяцев назад +1

      We never got summer last year in Nova Scotia.

  • @lovehilaryanne
    @lovehilaryanne 9 месяцев назад +37

    willie is like bruh lemmie sleep

    • @Chachh
      @Chachh 9 месяцев назад +1

      true😪😪😪

  • @MyViewToronto
    @MyViewToronto 9 месяцев назад +64

    LOL...u didn't need a groundhog to know spring is here already.

    • @klausschwab6808
      @klausschwab6808 9 месяцев назад

      LOL even up in wiarton its sunny anf warm all week.

    • @BackYardPropsWA
      @BackYardPropsWA 9 месяцев назад +1

      Blasphemy!

    • @robertrebor7
      @robertrebor7 9 месяцев назад +4

      I needed the groundhog. We all need the groundhog.

    • @zomgoose
      @zomgoose 9 месяцев назад

      You don't know what you need!

    • @anovosedlik
      @anovosedlik 9 месяцев назад +1

      yeah esp considering we didn't even get winter!

  • @MissX905
    @MissX905 9 месяцев назад +34

    Willie's probably thinking "What's wrong with you people it's spring weather now?" lol. So who grooms little Willie for his weather prediction? He needs a little tuxedo this is his big day

  • @tyleranonymous3041
    @tyleranonymous3041 9 месяцев назад +41

    Willie is loved and listened to more then Trudeau !

    • @Liberal_From_Prairies689
      @Liberal_From_Prairies689 9 месяцев назад +2

      Get a life.

    • @tyleranonymous3041
      @tyleranonymous3041 9 месяцев назад

      @@Liberal_From_Prairies689 Pure Evil Trudeau ! Vote Pierre 2025

    • @philster6383
      @philster6383 9 месяцев назад

      LMAO Trudeau lives in your head rent free

    • @tyleranonymous3041
      @tyleranonymous3041 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@Liberal_From_Prairies689 Vote Pierre 2025 .. Get the evil Trudeau out !

    • @hydromic2518
      @hydromic2518 9 месяцев назад

      @@tyleranonymous3041Pierre is just a populist. Says he will lower interest rates and inflation at same time but you need higher interest rates to lower inflation.

  • @Obamabinladen368
    @Obamabinladen368 9 месяцев назад +15

    I needed this wholesomeness this morning

    • @JimRook
      @JimRook 9 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly!!

  • @tenderizer
    @tenderizer 9 месяцев назад +11

    i love you willie, you're the only one i trust on these important matters!!!!!

  • @beadblaster9508
    @beadblaster9508 9 месяцев назад +36

    Willie can predict the weather better than the forecasters.

    • @estaclaro4454
      @estaclaro4454 9 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂

    • @FeelingGolden
      @FeelingGolden 9 месяцев назад +1

      At an accuracy of 36% successful prediction, one would literally be better off flipping a coin.

    • @beadblaster9508
      @beadblaster9508 9 месяцев назад

      @@FeelingGolden is this the weather forecasters. That is probably high.

    • @Dukes-g2c
      @Dukes-g2c 9 месяцев назад

      Time for cooking pot😂

  • @MrUranium238
    @MrUranium238 9 месяцев назад +18

    The prophet has spoken😀

  • @Timeboyz-ru6dv
    @Timeboyz-ru6dv 9 месяцев назад +2

    But hockey 😢 1:41

  • @heatherbowlan1961
    @heatherbowlan1961 9 месяцев назад +6

    As a mid aged Canadian ,this is the first time I’ve ever seen this , is this what they do every Groundhog Day ! Happy Groundhog Day Canada

    • @MARYBOORMAN
      @MARYBOORMAN 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes - the Wiarton Willie Festival is a big deal up here at the Bruce Peninsula. Lots of activities held on the day for the community and it has been celebrated for years and years! :-)

  • @9.sugarandspice
    @9.sugarandspice 9 месяцев назад +15

    We didn't even have winter. I've worn my actual winter coat like 5 times this year in Toronto.

    • @somethingsomething404
      @somethingsomething404 9 месяцев назад +1

      We had about 3 snow days in Vancouver and some -20 days, I broke out my Ontario winter coat more here than I did when visiting back “home” in Ontario

    • @tracywatts1459
      @tracywatts1459 9 месяцев назад

      BC been getting the dumps of snow ❄️ and atmospheric rivers of rain. Now floods from as fast melting snow packs. 🌧️ ☔️ ❄️ ready for spring now😊

    • @joshowoh9072
      @joshowoh9072 9 месяцев назад +2

      It hit -50 in Alberta for a bit

    • @9.sugarandspice
      @9.sugarandspice 9 месяцев назад

      Yall are a different breed over there. I don't know how you guys survive. I remember having teachers in school who are from Alberta and they never felt cold down here in Toronto. winter in Alberta scares me @@joshowoh9072

    • @Cj2o
      @Cj2o 9 месяцев назад

      Same, I've been wearing my light winter coat or just a hoodie, for most of the winter.
      The heavier winter coat only went on a handful of times.
      I'm just north of Toronto.

  • @heatherbowlan1961
    @heatherbowlan1961 9 месяцев назад +2

    The Best country in the world !

  • @onemoretime734
    @onemoretime734 9 месяцев назад +8

    Is he gonna run for prime minister? I’d be interested in voting for him.

  • @JimRook
    @JimRook 9 месяцев назад +5

    Awesome. Put a smile on my face watching this

  • @susandean8584
    @susandean8584 9 месяцев назад +4

    I know this is a tradition but I feel sorry for Willie. Imagine how scared that poor little creature is in a plastic box with all that noise around him and no way to hide. Humans thinking of themselves 😢

  • @ricbarnes6272
    @ricbarnes6272 9 месяцев назад +7

    I hereby nominate wireton willie for our new prime minister, he is injecting positivity & hope into the public which is more than i can say for our present disaster, hurragh for willie & spring, down with the arrogant tyrant. Ric, ontario canada.

  • @AB-by8xu
    @AB-by8xu 9 месяцев назад +2

    Stop screaming and traumatizing the poor animal …what a bunch of creeps and brutal people , stop animal cruelty

  • @cookieplz93
    @cookieplz93 9 месяцев назад +5

    Omg I'm from PA. we have Phil! I didn't realize they did this in Canada as well!! Willie is so cute!!❤

    • @PK-qi2mn
      @PK-qi2mn 9 месяцев назад +1

      @cookieplz93 What!! An American not knowing something about Canada!! Not surprising at all . Although most Canadians do know ,that yes you have Phil

    • @PK-qi2mn
      @PK-qi2mn 9 месяцев назад

      @cookieplz93 What!! An American not knowing something about Canada!! Not surprising at all . Although most Canadians do know ,that yes you have Phil

    • @vladimirrashkovsky6274
      @vladimirrashkovsky6274 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@PK-qi2mnI mean to be fair what do you know about Utah besides Mormons? Canada is basically as important as Utah so it isn’t common knowledge. Hell if you’re from Toronto or Vancouver you’re more American then you are Canadian that’s not my opinion it’s a fact.

    • @sammcturk8898
      @sammcturk8898 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@vladimirrashkovsky6274First you just compared the importance of a state to that of a country and then insulted about a third of that country and you wonder why people think americans are ignorant. It's better to be thought stupid than to open your mouth and remove All doubts.

    • @vladimirrashkovsky6274
      @vladimirrashkovsky6274 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@sammcturk8898 Canada isn’t a nation just ask your prime minister “post national state” second yes fact of the matter is Canadian is as much an ethnicity as “Californian” or “Wisconsinite” you aren’t Mexico just because you have a handful of racist French people doesn’t mean you have culture. Especially considering you aren’t one of those Francophones. You are an American in all but name and if you were actually progressive like you claim to be you wouldn’t be holding on so tightly to your non existent national identity.

  • @TMG56
    @TMG56 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love how they mention God✝️

  • @MarcPalumboPaliotti
    @MarcPalumboPaliotti 9 месяцев назад +2

    Groundhog usually go at 375 degrees for an hour and a half

  • @Akutsuuu
    @Akutsuuu 9 месяцев назад +11

    we didnt even have winter,?

  • @snoozer_who_snuffed_it
    @snoozer_who_snuffed_it 9 месяцев назад +2

    I have to say it's one of our most strange and endearing traditions. Groundhog Day. This should be made a public holiday and people should dress up. Why, you may ask? Because we're Canadian.

  • @RobeonMew
    @RobeonMew 9 месяцев назад +3

    THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

  • @dglolz7227
    @dglolz7227 9 месяцев назад +2

    Wiarton Willie!!!

  • @halfadecade4770
    @halfadecade4770 9 месяцев назад +4

    Those costumes are wild.

  • @vintran9777
    @vintran9777 9 месяцев назад +2

    Willie: Stand down squire. No spring for yall. Now, put me back in the hole.😂

  • @judithrochon7837
    @judithrochon7837 9 месяцев назад +2

    The poor thing must be terrified.

  • @BackyardDispatcher
    @BackyardDispatcher 9 месяцев назад +4

    my woodchuck claims a early spring as well

  • @Blueskies1180
    @Blueskies1180 9 месяцев назад +2

    Willie for PM!

  • @Pattycake-n9g
    @Pattycake-n9g 9 месяцев назад +1

    So Canadian . Love it

  • @chrismurray203
    @chrismurray203 9 месяцев назад +2

    I was hoping he would predict an early election!

  • @unknowentity5785
    @unknowentity5785 9 месяцев назад

    If you hear me yelling Wake up Willie don’t come in my room

  • @Fenthule
    @Fenthule 9 месяцев назад +2

    An "early spring" implies we had a winter to begin with.

  • @adriannelake7505
    @adriannelake7505 9 месяцев назад +1

    Poor little guy. I feel terrible for that poor animal. He looks absolutely petrified. So, we terrorize these poor animals every year for this Canadian entertainment and "tradition", and no one cares how the groundhog feels about it all. It would be better if we just celebrated Imbolc instead.

  • @davidhamilton6612
    @davidhamilton6612 9 месяцев назад +1

    Early spring = 6 weeks till spring. Late spring = 6 more weeks of winter. Let that sink in.

  • @Bunsdo
    @Bunsdo 9 месяцев назад +2

    How tf is this a real thing we do

  • @BrianKolida1
    @BrianKolida1 9 месяцев назад

    You got it wrong.

  • @soyatcyn8650
    @soyatcyn8650 9 месяцев назад

    🎉we never had a winter like other years 2024 Spring early ❤❤

  • @jamiejim2113
    @jamiejim2113 9 месяцев назад +2

    Why not name the ground hog Bill Murray?

  • @justsomeguy6474
    @justsomeguy6474 9 месяцев назад +1

    We haven't even had 6 weeks of winter yet total!!

  • @nasael8020
    @nasael8020 9 месяцев назад

    Im so happy 😊because it's spring soon

  • @sumeshjoseph2471
    @sumeshjoseph2471 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks ❤

  • @lucindawaugh3945
    @lucindawaugh3945 9 месяцев назад +1

    Seriously Willie looks pretty smart 😊

  • @maijashelley9318
    @maijashelley9318 9 месяцев назад +6

    They've really turned that into a circus!

  • @anovosedlik
    @anovosedlik 9 месяцев назад

    Well we don't even have winter up here anymore so not that surprising...it only snowed somewhat heavily maybe twice. It's actually scary.

    • @Cj2o
      @Cj2o 9 месяцев назад

      Not that scary when you look at history. Weather patterns often last hundreds, even thousands of years and sometimes millions of years.
      These milder Winters could be here for many generations to come, just as they have in the distant past for specific periods of time.
      Not all that concerning. World food production across the board is at all time highs, Africa's population has grown 6 fold since 1950, there's no climate crisis, and if there were, food production would be in the dumpster and Africa's population would have fallen, not risen.
      Enjoy the milder Winters, there's nothing the matter with them. No need to be scared or alarmed.

  • @brian8410
    @brian8410 9 месяцев назад +1

    You are witnessing some of EC's most technically advanced forecasting tools. Funny they didn't showcase their "Weather Rock."

  • @nolan4339
    @nolan4339 9 месяцев назад +1

    Willie must have gone blind, I could see that shadows myself in the video, then again not really complaining.

  • @johnnybyup
    @johnnybyup 9 месяцев назад +1

    I'm so confused. 😂

  • @dustinwatkins7843
    @dustinwatkins7843 9 месяцев назад

    YESSSSSS!!!!

  • @Cj2o
    @Cj2o 9 месяцев назад

    Imagine if you will, if we had a bird, let's say robins, that actually know when Spring is here, then we wouldn't need a ground hog, with humans pretending that the marmot can talk to them, to ridiculously predict an end to Winter.
    Seriously folks, pay attention to when the 1st robins return from their migration, that's when you know Winter is over.
    The robins are way more accurate at their weather predictions than even we humans are.

  • @jeromemorgan4928
    @jeromemorgan4928 9 месяцев назад

    I hope so!...

  • @zomgoose
    @zomgoose 9 месяцев назад

    More accurate than Machine Learning!

  • @AP2780
    @AP2780 9 месяцев назад +1

    Seems like a big event to still guess 😂

  • @darylwilliams7883
    @darylwilliams7883 9 месяцев назад +2

    It's going to be an early spring. For the next 500 years. Get used to it, and start stockpiling canned food now.

    • @Cj2o
      @Cj2o 9 месяцев назад

      Why start stock piling food?
      Global food production is at all time highs... That's the opposite of what would be happening if modern climate catastrophe were an actual thing.
      Nothing to be concerned about.

    • @darylwilliams7883
      @darylwilliams7883 9 месяцев назад

      @@Cj2o For now.

    • @Cj2o
      @Cj2o 9 месяцев назад

      @@darylwilliams7883
      "For now" what?
      The same cohort of people today who are screaming about modern day climate catastrophism, are the same cohort of people that have been screaming climate catastrophism since the 1970's and beyond.
      In that time, world food production has kept rising, new all time highs every decade.
      In that time, African population has kept rising, new all time highs every decade.
      Face it, the real numbers DO NOT support catastrophism, it's a plain and obvious fact.

  • @kalijasin
    @kalijasin 9 месяцев назад

    Canada have groundhog day too. Lol

  • @xenxebra2559
    @xenxebra2559 9 месяцев назад

    Never drive angry.

  • @thegoldenjaguar
    @thegoldenjaguar 9 месяцев назад +2

    Can’t tell who is the groundhog. The one in the case or the one looking at them?

    • @tarzanstrickland
      @tarzanstrickland 9 месяцев назад +1

      this is a tradition. People had hard times in winter in those years this far north. The hope of an early spring, even if 'predicted' by a groundhog, was meaningful.

    • @tarzanstrickland
      @tarzanstrickland 9 месяцев назад +1

      It was a way to boost morale amongst the population, now in easier times you see it as meaningless.

  • @fadnama
    @fadnama 9 месяцев назад +1

    I hate winter, but we really need the snow.

  • @robbalinski1606
    @robbalinski1606 9 месяцев назад

    Did I miss winter?? Weird.

  • @chriscoyle7506
    @chriscoyle7506 9 месяцев назад +7

    All the groomers sure are angry at Premier Smith. Lol. Good.

  • @theobserver191
    @theobserver191 9 месяцев назад

    Trust the science.

  • @buffystclair9042
    @buffystclair9042 9 месяцев назад

    Im happy about this but wha I really want to know is what the air hog on Canada 1 is predicting for this spring

  • @BackYardPropsWA
    @BackYardPropsWA 9 месяцев назад +2

    Canadians do Groundhog Day?

  • @susanbirch6617
    @susanbirch6617 9 месяцев назад +1

    poor wee thing. all that noise and bumping around.

  • @thehandleishothott
    @thehandleishothott 9 месяцев назад

    I need to see his track record historically

  • @vladimirrashkovsky6274
    @vladimirrashkovsky6274 9 месяцев назад

    I wanna know what Willie really said to the mayor “tower 2 has been hit”

  • @ryans413
    @ryans413 9 месяцев назад

    Had like 4 days of winter lol

  • @RealNewsMMA
    @RealNewsMMA 9 месяцев назад

    If anyone points to global warming in the next few months just send them here

    • @hydromic2518
      @hydromic2518 9 месяцев назад

      Global warming the reason we haven’t had a real winter yet

  • @FrancisNelson-h5n
    @FrancisNelson-h5n 9 месяцев назад

    We don’t need Colonizer to tell us about weather. We just ask Native Americans

  • @kellygunner7625
    @kellygunner7625 9 месяцев назад

    Early Spring..Did we even have a winter ??😮😅

  • @ilikepiealoot
    @ilikepiealoot 9 месяцев назад

    My life is a lie, i thought they went to his hole and watched him to see if he did something that indicates he saw his shadow, no they just “ask” him and make something up?? Its all a lie!!!??!

  • @Reign7631
    @Reign7631 9 месяцев назад +3

    How is this still a tradition

    • @somethingsomething404
      @somethingsomething404 9 месяцев назад

      Right it’s just an animal in a box he doesn’t even have a hole to come out of then the mayor “talks to him”

  • @jessebeckerton3891
    @jessebeckerton3891 9 месяцев назад

    Hmm how cab he see his shadow in a building and funny how feb 2 it was the sunniest possible weather we have had all yr so ya 6 more weeks of winter

  • @MafiaMedia92
    @MafiaMedia92 9 месяцев назад

    Even he knows it’s best to stay in the hole for the next little while

  • @johnnychinstrap
    @johnnychinstrap 9 месяцев назад

    We need a winter first. Its still fall!

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 9 месяцев назад

      Plus 15 the last few days for me felt like spring. People had shorts on again lol.

  • @estaclaro4454
    @estaclaro4454 9 месяцев назад

    GOD SAVE WILLIE 😂😂

  • @vaskar8862
    @vaskar8862 9 месяцев назад

    About time 😂

  • @JohnSmith-on2ud
    @JohnSmith-on2ud 9 месяцев назад +10

    😂😅😂😅😂😅😂 We don’t need Colonizer to tell us about weather. We just ask Native Americans

    • @MS-ii1sv
      @MS-ii1sv 9 месяцев назад +4

      An Indian told me it's gonna be a cold winter. I asked him how he knew. He said "I saw the white man putting on storm windows."

  • @waynemoores
    @waynemoores 9 месяцев назад +1

    The most ridiculous "event" ever concocted.

  • @AeiSedai1976
    @AeiSedai1976 9 месяцев назад

    Time to ditch the god-speak

  • @kieunguyen1176
    @kieunguyen1176 9 месяцев назад

    😂😊... LOL , i hope so

  • @eveelliott7126
    @eveelliott7126 9 месяцев назад

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @overlex
    @overlex 9 месяцев назад +3

    WIARTON WILLIE FOR PRIME MINISTER 2025
    (really anybody but Wokeblackface🤡)

  • @AB-by8xu
    @AB-by8xu 9 месяцев назад

    Ok ..it says early spring …save you many minutes of your lives , please Canada stop traumatizing poor animals so sad

  • @ramonsanchez8171
    @ramonsanchez8171 9 месяцев назад

    Really😅

  • @PhotoboothTOLimited
    @PhotoboothTOLimited 9 месяцев назад

    These guys ate Willie after

  • @Blueskies1180
    @Blueskies1180 9 месяцев назад +1

    I’m so glad the Trudeau woke government hasn’t taken this tradition away… (for now)

  • @rickhuis3773
    @rickhuis3773 9 месяцев назад

    Last time I was there Willie was dead

  • @sergiolandz6056
    @sergiolandz6056 9 месяцев назад

    🐑

  • @starofdabloc
    @starofdabloc 9 месяцев назад

    Canadians literally just copied off of Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania except there still pretend they’re British too 😂 lame

  • @kr6370
    @kr6370 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is so dumb