On March 10, the Town of South Bruce announced that Wiarton Willie passed away peacefully in his sleep. No further details were forthcoming except that the town was immediately embarking on a search for a replacement albino groundhog.

So it has been a distressing decade for Wiarton and its groundhogs; feel free to review my past posts on the subject, no point in summarizing it all again so RIP Wiarton Willie; your last reveal was brilliant and; In my opinion, you carried the event in each of your 3 reveals.