What do groundhogs know

So much for predictions of an early spring from Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and Punxsutawney Phil.
Environment Canada’s spring forecast suggests they got it all wrong.
The agency is out with its spring forecast for March, April and May.
Last year, Canada had one of the earliest springs ever, noted senior climatologist David Phillips, but this year, the season will be “reluctant to arrive.”
Canada has had a “fickle and fitful” winter with temperature swings that are typical in a La Nina year, he said, and there will likely be more of the same in the spring.
He predicts that three quarters of the country will be colder than normal March through May.
B-C, the Yukon, the Prairies, the Northwest Territories and most of Ontario will suffer through colder temperatures.
Meanwhile, most of Newfoundland and eastern Nova Scotia will enjoy a warmer than normal spring.
And western Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario will have near normal temperatures.