Balzac Billy is the Canadian version of Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil who predicts whether or not spring will come early. But unlike Phil — who is an actual groundhog — Billy is a human ...

But then again Balzac Billy isn't exactly your typical groundhog. First of all, he's more than six feet tall. It's a far cry from the furry critters hoisted up at other Feb. 2 events.

Alberta’s Balzac Billy made his seasonal prediction at the annual Groundhog Day breakfast at Blue Grass Nursery and Garden Centre Friday morning. The “groundhog” awoke from hibernation ...

Think you know all there is to know about Groundhog Day? Think again ... and Canada has Balzac Billy in Alberta and Shubernacadie Sam in Nova Scotia, to name a few. That's not even including ...

Looking north, another type of groundhog, Balzac Billy, hails from Balzac, Alberta, in Canada. Balzac Billy will pop his head out of his “burrow” at the Blue Grass Nursery Centre on Saturday ...

According to the Balzac Billy website, the groundhog is known today as the “Prairie Prognosticator.” ...

Residents created a workaround with Balzac Billy, a man-sized mascot who has been predicting the spring forecast since the 1970s. He's not even a groundhog: according to the Lethbridge Times Billy is ...

A friendly animal in Edmonton’s river valley may soon rival Balzac Billy as the famous Alberta groundhog. The CBC’s Tim Adams came across a groundhog on Saturday while he was out for a run in ...

Alberta’s weather-forecasting groundhog Balzac Billy has predicted another six weeks of winter. After a group of employees at the Blue Grass Garden Centre roared and clapped to wake Billy on ...