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#750 Dead Willies
It’s a story about deception, coverups, and some say, about murder. This is a story about Groundhog Day. The true story of Wiarton Willie.
Jesse Brown
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Jonathan Goldsbie
News Editor
Sarah Lawrynuik
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Tristan Capacchione
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Kieran Oudshoorn
Managing Editor, Podcasts
It’s a story about deception, coverups, and some say, about murder. This is a story about Groundhog Day. The true story of Wiarton Willie.
CANADALAND Editor Jonathan Goldsbie digs into the shell game of dead groundhogs that spans decades.

Featured in this episode: Liam Casey, a reporter/editor in the Ontario bureau for the Canadian Press; Frank Gunn, a national photographer for the Canadian Press

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