Solar Eclipse

A Quebec zoo took advantage of last Monday’s total solar eclipse to study the behaviours of some of its animals. A Japanese macaque looks on at the Granby Zoo in Granby, Que., in a Jan. 17, 2024, handout photo. The zoo’s research and conservation department was approached by an astrophysics professor from the Université du Québec à Montréal about taking part in an animal behaviour study and collecting data on how they reacted during the rare phenomenon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Granby Zoo, Keith Bartlett

Darkness of the eclipse sheds new light on zoo animal behaviour

Animals reacted in a variety of ways — much of them unexpected as it got dark during Quebec day

 

The Texas clouds disperse Monday (April 8) in time for for Saanich father and son Steve Hickton and Connor Hickton to experience the full solar eclipse. (Photo by Steven Hickton)

PHOTOS: Saanich pair races to clear skies in Texas for total solar eclipse

4 a.m. start, traffic dodging lands father-son duo in Goldthwaite in the path of totality

 

Solar flares fringe the moon as it passes in front of the sun during the totality phase of a total solar eclipse, in Kingston, Ont., Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canadians react with delight as eclipse moves across the country

Stars twinkled in the afternoon sky in parts of the country where the clouds parted for rare event

 

Eclipse glasses were all the rage on Monday at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).

PHOTOS: Partial eclipse draws all-ages to central Alberta

‘We are all still sun worshippers’

Eclipse glasses were all the rage on Monday at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).
Eclipse glasses are for sale along with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” album at the Rock Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Nano)

Watchers pray for clouds to part as eclipse has continent in its clutches

It will take just 1 hour, 40 minutes for the moon’s shadow to cross the continent.

Eclipse glasses are for sale along with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” album at the Rock Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Nano)
A total solar eclipse is set to fall over parts of Canada, gathering massive crowds in its path who hope to catch a glimpse of the rare celestial event. A blue sky shines below the sun as a person walks with an infant along the shores of Lake Ontario, a day before a total solar eclipse will be visible in Kingston, Ont., Sunday, April 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canadians gather to watch the sun go out, as much-hyped eclipse arrives

What you know as total eclipse ready to slide through eastern Canada this afternoon

A total solar eclipse is set to fall over parts of Canada, gathering massive crowds in its path who hope to catch a glimpse of the rare celestial event. A blue sky shines below the sun as a person walks with an infant along the shores of Lake Ontario, a day before a total solar eclipse will be visible in Kingston, Ont., Sunday, April 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Folks watched for a solar eclipse in 2017 in Fort Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)

Weather clouds the minds of Canada’s solar eclipse chasers

Path of totality expected to move through eastern Canada Monday

Folks watched for a solar eclipse in 2017 in Fort Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)
Connor Hickton (left) and Steve Hickton of Saanich are set to chase an eclipse, travelling to Texas ahead of the April 8 event. (Courtesy Steve Hickton)

B.C. father and son chasing total solar eclipse to Texas

Steve and Connor Hickton took the same UVic astronomy course 20 years apart

Connor Hickton (left) and Steve Hickton of Saanich are set to chase an eclipse, travelling to Texas ahead of the April 8 event. (Courtesy Steve Hickton)
A view of Niagara Falls, Ont. is shown on Friday, March 29, 2024 in a photo taken in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it readies to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio

Eclipse expected to create largest Niagara Falls tourist influx ever

Mayor says about 1 million visitors could be there April 8 to experience total solar eclipse

A view of Niagara Falls, Ont. is shown on Friday, March 29, 2024 in a photo taken in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it readies to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio
FILE - Tyler Hanson, of Fort Rucker, Ala., watches the sun moments before the total eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in North America first hits land at Mexico’s Pacific coast, cuts diagonally across the U.S. from Texas to Maine and exits in eastern Canada. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Where will you be for the April 8 total solar eclipse? There’s still time to grab a spot

The eclipse reaches Mexico’s Pacific coast in the morning, cuts diagonally across the U.S.

FILE - Tyler Hanson, of Fort Rucker, Ala., watches the sun moments before the total eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in North America first hits land at Mexico’s Pacific coast, cuts diagonally across the U.S. from Texas to Maine and exits in eastern Canada. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
People watch a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse along the Las Vegas Strip, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People watch a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse along the Las Vegas Strip, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Partial solar eclipse could be seen in B.C., but forecast may hamper view

Environment Canada is predicting clouds and showers in much of the province’s southwest

Western British Columbia will be the best place in Canada to view a rare annular solar eclipse set to happen Saturday, but cloudy skies could obscure the phenomenon for viewers on the south coast. Eagles fly past a partial solar eclipse in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Altaf Qadri

B.C. might be Canada’s best place to watch rare solar eclipse

Clouds a concern as moon set to block the sun starting a little after 8 a.m. Oct. 14, Pacific time

Western British Columbia will be the best place in Canada to view a rare annular solar eclipse set to happen Saturday, but cloudy skies could obscure the phenomenon for viewers on the south coast. Eagles fly past a partial solar eclipse in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Altaf Qadri
A partial solar eclipse rises behind clouds, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Arbutus, Maryland, U.S. The 2023 solar eclipse will be visible in B.C. on Saturday, Oct. 14 morning. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

B.C. to have excellent view of partial solar eclipse this weekend

Saturday morning sun will largely disappear behind the moon

A partial solar eclipse rises behind clouds, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Arbutus, Maryland, U.S. The 2023 solar eclipse will be visible in B.C. on Saturday, Oct. 14 morning. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)