Counterfeit eclipse glasses are selling online. How to spot fakes
As the excitement builds for the total solar eclipse on April 8, warnings about counterfeit and fake eclipse glasses on sale are also popping up.
Canada
Mar 30
Commonwealth Recreation Centre becomes latest City of Edmonton building with solar installation
The solar installation at the Commonwealth rec centre has 1,128 panels that the city said cover an area of 40,760 square feet.
Environment
Mar 12
Solar project a threat to pronghorn migration: Alberta wildlife group
The Alberta Wilderness Association is calling on the Alberta government to put a stop to a large solar project being built in the Medicine Hat area.
Environment
Mar 25
Total solar eclipse: How to watch if you can’t see it in person
Global News will be livestreaming Monday's total solar eclipse for Canadians who won't be able to watch it in person.
Canada
Apr 7
IN PHOTOS: Eclipse watchers across North America react with cheers, awe
Millions of people from Mexico to Newfoundland and Labrador gazed upward as a total solar eclipse crossed North America on Monday.
World
Apr 8
Okanagan College campus life expected to get much livelier with new student housing
The number of students living on campus at Okanagan College in Kelowna will more than double at the start of next fall, due to new developments.
Canada
Mar 27
Canadian renewable energy operators urged to invest now to protect infrastructure from climate risk
Wind and solar operators in Canada are being urged to reduce the likelihood of future catastrophic grid outages by making their infrastructure more resilient to climate change.
Environment
Apr 10
New Brunswick dairy farm offsets electric bill with solar power
A farm in southern New Brunswick has installed a solar farm which has offset the cost of there entire electricity bill amid soaring costs.
Environment
Mar 18
Increasing renewable energy development to create more conflicts between environmental values
Near the town of High River, Benita Estes has been fighting a large biodigester project that would turn manure into enough natural gas to power 6,000 homes.
Economy
Apr 12
BC Hydro launches call for private wind, solar power producers to feed grid
The Crown corporation said it needs another 3,000 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, enough to power the equivalent of 270,000 homes or a million electric vehicles.
Economy
Apr 3
Total solar eclipse: How to enjoy totality in Kingston
The city has said it is expecting as many as 500,000 visitors for the eclipse, which means it won't be business as usual in Kingston on Monday.
Canada
Apr 5
Chasing clear skies, eclipse watchers head to Quebec’s Eastern Townships
Canadian cities from Niagara Falls, Ont., to Gander, N.L., are preparing to welcome visitors hoping to spend a few minutes plunged into darkness.
Canada
Apr 4
New Brunswick volunteers build flying telescope to see total eclipse above the clouds
A retired medical physicist has led a group of volunteers to build a sun-tracking telescope that will be hoisted aloft by a weather balloon on the afternoon of April 8.
Science
Mar 10
Emergency planning part of Kingston’s total solar eclipse prep: ‘This is the big one’
Officials in Kington, Ont., expect the solar eclipse on April 8 could lead to traffic jams lasting four hours if things go well, or gridlock lasting up to 15 hours if they don't.
Canada
Mar 22
N.B. scientist to launch balloon with cameras to track total solar eclipse
A retired New Brunswick physicist plans to launch a high-altitude balloon to capture images of a total solar eclipse that is expected to happen on April 8.
Canada
Mar 11
N.B. students shoot for the stars with province’s first-ever satellite slated to launch
The work of hundreds of New Brunswick students will soon come to fruition, as a satellite they built and designed is slated to launch into space in the coming weeks.
Science
Mar 12
Total solar eclipse is driving travel demand to these Canadian cities: Airbnb
Interest in travelling to Canadian cities and towns along the path of the total solar eclipse is skyrocketing ahead of the rare celestial event on April 8.
Canada
Mar 5
Renting vs owning: A tale of 2 different Lethbridge housing markets
An April report from Rentals.ca says the price of a one-bedroom apartment in the city was $1,282, which is up 5.9 per cent from last year.
Canada
Apr 15
Ontario ‘task force’ prepares Canadians for total solar eclipse — and beyond
With a name that sounds like science fiction, the Ontario Eclipse Task Force (OETF) is made up of scientists, educators and other leaders in the field of astronomy
Science
Apr 6
After 5 years, Budget 2024 lays out promised small business carbon rebate
After five years, Budget 2024 signals a government plan to make start issuing carbon price rebates for small-to-medium sized businesses.
Economy
Apr 16
