Locals marvel at solar eclipse
Whether it was online or in the great outdoors, thousands of Battleford and Meadow Lake residents witnessed the first solar eclipse seen in Canada since 2014.
The partial solar eclipse which covered 75 to 80 per cent of the moon began Monday morning at 10:26 a.m. and finished at roughly 12:57 p.m. The closest the moon got to the sun or the maximum coverage was at 11:41 a.m.
meadowlakeNOW and battlefordsNOW together with NASA provided live online coverage of the event for those who were unable to leave work to view the phenomenon.
“We had over 5,000 people viewing our online coverage on both websites,” news director Colin McGarrigle said. “We know a lot of people were unable to get outside to view the eclipse and we were happy to provide this to our readers.”