In the dark of night on March 23, a dazzling geomagnetic phenomenon shed its light across Canada and tonight, Canadians can look forward to a minor encore. This instance of aurora borealis, or the Northern Lights, is being triggered by intense solar winds, which bring some beautiful disturbance to the Earth's magnetic field.
​City dwellers across Canada, including those in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, could be in for a visual treat during the night this weekend. Vibrant northern lights shows are expected to extend over the whole country, even visible from southern regions, thanks to intense and sustained solar storms over the past few days.