Rare total solar eclipse will break hearts in Edmonton

While a sliver of the United States will get the rare opportunity to witness a total solar eclipse later this month, Edmonton residents will miss out on most of the shadow show because of how far north we are.
A strip of darkness about 100 kilometres wide — known as the path of totality — will, on August 21, cross mainland America from Oregon to South Carolina marking the first coast-to-coast crossing of the U.S. since 1918.
Such is the excitement among astronomers and the press sout