Author: Gary Boyle

A Partial Solar Eclipse

Posted by Gary Boyle | Sep 14, 2023 | Columnists, Educational |

On October 14, the moon will be farther from Earth and therefore not block the entire solar disk.

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Spooky eyes

Posted by Gary Boyle | Feb 19, 2023 | Columnists, Educational |

The night sky is a fantastic collection of tiny dots. Most of these light sources are faint, while...

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Backyard Astronomy – Spotting a comet

Posted by Gary Boyle | Jan 15, 2023 | Columnists, Educational |

What better way to open the new year than by spotting a hopefully bright comet? It is referred to...

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The Mars Show

Posted by Gary Boyle | Dec 2, 2022 | Columnists, Educational |

Some three billion years ago, Mars is believed to have been a water world just like Earth. It...

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Backyard Astronomy – First James Webb Space Telescope images are just the tip of the cosmic iceberg

Posted by Gary Boyle | Jul 22, 2022 | Columnists, Educational, News |

It is often said, a picture is worth a thousand words and the first images from the James Webb...

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No ban on feeding wild animals in Alfred and PlantagenetSeptember 28, 2023
Residents of Alfred and Plantagenet will be able to keep feeding wild animals without risk of fines. At the September 19 Committee of the Whole meeting, council decided against introducing a bylaw which would have … Read more
MacDonald seeking SDG warden’s role for 2024September 25, 2023
The warden’s gavel for the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry (SDG) could return to North Glengarry for 2024. At the September 18 SDG council meeting, representatives followed the regional government’s tradition of declaring … Read more