Event Location: Kaleden, B.C.

The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory invites you to take in unobstructed views of the annual Perseid meteor shower. This is one of the most spectacular meteor events to regularly occur, where it is common to see eighty meteors per hour. Astronomers Ken Tapping, Roland Kothes, Tom Landecker, Chris Purton, and Tim Robishaw will guide guests’ observations … Read more

Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) will install the final piece of Canada’s newest and largest radio telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment also known as CHIME. She will be accompanied by representatives from the National Research Council of Canada, the University of British Columbia, McGill University, and the University of Toronto. This … Read more