Northern Lights Dazzle Vancouverites

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story. Metro Vancouver lit up with Northern Lights over the weekend, folks catching green and purple glows in the sky. A moderate geomagnetic storm watch from space weather experts sparked it all on Friday and Saturday. Solar winds shot out from a coronal hole at high speeds, slamming into Earth and shaking up the atmosphere enough to push the aurora this far south. Officials turned into aurora hunters, sharing photos from spots like English Bay and Richmond around 1 a.m. Amateurs scrolled Facebook groups and apps for alerts racing out despite the late hour. Cameras stole the show, popping colors the naked eye barely caught as fang lows, experienced chasers called it a luck game, checking forecasts and dodging city light pollution for better views. Clear skies stick around this week, but aurora action stays low so those weekend snaps might hold you over to the next cosmic light party hits.