Niagara Region’s Emergency Declaration for Solar Eclipse Challenged in Court

Tourists walk past the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ont., on March 18, 2020. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

A constitutional rights group is seeking to challenge the Niagara Region in court after the city declared a state of emergency ahead of the much-anticipated total solar eclipse April 8.

The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) has filed a notice of application for a judicial review of the region’s state of emergency, calling the move “unlawful.”