5 Things You Need To Know For January 12, 2026

January 12, 2026 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

January 12th is the 12th day of the year. There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year.

After temperatures got up to the teens last week, more seasonal highs expected this week according to Environment Canada. Sun and cloud and a high of just 2°C today. Temperatures jump up to 5 tomorrow with some rain, before a chance of flurries midweek.

The Chatham-Kent Polar Plunge is this weekend. Money raised will support Special Olympics Ontario and the athletes. Come by Sons of Kent Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. And if you’d like to take the plunge, you can still register.

Instagram users are being urged to change their passwords after a data leak that may have impacted up to 175-million accounts. Meta says there’s no evidence Instagram systems were breached, but confirms an issue allowed password-reset emails to be triggered. Users are being told to update passwords in the app and turn on two-factor authentication.

NBC released their Sunday Night Baseball schedule and for the first time in a decade, the Toronto Blue Jays will be involved. The Jays are scheduled to face the Kansas City Royals on September 6th, marking their return to U.S. national primetime coverage. For Canadian fans this doesn’t matter much, all of the games will still be available on Sportsnet.

Juneau, Alaska had so much snow in December that several roofs collapsed and boats sank in the harbour. Nearly seven feet of snow — 82 inches — fell on Alaska’s capital city last month – nearly an entire winter season’s worth of snow. Its the snowiest December in more than 80 years. There was so much, they were running out of places to put it. Now in January, rain has caused problems too with flooding now an issue. Strong winds and heavy rain are expected until tomorrow bringing the risk for large avalanches.