5 Things You Need To Know For January 15, 2026

January 15th is the 15th day of the year. There are 350 days remaining until the end of the year.

Waking up in Chatham-Kent this morning to significant snowfall and a sharp drop in temperatures.

An Alberta Clipper brought snow, strong winds and cold temperatures. (An Alberta Clipper is a fast-moving low-pressure system that comes from Alberta and moves through the Plains and the Great Lakes region during the winter.)

Flurries will continue, with a high of -8°C today. Cold overnight, before we get back at 0°C tomorrow to start the weekend.

Over the weekend, a portion of the Florida Panhandle may see snowflakes due to record low temperatures. The National Weather Service is forecasting a cold weather advisory across Florida.

THE OPEN HOUSE HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER – WILL BE RESCHEDULED.

John McGregor Secondary School will hold their Grade 9 Open House tonight.

Students and parents are invited to tour the school and meet the staff from 6:30-8:30 tonight.

No registration needed, all graduating grade 8’s are welcome to attend.

The Dodge Charger has been named North American Car of the Year at the Detroit Auto Show. The Charger beat out the Honda Prelude and Nissan Sentra for the top honour.

Dodge CEO Matt McAlear accepted the award in Detroit, thanking the engineering, design, and manufacturing teams — including the workers at the Windsor assembly plant, where the car was built.

This is the 60th anniversary of the Charger nameplate.

New climate data shows 2025 was the third-warmest year on record.

Warmer temperatures are being linked to more frequent heat waves, heavier rainstorms, and increased flooding risks, along with longer allergy seasons and stress on crops.

Scientists warn Canada — including this region — is warming faster than the global average, and say these extreme weather patterns are becoming the new normal.

Happy 25th birthday to Wikipedia! The first Wikipedia post was on January 15th, 2001, two days after they registered the domain.

The first entry in their database was posted on January 15th at 2:27 P.M. Eastern. All it said was, “This is the new WikiPedia!” It wasn’t the first online encyclopedia. Another one called Nupedia launched in 2000, but didn’t last because they only let “experts” write about stuff.

Wikipedia lets anyone post, then other people review it and actual “facts” get locked in. Still, it’s not always accurate. (Estimates range from 80% accuracy to more like 99%, depending on the topic.)

Just under 20,000 entries were added the first year. By 2008, there were over two million, making it the largest encyclopedia ever assembled.

Today, you can read Wikipedia pages in over 300 languages. The English version alone covers more than seven million topics.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod