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Morning Start: Chinese New Year, Year of the Metal Rat

Your morning start for Friday, Jan. 24
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Amelia-Ahn Lou, 8, practices her Chinese calligraphy during a Lantern Festival to celebrate the Chinese New Year. (Capital News file photo)

Happy Chinese New Year.

Jan. 25 will bring in the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese Calendar. The holiday celebrates ChinaÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s neighbouring cultures and was traditionally a time to honour deities and ancestors.

Fun Fact of the day:

Saturday will mark the first day of the . The last Year of the Rat was in 2008, people born in this year are likeable by all, sensitive to otherÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s emotions and have kind personalities.

The metal element adds that people born in the Year of the Metal Rat tend to be reliable, live a stable life and are able to turn unlucky events into fortune.

Weather forecast according to Environment Canada:

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Skiing in the southern Okanagan can be extremely fun and even exhilarating at times, but it can also be deadly.

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