Year in review: A look at news events in January 2023

A look at news events in January 2023: 4 - Canada marks the first National Ribbon Skirt Day, after a bill to recognize the event every Jan. 4 passed in Parliament late last year. It was inspired by a 10-year-old girl who wore a ribbon skirt to her rural Saskatchewan school in December 2020. Isabella Kulak wore the colourful garment as part of a formal day, but her family said at the time that a staff member told her the outfit wasn’t formal enough. The school division later apologized. 5 - Despite protests and threats of retaliation from Beijing, airline…