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Polar Bear Swim
Where to take your New Year’s Day polar bear plunge in Kamloops, Okanagan
Beaches across the Thompson-Okanagan region will be covered with people dashing into frigid lakes for…
Some Okanagan New Year’s polar bear swims return
New Year's Day polar bear swims were left out in the cold due to public…
COVID-19 leaves Okanagan’s New Year’s Day polar bear swims out in the cold
The latest COVID-19 restrictions from British Columbia’s health officer have left the New Year's Day…
How you can bring in the New Year with a Polar Bear swim in the Okanagan
Polar Bear Swims have become a tradition for some people to kick off the New…
How you can bring in the New Year with a Polar Bear Swim in Kamloops and the Shuswap
Polar Bear Swims have become a tradition for many people to kick off the New…
Three free things you can do in Kelowna to celebrate the new year
KELOWNA – If you still haven't made plans for celebrating the new year, you're in…
Kamloops Polar Bear Swim set to ring in new year
KAMLOOPS – If you want to celebrate 2018 with an icy dunk in the South…
10 things to do in Vernon over the Family Day long weekend
VERNON – The long weekend is almost here, and so are a number of events…
Upcoming Polar Bear Swims from the Okanagan to Kamloops
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If you want to kick off the New Year with a polar bear…
Hundreds of hardy souls take New Year’s plunge in Okanagan Lake
PENTICTON - Sub zero temperatures and a snow covered beach failed to deter hundreds from participating in this year’s Summerland Polar Bear Dip. Summerland Kinsman Club President Mike Petkau says roughly 200 dippers took to Okanagan Lake today, Jan.1, to start the new year with an icy plunge. Petkau estimates up to 500 in total...
New date for annual Vernon Polar Bear Swim
VERNON - Keep your pants on — the annual Vernon polar bear swim isn’t happening, officially anyways, until February. Normally held on New Year’s Day at Kalamalka Beach, this year’s polar bear plunge has instead been scheduled to coincide with the Vernon Winter Carnival. The date is set for Sunday, Feb. 7, and as in the...
Channel your inner polar bear during icy plunge in Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA - Polar bear swims have become a traditional way to welcome the new year for many people and residents of the Central Okanagan are no exception. There will be two to choose from the region, one in Kelowna and another in Peachland, and those willing to go a bit further also have the option...
Kick off your new year with a dip in the South Thompson at the Kamloops Polar Bear Swim
KAMLOOPS - Whether it’s on your bucket list or if you want to wash 2015 off with icy cold water, the annual polar bear swim will happen in Kamloops on Jan. 1. Linda Gayfer, who helps arrange the event, says no matter why you choose to jump in the South Thompson River the event is...
Summerland Polar Bear Dip offers symbolic way to signify new beginnings
SUMMERLAND - If you haven't already, it’s time to start thinking of New Year’s resolutions, and what better way to kick off a new year and turn over a new leaf than with a bracing plunge in Okanagan Lake? This is the 31st year the Summerland Kinsmen have sponsored the annual Summerland Polar Bear Dip. ...
Why this Okanagan woman took not one, but 12 polar bear dips
OKANAGAN - If you thought this week’s Polar Bear Swim participants were nuts, you won’t believe what this Okanagan mom has been doing for the past three months. Along with her sister and 14-year-old daughter, Kelowna resident Mix Hart has been taking a dip in Okanagan Lake once a week for the past 12 weeks....
PHOTOS: Brave souls ring in 2015 with Polar Bear Swim in Kal Lake
VERNON - Roughly 100 brave souls charged into the frigid waters of Kalamalka Lake Thursday as part of the annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Swim. Participants flung off their towels and jackets in -6 C weather and ran into the icy waters while supporters waited on the beach with towels. Swimmers high-fived and embraced...
PHOTOS: New Year’s Day frigid plunge into Okanagan Lake
KELOWNA - About 100 brave souls walked, waded, ran and dived into the fridge waters of Okanagan Lake at Kelowna's City Park on New Year's Day. The annual Polar Bear Swim not only tested the participants ability to survive in icy water, it was a fundraiser for the Community Recreation Initiatives Society. The icy spash...
PHOTOS: Annual Kamloops Polar Bear dip in the icy river
KAMLOOPS – Over 100 people showed up for the annual Polar Bear Swim in the…
Kick off the New Year with the Polar Bear Swim
KAMLOOPS - You may want to ask for big fuzzy towels and lots of hot chocolate for Christmas if you plan on taking on the Polar Bear Swim this year. The Polar Bear Swim will run on New Year’s Day at Riverside Park. Fundraising organizer Linda Gayfer says the annual event is a great way...
Ring in the New Year with a splash at Vernon’s Polar Bear Swim
VERNON - It’s a freezing, and at the same time heartwarming, event. This year’s Polar Bear Swim Jan. 1 at Kal Beach is again raising funds for the Zimbabwe Project, which supports communities through gardening, sewing, carpentry, livestock and other projects. You can ring in the new year by plunging into Kalamalka Lake and getting...