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News Items tag as: Polar Bear Swim
Where to take your New Year's Day polar bear plunge in Kamloops, Okanagan
December 22, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Beaches across the Thompson-Okanagan region will be covered with people dashing into frigid lakes for the annual New Year’s Day polar bear swims, dips and splashes.
Some Okanagan New Year's polar bear swims return
January 01, 2022 - 8:00 AM
New Year's Day polar bear swims were left out in the cold due to public health orders last year. In 2022, select cold plunges in the Okanagan and Shuswap are back for an in-person dips.
COVID-19 leaves Okanagan's New Year's Day polar bear swims out in the cold
December 30, 2020 - 2:30 PM
The latest COVID-19 restrictions from British Columbia’s health officer have left the New Year's Day polar bear swims in the Okanagan for 2021 out in the cold.
How you can bring in the New Year with a Polar Bear swim in the Okanagan
December 29, 2019 - 11:30 AM
Polar Bear Swims have become a tradition for some people to kick off the New Year across several communities and the Okanagan is no different.
Three free things you can do in Kelowna to celebrate the new year
December 27, 2018 - 11:29 AM
KELOWNA - If you still haven't made plans for celebrating the new year, you're in luck: Here's three things you can do without needing a ticket or a reservation.
Hundreds of hardy souls take New Year's plunge in Okanagan Lake
January 01, 2016 - 2:18 PM
PENTICTON - Sub zero temperatures and a snow covered beach failed to deter hundreds from participating in this year’s Summerland Polar Bear Dip.
New date for annual Vernon Polar Bear Swim
December 30, 2015 - 12:03 PM
VERNON - Keep your pants on — the annual Vernon polar bear swim isn’t happening, officially anyways, until February.
Channel your inner polar bear during icy plunge in Okanagan Lake
December 30, 2015 - 8:30 AM
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.
Kick off your new year with a dip in the South Thompson at the Kamloops Polar Bear Swim
December 28, 2015 - 8:00 PM
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.
Summerland Polar Bear Dip offers symbolic way to signify new beginnings
December 24, 2015 - 10:30 AM
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?
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone
Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process
Marijuana holiday 4/20 coincides with Easter and Passover this year. Here's what to know
Marijuana culture's high holiday, known as 4/20, fell this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans celebrated in some unusual ways, including an “Easter nug hunt” in Los Angeles, kosher-st
Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.
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Kamloops murder trial soon heads to Vancouver, Crown won't say why
A Kamloops murder trial entered its second of ten weeks, but most of it will be heard in the Lower Mainland. E
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iN PHOTOS: Arrowleaf balsamroot blooms in Okanagan, Kamloops
Every April the vibrant yellow blooms of arrowleaf balsamroot brightens up hillsides in the Thompson-Okanagan region
April 23, 2025 4:00 AM
Advance poll turnout breaks record with 7.3M ballots cast, Elections Canada says
OTTAWA - The waning days of the federal election campaign saw voters turn out in record numbers for advance polls and p
April 22, 2025 9:06 PM
Sharks drew crowds who swam with them off Israel's coast - until one man disappeared
HADERA, Israel (AP) — Israeli police on Tuesday scoured the Mediterranean coast for a swimmer they fear may ha
April 22, 2025 9:00 PM
BC beauty salon ordered to pay $15,000 after refusing to hire deaf applicant
A BC beauty salon has been ordered to pay $15,000 to a deaf beautician after the BC Human Rights Tribunal ruled the
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