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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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Strawberry dilemma: Buy cheap American or more pricey Okanagan grown
Fruit stands with rows and rows of fresh strawberries in the Okanagan should tell you they’re in season, but if you shop for your berries at the grocery store you might feel like it’s a struggle to buy Canadian right now. Americ
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A South Okanagan developer was hit with another fine for its leaky sewage system, this time for $158,000. The sewage system was recently taken over by the regional district, but that didn't stop the province from handing down its third
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