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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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Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin
Central Okanagan needs 20,000 new homes in five years
Cities around the Central Okanagan have been figuring out how many homes they need to build to keep up with the rising demand, but the regional district has taken a step back to look at the bigger picture. The Regional District of the Centr
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