The scene at the Vancouver Polar Bear Swim, one of the oldest polar plunges in the world, is a jubilant one. On Canada’s ...

As a 74-year-old tradition, San Pedro’s annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear swim at Cabrillo Beach doesn’t see a lot of change — ...

There are several polar bear swims taking place in Metro Vancouver on Jan. 1, so if you're ready to plunge, we've got you ...

It’s the time of year when brave — some would say wacky — swimmers take a dip in the chilly Pacific during the La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day. The 2026 event will ...

An ocean water closure for Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro was issued by the L.A. County Health Department on Tuesday, Dec. 30.

Mar. 1—OLCOTT — Hundreds of swimmers will be taking their annual plunge into the chilly winter waters of Lake Ontario on Sunday. The 55th annual Polar Bear Swim, organized by the Olcott Lions Club, ...

New Year's Day is coming up fast and so is the annual Polar Bear Swim. For the first time people who face mobility challenges ...

The Esquimalt levée and polar bear swims around Vancouver Island are among many ways to celebrate this New Year’s Day.

There will be plenty of family-friendly ways to ring in the new year Wednesday night, along with an icy dip in Lake Ontario ...

More than one spot in Toronto will host a frigid dip on Jan. 1, ringing in the New Year while supporting a good cause.

Sixty feet of potentially dangerous floating ice out from the shoreline at Newcastle’s waterfront has forced the postponement of the annual Clarington Polar Bear Swim. Clarington firefighters, who ...