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Hundreds in White Rock braving the cold to take part in the Polar Bear Swim. The annual event is held by the local rotary club and brings the community together to celebrate a new year. Paul Johnson has more.

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 will be able to take the plunge at White Rock Beach, thanks to the work of local city councillor and accessibility advocate Susan Bains.

Thousands of people took the plunge in White Rock on Jan. 1, 2025, for the annual Polar Bear Swim. Andrea Macpherson is live at the swim talking to people about why they participate.

Thousands of people around the province taking part in the annual New Year’s tradition of dunking themselves into the chilly water today. White Rock and Crescent Beach were on the list of places holding annual polar bear swims. Andrea Macpherson has more.

Thousands gathered at English Bay for the annual Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, Wednesday. Safeeya Pirani was there for the event and has the details.

British swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh, dubbed the “human polar bear,” has completed the first-ever swim under an ice sheet in Antarctica. Jeff Semple explains how Pugh did it to raise awareness of climate change, and the dire threat facing Antarctica.

Hundreds of people ran into Lake Ontario to raise over $65,000 for Habitat for humanity.

It’s the time of the year when otherwise mostly normal people throw caution to the cold wind and plunge into frigid waters. Jennifer Palma reports on this year’s B.C polar bear swims.

The Vancouver Polar Bear Swim is getting a COVID makeover. We talk to Vancouver Polar Bear Swim President Lisa Pantages about keeping the tradition alive during the pandemic.

Global BC captured a few brave souls out on New Year’s Day celebrating the start of 2021 with a fresh swim in the icy waters off of Vancouver beaches. Annual polar bear swims in the province were cancelled this year due to the pandemic, and swimmers were asked to participate virtually instead.

A look back on Saturday night’s New Year’s Eve celebrations in downtown Vancouver. Hundreds partake in Vancouver’s 2023 Polar Bear Swim. A senior man died in an East Vancouver house fire Saturday evening. Reaction to Canada’s latest measures regarding incoming travellers from some parts of Asia.

The Vancouver Park Board is preparing for the 100th anniversary of the Polar Bear Swim. Here is archive footage of the 1962 Polar Bear Swim.

A New Year’s Day tradition is back at Vancouver’s English Bay Beach after a pandemic hiatus. As Travis Prasad reports, more than 6,000 brave souls took part in the 103rd annual Polar Bear Swim.

About a hundred swimmers took the icy plunge into Okanagan Lake for Summerland’s 33rd annual Polar Bear Dip.

Thousands of Vancouverites will be welcoming in the New Year Monday in a way that can only be described as shock to the system – the 104th annual Polar Bear swim. Lisa Pantages, the event founder’s grand daughter, talks about the history and what a newcomer needs to know.

Hundreds of people rang in 2024 with a splash at the annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swim at English Bay. Participants of all ages donned fun costumes and took the plunge into the cold waters.

While thousands of British Columbians take he plunge in polar bear swims, a dedicated group of people aim for the “hat trick” equivalent. John Hua reports.

Two other traditions will look very different this year because of the pandemic. The 101st Vancouver Polar Bear Swim is going online virtually, as well, TransLink is pulling the plug on free transit rides this New Year’s Eve.

Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the Polar Bear Swim at Vancouver’s English Bay and New Year’s Eve at Sasquatch Mountain.

Global’s Aaron Mcarthur wraps up the annual madness across B.C. known as the “polar bear swim.”