Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One hundred and six years of tradition have made Vancouver’s Polar Bear Swim in English Bay one of the city’s most popular events, ...

The year 2025 might be remembered for a lot of other, more pressing developments, but it’s certainly seen a wave of interest in the near-magical healing powers of cold plunges. But the idea of ...

CBC reporter Troy Charles was among thousands to take the plunge into the frigid waters of Vancouver's English Bay Beach on New Year's Day, in a tradition that was born in the city over 100 years ago.