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Will you take the plunge on New Year’s Day?

More than 500 people braved the icy Bedford Channel last Jan. 1 for Polar Bear swim
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Will you do the Polar Bear swim this New Year’s Day?

Last Jan. 1, more than 500 people welcomed the new year with a plunge into the icy Bedford Channel.

It was likely the coldest, snowiest Polar Bear swim in more than a decade, but participants didn’t seem to mind.

The Fort 91Ô­´´ Polar Bear plunge was started by Fort 91Ô­´´ resident Darian Kovacs, founder of Jellybean Marketing.

His idea for the local swim quickly took off and now hundreds show up to run into — and quickly out of — the icy water.

The plunge happens at noon.



Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the 91Ô­´´ Advance Times.
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