As British Columbians continue to find unique ways to connect with loved ones while maintaining a two-metre distance between each other, a group of friends in the Okanagan have found a fresh way to ...

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Maybe it was the claustrophobic confines of the pandemic lockdown. Whatever it was, I found myself in the frigid waters of Lake Ontario earlier than usual this year — on May 16. It was an impromptu ...

Barbara, 70, and me, at 71, have swum together for at least 50 years. The lake we enjoy is in Manitoba’s Canadian Shield – West Hawk Lake – it’s deep and delicious, a crater formed by a meteor. For ...

Lake Ontario is clean enough for swimming, says Toronto Public Health, but an unofficial survey by CBC News has found few people are taking the plunge this early in the season because it's so cold.

In case you didn’t get the memo: the cold-water swimming craze is officially here to stay. What arguably started as a lockdown trend — wild swimming in lakes, seas and rivers because we couldn’t use ...

It is crucial to stay safe when swimming in open water this winter. Here are some expert tips and resources to use.

The first week of January in Newfoundland and Labrador might not sound like the best time for a beach day, but some brave swimmers met on Topsail Beach Saturday for a good cause. The Newfoundland and ...

Brave swimmers in Berlin's Oranke Lake celebrated Christmas with a cold swim in 1.5°C water, facing minus eight temperatures ...

This funding, if secured, would cover roughly half of the $93 million estimated cost to bring the project to life, according to information from the City of Cold Lake. If funding is secured, the ...