{"id":382480,"date":"2026-01-02T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/382480\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T00:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:20:11","slug":"polar-bear-swims-draw-crowds-across-canada-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/382480\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar bear swims draw crowds across Canada &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQYWNzVTAzYlhKUFBTRk9QdkRMTWx2UW9LcVJjcHlQNDZKT0hweUsyeG84eTd2Rk5DcWdSYmN1N2oyQjlORWhFT2dWeEpTcGl0V3p6ZjVBOHYxOU1JV1BwNEVkQU9hcXB1Y2VZRnB3U1gxYW43dHQzamZlVkJDcXM2c1pNbzhKZmQzWjRvZg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polar bear swims draw crowds across Canada<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPeHhTYmhldDBIQkZXM1kwM0hiS0xZekhSQ2c1OEZ0MTVNRERCcTVYbTh4S3V3UUFobkctVlRqd25faVNhMTVNQ2gtOW5aclJOS3Z5Wk1QTXo5SUdFdk1SQUp0VUhjSFdmVkgyeFJkV0ZEdEdBcndNaGhXeTVXcDd4aFpFRVVwU09xSHpIb0xpeUd3Yl9Ramswc1R5RzAtdXFjVUg5YkpEbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Why not jump into icy cold water?&#8217;: Polar dippers kick off new year in Charlottetown<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPTENUR29kSFRUX29PVDRla0RRQzF1QUx5NUpFbW1Nb1hSb185eVhaTGNiRnROVm9jNFo0aG4ySVVEMGFDZ0k4R1Bod0tWRFN3MzdmYU5hdE0tamZQTnlySTFzWVAyWDRmQVJrWk9IV0E5RUppVHk3M1Zad0VNcmxqVTBKSUJhTms4d29JWTBCVExxZV9ZZmFZc2lSeEc4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polar plungers kick off 2026 at Sarnia&#8217;s Canatara Beach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sarnia Observer<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTFBJZ0lPN3dWZ2hHaTNHSEZvYzlLbG1EZU5uT0pGWE5ucTFaUGcwWC1rbGt6MFBsd3dBb01OeC1IQjR6WjhBa2lVZGEzSDlQb1BuRGwtQ25FcHZnd1JvNkROQ3BwMHhoeWtTSHVCLVZSdU9nV05hNWVxOWJn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">About 250 people take part in Ottawa&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Day plunge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQVHpJTmtnbVhZMXdHcG00blY3dmhTUll4M0hKZW9Td2dGVUtTY1k5bFMtRmJVdnRGUzU1b0lwanBoNG1qRW0wV2JtYlFJazF0MWVURUJLcW5WOWxycjRmeUR5elFVNFN3ZzJsVzNueFhNdGdqdjlsRWxyZE56MjdSZE15U19nQTBGa3B5RnpFa1NiQWJ5ZHpET0M2T1U4MGVSeWJoVTd1QVp0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Water for water\u2019: Oakville\u2019s polar bear dip fundraises for global clean water<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CHCH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Polar bear swims draw crowds across Canada&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News&#8216;Why not jump into icy cold water?&#8217;: Polar dippers kick off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-382480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}