St Year: Arnie Ross and Cait Caulfield

st year: Octogenarian Arnie Ross took the inaugural leap off the wharf in Herring's Cove, N.S., wearing his coral swim trunks with the words Happy 2017 scrawled across his chest and back in permanent marker, according to CTV. This was his 21st year participating in the tradition. The so-called polar bear swims are held annually in a number of communities, including Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax and Charlottetown. About 260 swimmers followed him into the murky water in the largest turnout the Herring Cove Polar Bear Dip has seen since it began in 1994. In Toronto, hundreds more ran into Lake Ontario, including Cait Caulfield. Two by two, Polar Bear Dip newcomers and veterans spanning nationalities and generations took the plunge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.