This year’s Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver marks the tradition’s 103rd year. Over 5,000 people registered for the event on English Bay. Angela Bower speaks to this year’s participants.
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Three-Week-Old Richmond Zoo Pygmy Hippo Has First Swimming Lesson With Mom | WRIC
The newest star of the Metro Richmond Zoo is strutting her stuff, showing off thousands of years of natural instincts during her first experience swimming, just three weeks after birth.
The unnamed pygmy hippo infant was born on Dec. 6, and on Tuesday, Dec. 27, she took her first trip to the Metro Richmond Zoo’s indoor pool area with her mother, Iris, for some hippo swimming lessons.
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Instructor Charged in 4-Year-Old’s Burke County Drowning | WRDW News 12
An arrest warrant has been issued in the June drowning death of a 4-year-old boy on his second day of swimming lessons.
The family of Israel Scott said District Attorney Jared Williams met with them Friday to tell them an arrest warrant would be issued for the instructor of the lessons at a home on Deer Run Road in Burke County.
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Champaign Man Saved by a New Liver, and Adult Swim Team | WCIA News
Jonathan Hill in Champaign is lucky to be alive. He’s been fighting a blood disorder since he was born, and other complications along the way.
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Why There’s a Swimming Pool Inside a Nuclear Proof Bunker | Not What You Think
Finland has over 54,000 nuclear bomb shelters, but not to protect its population from nuclear Armageddon. Why Finland has built so many nuclear shelters, is #NotWhatYouThink
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Swim Team Forced to Spend Thousands, Drive 25 Hours After Southwest Meltdown | CBS Boston
An Attleboro swim club paid $25,000 one-way to travel to an Alabama training facility after flights were canceled. WBZ-TV’s Juli McDonald reports.
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Swimmer Survives Shark Attack in Florida, Returns to Water, and Shares Her Story | NBC 6 News
NBC 6’s Constance Jones shares the story of a young athlete who has a renewed spark for swimming after surviving a shark bite while on vacation in Florida.
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Premier Dominic Perrottet Speaks About the Increased Water Rescues Across NSW for the Holiday Period | 7NEWS Australia
With millions across NSW heading into the water over the holiday period, people are being urged to put water safety first by taking simple steps such as swimming between the flags and following the directions of our lifesavers.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said this holiday period continues to be a high-risk time for swimmers, surfers, and boaters across our state with over 600 rescues undertaken in recent days.
Surf Life Saving NSW CEO Steve Pearce said 55 people have lost their lives at beaches, coastal waterways, and rock platforms in 2021-22.