The extreme cold weather alert may have ended for parts of the GTA, but organizers of the annual polar bear dip in Oakville have cancelled today's event. Organizers of the Oakville event, known in full as the Courage Polar Bear Dip for World Vision, said that emergency services personnel recommended that they cancel it outright. Tyler Walczak didn't let the official cancellation of the Oakville polar bear dip stop him from taking a quick swim. Cold weather alert cancelledAfter a days-long deep freeze gripped much of Ontario, Environment Canada lifted its extreme cold weather alert Monday morning for Toronto, as well as Halton and Peel regions. Keith Jolie, a founding member of the Toronto Polar Bear Club, said on Sunday the decision was "disappointing" and "heartbreaking" but was made over safety concerns.

Source: CBC News January 01, 2018 16:59 UTC