Edmonton-area devotees of nordic spas will be able to dive in at a new facility to be built in Parkland County, Groupe Nordik announced in a news release Wednesday. The Parkland County spa is the first foray by Gatineau, Que.-based Groupe Nordik into Alberta but it isn't the province's first nordic spa. Kananaskis Nordic Spa at the Delta Lodge in Kananaskis opened in early 2018. The nordic spa experience involves heat — saunas, steam rooms or hot tubs — followed by cold, such as an ice-water plunge, and then a rest period before repeating the cycle. Groupe Nordik is not revealing the exact location for its Parkland County spa.

Source: CBC News May 22, 2019 16:30 UTC