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Pantages Polar Bear Swim
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A nephew of Alexander’s, George Pantages, came to Vancouver and managed the original Pantages Theatre. He ...
Canada
Pantages Theatre
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Alexander Pantages is important in the show business history of Vancouver because he built two theatres here ...
Canada
Polar Bear Swim: Tradition Launched by Greek Immigrant Lives On
Polar Bear Swim: The title sort of speaks for itself, launched in Canada in 1920 by Greek immigrant Peter (Pete) Pantages.
Animals
Canadian Polar Bears Disappearing Rapidly
A recent survey found that populations of polar bears in the western Canadian Arctic, including the western section of Hudson Bay, are rapidly declining. Specifically, the populations of female bears and young bears have dropped drastically.
Each year for the...
Canada
Greek Immigrant Launched Vancouver’s Polar Bear Swim One Century Ago
What is now a worldwide tradition, began exactly 100 years ago, in 1920, by Greek immigrant Peter (Pete) Pantages.