Winners announced for RCMP “Name the Puppy” contest

May 2, 2020 | 6:00 AM

INNISFAIL, AB – The RCMP is pleased to announce that the 13 puppies who were born at the Police Dog Training Centre in Innisfail this year now have names.

Back in February, youths from across Canada were asked to give name suggestions to the pups that begin with the letter N.

“Thank you to all the children who entered,” said Staff Sergeant Gary Creed, Senior Trainer and acting Officer in Charge of the Police Dog Service Training Centre. “And thank you to all the teachers who make this part of their class work. These 13 names will serve our dogs with pride.”

The winning names are:

Nanuq : Hunter Lowe (Rankin Inlet, Nunavut)
Narco : Lucas Beyea (Loon Lake, Saskatchewan)
Narley : Avery Moreau (Surrey, British Columbia)
Neeka : Logan Grant (Cornwall, Ontario)
Nelly : Thomas Lafrenière (Gatineau, Quebec)
Nero : Malcolm Costain (Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island)
Newman : Landon MacDougall (Truro, Nova Scotia)
Nina : Aleesha Hanna (Napan, New Brunswick)
Nixon : Gannon Myers (Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Niya : Sabella Nickerson (Bowden, Alberta)
Noah : Jeremiah Olson (Fort McPherson, North West Territories)
Nova : Maddison Cresswell (Carcross, Yukon)
Nytro : Denise Tackaberry (Kelwood, Manitoba)

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The 13 winners will each get a laminated 8×10 photo of the puppy they named, a plush dog named Justice, and an RCMP water bottle.

Some of the police pups. (RCMP)

by David Opinko