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By Chris Brown

Good boys

Future RCMP puppies get names

Apr 30, 2020 | 2:08 PM

Get set to welcome Narco, Newman and Niya to the RCMP.

The service has announced the winners of the 2020 Name the Puppy contest. The winning names will be given to the first 13 puppies born at the Police Dog Services Training Centre this year.

The winning names will be given to the first 13 puppies born at the Police Dog Services Training Centre in 2020.

“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 names had to start with the letter N. One winner was selected for each province and territory and for entries of the same name a draw determined the winner.

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The winning entries 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)

Each winner will receive a laminated 8×10-inch photo of the pup they named, a plush dog named Justice and an RCMP water bottle.

RCMP police service dog teams search for missing or lost people, track and apprehend criminals, remove illicit drugs from the streets, detect explosives, and search for evidence used in crimes. The RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre is in Innisfail, Alta.