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Kelowna canine crime fighter retires after successful career

KELOWNA – He’s taken millions of dollars worth of drugs and drug money off the streets but also enjoys his time visiting sick kids in the hospital. RCMP service dog Whiskey has retired after eight years on the job in the Okanagan and Kamloops. Since he graduated with honours from the Police Dog Training Centre...

Okanagan Spirits has a taste for expansion

VERNON - When the shiny pieces of Okanagan Spirits' new state-of-the-art copper stills arrived, there was only one problem: The instructions were in German. With no one fluent in the language, setting up the 50-plate still and 1,500 and 2,000 litre copper pots—now the largest in Western Canada—was an entertaining process, laughs owner Tony Dyck....

Police dog visits children in hospital for Christmas

KAMLOOPS - Police dog Whiskey and his sidekick Kilo visited the Royal Inland Hospital's pediatric ward last week to bring Christmas cheer to children.  The children received stuffed animals donated from the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Program that looked like Whiskey for the kids to play with.  Whiskey is a golden lab whose services are used...