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Daybreak North | Mar 16, 2012 | 6:55

An Irish love story

It's St. Patrick's Day tomorrow, so we dialed up Colin Walker. He told us the story of how he went from being a lovestruck chef in Ireland to a happily married butcher in Vanderhoof.

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