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Sharna Mulligan has her hands full keeping leashes separate for, from left, a greyhound named Dr. Watson, a chow cross named Kona, a miniature Eskimo named Shadow and Lily and Neika, a pair of weimaraners, along a Taylor Drive pathway Tuesday. Billing herself as The Dogwalker, Mulligan can often be seen around the city squiring any number of dogs on their daily jaunts.

War veterans are pushing the City of Red Deer to move the cenotaph to City Hall Park before downtown redesigns push forward, keeping it in its present place.

Fearing for his life, a Red Deer man helped clean up blood following the brutal murder of Sheldon Mark Hiller a year ago, a Red Deer court heard Tuesday.

Alberta’s chief medical officer confirms two mild cases of swine flu — one in Calgary and the other in northern part of the province.

Using an umbrella to shield her face from the wind and cold rain, Sherrie Wood walks her sister’s dog Vagus along 40th Avenue on Saturday. The 30 km/h wind gusts later died down. But on Sunday afternoon, Central Albertans were pelted with sleet during a spring storm that brought more gusty winds.

Rosie Posie of Heart of a Child adds the finishing details as she paints a butterfly on two-year-old Nadali Davenport’s face during the Victims of Crime Awareness Week Community Information Fair at the Blackfalds Arena on Sunday. The fair provided activities for kids, a car seat clinic and information on community agencies and victims services.

Baruch Laskin, the tall man of Calgary, tries to get a high five from four-year-old Braedan Brouilette of Ponoka. Braedan was apparently glad his dad is smaller. If he wasn’t, going for a walk would be rather difficult, when holding hands.

There were no confirmed cases of swine flu in Alberta at press time Monday, but family physicians across the province and Alberta Health Link phone lines were getting swamped with questions from the public.

Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery closed for renovations on the weekend — but not before visitors made their mark with paint brushes and markers on museum walls Saturday afternoon.

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