On the leash of leading Edmontonians
CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Stephen Mandel ... doesn’t have a pet.
Jane Batty ... has a cairn terrier named Winnie who she thinks of as her ‘grandpappy.’
Kim Krushell ... has two cats (siblings) named Rogue and Magnito. Mags survived an accidental tumble in the front-loading washing machine.
Bryan Anderson ... has a Belgian shepherd named Nichlaus.
Don Iveson ... has a one-eyed border terrier named Dougal. The dog lost an eye after he forgot to look both ways before crossing the street.
Linda Sloan ... has a dog named Shy whose breed is unknown.
Karen Leibovici ... is still grieving her 21-year-old cat, Boobie, who died in 2011.
Kerry Diotte ... has visiting rights to Hunter S. Tomcat, a cat who lives with Diotte’s former housemate.
Amarjeet Sohi ... has no pets.
Dave Loken ... has a Pomeranian named Harley and a Shih Tzu named Skyler.
Ben Henderson ... has two dogs — Balder, a Newfoundland/golden retriever cross, and Kadin, a wire-haired pointing griffin
OILERS
Theo Peckham ... has a pug named Tony Ramone.
Ryan Jones ... has a fox red Labrador named Bailey.
Devan Dubnyk, the team’s goalie ... has a golden retriever named Penny.
ESO
ESO music director Bill Eddins ... has a mutt named Harley, a cat named Tilt, two guinea pigs named Henrietta and Sushi, two hermit crabs named Mongo and Crab the Crab, an aquatic snail named Mr. Snail and three fish: Fish, Mr. Fish and Fishtail. The Eddins’ household is in Minneapolis. — and five cats: Asher, Cosmo, Oswin (the tripod), Harvest and one unnamed kitten that needs a home. Harvest appeared on a friends’ doorstep with the enigmatic note “keep cat moving.” In hindsight, Henderson thinks there was punctuation missing between “cat” and “moving.”
Ed Gibbons ... used to have a husky named Nala. When his daughter moved out, so did Nala.
Tony Caterina ... is done with pets. His beloved cat, Candy, died two years ago.