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Two flags drape Lougheed’s coffin as mourners pay respect at legislature

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Former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed lying in state at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Alberta, on September 17, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Jackson-Pool

EDMONTON – Mourners have begun to file past Peter Lougheed’s flag-draped coffin at the foot of the grand staircase in the Alberta legislature’s rotunda.

Half of the casket is covered in the Canadian flag and Alberta’s provincial flag lies over the other half.

Lougheed has been remembered since his death on Thursday as a champion for Alberta, but also as a politician who cared deeply about Canada.

Sons Joe and Stephen Lougheed, as well as granddaughter Kathleen, are accepting condolences on behalf of the family.

RCMP officers and provincial sheriffs, heads bowed, are sharing the duty of standing guard as mourners file past.

Lougheed is to lie in state for two days.

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