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Three contenders for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada will be visiting Kamloops this month, including putative favourite Justin Trudeau. All seven leadership candidates — Trudeau, Deborah Coyne, Marc Garneau, Martha Hall Findlay, Karen McCrimmon, Joyce Murray and George Takach — will meet for a debate at Vancouver’s Westin Bayshore Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 20. The next day, Monday, Jan. 21, Trudeau will drive to Merritt and Kamloops, arriving in the Tournament Capital at about 3 p.m. Murray Todd, president of the Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo riding association, said a public event is planned for that day, possibly at the Kamloops Convention Centre or Thompson Rivers University, though details are still
being worked out. “He’s on a very tight timeline, but there will be a public event,” Todd said. “We’re hoping to have a speech and some questions and answers.” Trudeau will then drive on to Vernon that night. Two days later, on Wednesday, Jan. 23, Hall Findlay and McCrimmon will arrive in Kamloops, with both expected to appear at a public event. The seven candidates are seeking to succeed Michael Ignatieff, who stepped down as leader after losing his seat in the May 2011 federal election. The party will elect its leader at an April 14 convention in Ottawa, with even non-members able to cast a vote. Supporters of the Liberal Party of Canada can register to vote online, at no cost, at liberal.ca.
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Sitting on the table of snacks meant to keep blood donors from fainting — cookies, crackers and the like — is a homemade birthday cake with a single candle rising from its top. It would be a coincidence if one of the dozens of blood donors gathered yesterday inside the gymnasium at Calvary Community Church happened to be celebrating a Jan. 9 birthday. Odder still would be if that birthday boy or girl brought with them a cake. So, how strange would it be if two men were celebrating their birthdays by donating blood? What if they were father and son? What if their donations yesterday brought the cumulative tally of times they’ve given blood to a staggering 99? That is what happened when Harvey Fehr and his son, Jason, walked in from the snowy Calvary parking lot and placed that birthday cake on the table of goodies. “It was a random thing,” Harvey, celebrating his 52nd birthday, told KTW. “We discovered it when we booked our appointments.” Harvey’s wife made the cake. “It’s red velvet,” he said. “She thought it had to be red something because we’re donating blood.” Harvey has been giving blood since he was 17. His mother used to be a regular blood donor as well, and she got him into it. Yesterday marked Harvey’s 89th donation. Jason, who turned 25, was on his 10th. He started five years ago, when a close family friend became ill and required 40 units of blood. The feeling of helping others has kept him coming back. “It’s just the fact that I’m able to help,” he said. “Everybody needs blood in the hospital and mine is a fairly common type, so I just help out any way I can.”
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Father and son Harvey and Jason Fehr share the same birthdate — Jan. 9. The pair gave blood as a birthday gift at the blood clinic at the Calvary Community Church. Clinic supervisor Karen Lovegrove (above left) and logistics team member Vicki Ritch helped celebrate the occasion. Dave Eagles photos/KTW
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