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Two more cruise ships slated for work this spring Continued from Page A1

“We’re trying to fill the gaps as much as possible.” Compared to previous years, the work at the shipyards has been fairly stable. Six years ago, a lack of contracts dropped the number of workers significantly, but one year it reached as high as 1,200. O’Rourke expects to have 550 to 600 direct people working on vessels in the future. Much of the stable work is due to the frigate and submarine program with the Royal Canadian Navy, which has provided a consistent source of revenue for the last five years with contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. According to O’Rourke, the navy work (under prime contractor Lockheed Martin Canada) involves part modernization (with new combat systems) and part life expansion. There is never a day that employees don’t have some job they’re working on that takes at least 100 trades people. The shipyards rarely, if ever, fall below 300 people. “You want to take a vessel and make enough improvements

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The cruise ship Ruby Princess filled the Esquimalt Graving Dock as it underwent a 10 day refit by Victoria Shipyards in December. and bring it up to a standard that’s going to extend its life out,” said O’Rourke, adding there are many changes with sensor and weapon systems. “You have to upgrade to whatever the new equipment that comes in.” During the peak of the program, 485 workers were employed, but that number now hovers around 350. After 11 months, work on the fifth frigate — the HMCS Regina, will be completed this spring.

After that, O’Rourke said the shipyards will continue to do work off and on for the navy thanks to a contract that runs through 2018. The HMCS Corner Brook submarine is also now on the yard and will be brought up to date with the latest systems during the next two years. “It (work) won’t be as high as it was before, but it’s still going to be very substantial and more substantial than it was prior to the modernization

program,” said O’Rourke, noting the shipyard is like a glorified gas station with a repair function. “It (the shipyard) is not a factory that processes things. To some end your work load is determined by what’s available, by what the customer will give you. You can go and seek more markets, but there are periods where nobody has repair needs so you train your organization that it’s ready to go down to 350 people or max

back up to 1,000.” The large graving dock at the shipyards can hold three small vessels or one large cruise ship — a lucrative industry the company has also managed to tap into. In December, the Ruby Princess was pulled into the dry dock with a refit contract worth around $5 million that employed about 330 people at its peak. Putting in 10 to 12 hour shifts every day, workers had 10 days to complete the task

of installing two giant emission scrubbers and replacing bow thrusters. Adding to the pressure of an already intense job with tight deadlines, the work was done in some of the worst weather O’Rourke has worked in. Crane services were taken down seven times in 10 days due to safety reasons. The Ruby Princess was the third cruise ship to have scrubbers installed in the Victoria Shipyards. Two more cruise ships are scheduled for work in April and May, and another two are booked in the fall of 2017. The shipyards also do general commercial work with B.C. Ferries, tow ships, fishing vessels and barges. The work with the navy’s frigate modernization program has also been noticed overseas. Negotiations have yet to be finalized, but starting in 2017 the New Zealand Navy is slated to upgrade its first of two aging frigates in Victoria. Each frigate is expected to be here for about six months, providing 300 to 400 jobs during that period. editor@vicnews.com

Esquimalt gang associate sentenced to seven years A well-known gang associate living in Esquimalt has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to several drug and firearms related charges. In March 2014, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia received a tip that 34-year-old Isaac Drennan was allegedly trafficking drugs and in possession of firearms

contrary to a lifetime prohibition. During a search of his home in October, police seized heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and handguns. Drennan was taken into custody. Drennan pleaded guilty to three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm and one count of possession of a

firearm without a licence. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, but will only serve

five years due to time served for pre-trial custody. Drennan’s associate Dustin Robert

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B.C. Transit hosts open house B.C. Transit will be hosting an open house on Jan. 27 to answer questions about terminal options for a proposed transit hub in the lower Douglas Street area. The long-term plan for transit in the capital region identifies the need for a downtown terminus in the lower Douglas Street area of Victoria. Transit terminals are being considered on Humboldt between Douglas and Blanshard, and along Government Street by the Legislature and Royal B.C. Museum. The open house runs from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Victoria Conference Centre.

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Gazing out Roberta’s apartment on the eighth floor of Seaview Towers in James Bay, it offers a spectacular view of Dallas Road and the ocean beyond. Seventy-eight-yearold Roberta spends most of her day watching cyclists and people walking their dogs along Dallas Road, and watching the cruise ships come in and out of the harbour in the summer. “It’s beautiful, it’s a $2-milion view,” said Roberta, who did not want to give her last name. “From where I am, I don’t see land, I only see water and the Olympic Mountains and they’re snowcapped all year round. There’s something going on all the time.” However, Roberta is being forced out of the one-bedroom apartment on the corner of Menzies Street and Dallas Road, where she has lived for the past 32 years and from the view she loves so much.

At the end of November, Roberta, along with other tenants, received eviction notices stating they must vacate on Jan. 31 to complete suite renovations. “I panicked because there’s nothing to rent in Victoria,” Roberta said. Residents say they are facing renoviction — a tactic in which landlords attempt to kick out renters under the guise of renovating the suites before substantially raising rents. Starlight Investments owns the property, along with five other apartment buildings in Victoria. The roughly 500 to 600 units are managed by Larlyn Property Management. Roberta has been told she’ll be charged roughly $1,500 in rent, up more than $600 from what she currently pays — a cost, the senior says she cannot afford because she’s on a fixed income. As a result, she won’t be able to move back into the building. After three weeks

of being so sick she was unable to eat, Roberta luckily found an apartment a blockand-half away from her current place. However, not all tenants are so lucky. Roberta said many, who have already received eviction notices, have moved elsewhere. Nina Frankl, who has lived in Seaview Towers for the past 14 years, said she expects more notices will be given out in the new year to renters in other buildings as well. “Rent increase by eviction is becoming a big issue. There are 500 or 600 (units) who will be affected by this process,” said Frankl, adding she hasn’t received an eviction notice yet, but expects to receive one soon. Last week, Together Against Poverty Society hosted a workshop at James Bay New Horizons where more than 60 residents showed up to express their concerns about being evicted. Victoria-Beacon Hill NDP MLA Carole James said she began

hearing concerns from residents in late November and approached the building managers and owners in the new year. She was told tenants don’t need to worry, but is still waiting for written confirmation that tenants won’t be forced out after renovations. “We want confirmation that tenants won’t be evicted if renovations go ahead,” she said. “We’re trying to do this in two parts. We want to fight now to keep these tenants to keep their units available for them, but also longterm so this doesn’t happen again. You really need changes to the Residential Tenancy Act.” Another workshop is scheduled for Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. at James Bay New Horizons, 234 Menzies St., which will focus on the rights of tenants. Calls to Larlyn Property Management were not returned before the Victoria News went to print. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

GVHA wants to make Victoria a port home Continued from Page A1

“The use of the electric bus is one piece, but I would call it the anchor tenant of a ground transportation plan.” For the past several months, the GVHA has been working with key stakeholders to come up with a number of initiatives that take into account social, economic and environmental components of cruise ship passengers and crew going to and from Ogden Point. One of those initiatives is working more closely with the cruise lines to promote the walkability of Ogden Point to downtown. Of the approximate 533,000 passengers that came into Victoria last year, 25 per cent of them walked from the terminal — a number Robertson said is good, but could be higher. Part of the problem, noted Robertson, is there is little information provided to passengers on board that promote the walkability of Victoria, even though the demographics of a typical passenger has significantly changed during the last 10 to 15 years to be much more active.

During a survey of passengers getting back onto ships last year, one of the consistent messages the GVHA heard was they had no idea how beautiful Victoria and James Bay were, and they loved walking through the neighbourhood on their way to downtown. “We think we can really do a much better job in promoting that and we’re going to,” said Robertson. “Overall the ground transportation plan is about moving people on and off the terminal and recognizing that there is a component that uses motor coaches, so the electric bus is one part of that.” The GVHA is also providing incentives for tour operators that run shore excursions to use newer buses. Operators that uses buses newer than 2005 will have the $2.05 passenger pickup fee at the terminal waved. Those who use buses that are older will have the fee increased to $3. In addition, the GVHA is working with pedi cab and bike operators to increase their contracts from one-year terms to three-year terms in order to create more business certainty

and hopefully more bikes. “The fewer buses we can use then the better it is for the neighbourhood,” Robertson said. The 2016 cruise season kicks off April 3 with the arrival of the Star Princess. After that, another 227 ships will pull into Victoria — two more than last year. The largest cruise ship ever on the Alaskan route, the Royal Caribbean International’s Explorer of the Seas, will make 21 calls to Ogden Point this year and will be the first voyager-class cruise ship to make regular stops in Victoria. At more than 1,000 feet long and nearly 158 feet wide, the Explorer has a capacity of 3,100 guests and is expected to generate an additional $1.3 million in direct guest spending throughout the capital region. Victoria’s cruise tourism industry contributes more than $100 million annually to the regional economy. The GVHA plans to make Victoria the most popular and desired port on the West Coast, and a port home for one ship by 2020. editor@vicnews.com

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Housing market tough to crack without help Growing up, I was always told I need to get a post-secondary education, find a job that I love, get married, buy a house and start a family. I’m currently in my late-20s, with two of the above neatly checked off. However, the thought of purchasing a house has never been so daunting to people hovering around my age and into their early 30s. A real estate report by the Society of Notaries Public of B.C. found half of notaries’ first-time homebuyer clients are typically getting financial help from their parents to put a downpayment on a home. On Vancouver Island, 60 per cent of local clients receive parental support, with 37 per cent of parents funding less than 25 per cent of the downpayment, 44 per cent funding 25 to 50 per cent of the payment, and 19 per cent funding more than half of the agreed upon downpayment. Roughly 72 per cent of parents are gifting the money and seven per cent of parents are going on title with their children. Parents are increasingly coming out of the woodwork and coming up with creative ways to help their children purchase their first home. It’s a somewhat sad reality to know that people in their late 20s and early 30s have that much difficulty scrapping enough money together to even be able to put a downpayment on a home, especially with a hot Victoria real estate market where housing prices are going nowhere but up. Hopefully there are brighter days for people of my age hoping to break into the real estate market. And parents who are financially stable enough to help their kids out with a downpayment, it’s an act children will be eternally grateful for. The Victoria News is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact: editor@vicnews.com or 250-480-3265. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the web site at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.

Readers respond: McLoughlin site most viable option for sewage treatment The mayor of Oak Bay has suggested that now that we have cost estimates on the “new” sewage treatment initiatives that we should reconsider the McLoughlin Point option, which was abandoned, costing Greater Victoria taxpayers close to $60 million. Our examination over the last year has determined what we already knew from the process that originally chose McLoughlin Point: the distributed model is much more expensive and the more you have to dig up urban infrastructure, the more cost. A year and millions of dollars later we have determined that continuing with the McLoughlin Point option saves taxpayers $243 million. (Rock Bay site $1.03 billion — McLoughlin $788 million). Have we yet asked the question which site is preferable: Rock Bay or McLoughlin? I don’t think the economic cost of digging up the approaches to Rock Bay have yet to be quantified. Alternately the McLoughlin Point site is already serviced by the western trunk, and the eastern trunk would run along Dallas Road and through Greater Victoria Harbour Authority property. By the time we thoroughly examine

the economic impacts of digging up downtown Victoria, I am confident the McLoughlin site will — again — be seen as the most viable option. There are those that will say that the McLoughlin Point site is no longer an option. A design that meets the current zoning of the McLoughlin Point site is available and should be considered. For savings of $243 million, it is worth having a look at. Bruce Carter CEO, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

Premier needs to find a solution to homelessness I can not help but wonder what Christy Clark is thinking if her definition of finding homes for the court house tent city residents is opening a shelter until the end of April. What are they supposed to do after that? Maybe she should try staying in a homeless shelter for one week or try living on welfare for one month. Next winter they will have the same homelessness issue to deal with again because they won’t do enough to go after the underlining cause and it is not always substance abuse or laziness. Premier Clark’s halfbaked solution to homelessness is not

unalike Uncle Red’s of the Red Green Show solution of fix everything with duct tape. Our premier and her government literally fixed a problem with duct tape! Andre Mollon Langford

Public relations experts are expensive So the Victoria police board is hiring a public relations expert. Since when has a politician had nothing to say, except when they keep saying the wrong things. Public relation experts are expensive. Where is this ‘money tree’ in Victoria, the city of trees? I would like to have some and give it to the Syrian families, the new Victorians. Anthony Mathews Victoria

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1. It’s Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast? Coffee.

2. If you didn’t do what you did for a living, what would you be? A carpenter.

3. What’s playing in your music player right now? Andrea Bocelli.

4. What’s your biggest pet peeve?

People who say they are bored.

5. What’s the best thing about living in Victoria? Everything.

6. Which person, alive or dead, would you have dinner with?

My mom — she was amazing!

7. What is your favourite movie(s)? The Sting — Paul New-

man and Robert Redford.

8. What’s your favourite vacation destination?

Bring my mom back for one more dinner!

10. What’s the one thing you haven’t

Build a house.

11. If you could see one concert, what would it be?

Siena, Italy.

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done that you’d love to do?

Too late unfortunately but it would have been the original Three Tenors. Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo singing outside in Rome.

favourite TV show? Downton Abbey. 13. What’s your dream car?

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Outdoors in Siena, Italy.

My 74 Super Beetle that I bought with money from my first job.

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The harder you work the luckier you get!!

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It's not very often Victoria plays host to a Hollywood production company, but when the supernatural horror film, The Boy opens in theatres this month, parts of downtown and Craigdarroch Castle will be thrust onto the big screen. Produced by Lakeshore Entertainment, the film tells the story of an American nanny named Greta (played by Lauren Cohan) who takes a job caring for an eight-yearold boy in a remote English village. Much to her surprise, the boy is a life-sized doll that's cared for as if it was human. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing events leads Greta to believe the doll is really alive. For Kathleen Gilbert of the Vancouver Island South Film and Media Commission, the film will be particularly exciting since much of it was filmed at Craigdarroch Castle, parts of downtown and a warehouse in Esquimalt. The whole production generated an estimated $10 million into the local

economy. “That one was really significant in terms of the economy,” said Gilbert, noting Victoria tends to mainly attract television movies. “Because we don't have a studio and most feature films want to do studio work, it's difficult for us to attract a full on Hollywood feature so that was an exception that we were very lucky to land.” The feature film caps off a recordbreaking year for films shot in Victoria. A total of 25 film productions were shot in 2015 — 20 of which Gilbert describes as “fairly large” — pumping more than $18 million into the local economy. According to Gilbert, some of the biggest projects were The Boy, The Gourmet Detective series and Just in Time for Christmas, starring Eloise Mumford, Michael Stahl-David, Christopher Lloyd and William Shatner. But this is hardly the first time the film industry has taken an interest in what Victoria has to offer. Prior to last year, 2005 was the city's biggest year with 12 productions. Gilbert believes if the city had a studio, it could land more big productions, in turn pumping millions of dollars into the local economy.

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As for what draws film producers to Victoria, Gilbert said Craigdarroch and Hatley castles seem to generate a lot of interest, along with Bastion Square, Victoria's historic downtown and the lighthouse. The commission also receives a lot of requests for small seaside towns and character houses/neighbourhoods. But the biggest draw is the 45 per cent tax incentives, along with a low Canadian dollar. “It used to be location driven, but now they say where in the world are the best tax incentives?” said Gilbert, noting the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime are the two biggest customers in terms of television networks. One of the most exciting projects to land during her fiveyear career was the Gracepoint television series in January 2014. Produced by Shine America for Fox, the 10-episode series featured several locations from Oak Bay to Sidney during a shoot that lasted more than

three months. It was the largest production yet to grace Greater Victoria, and featured a cast with Anna Gunn, Nick Nolte, Jackie Weaver, Michael Pena and Kevin Zegers. “It took months to land that and a lot of work. We had to do so much research on not just locations, but we had to do it on weather and convince them that our city was film-friendly,” said Gilbert, noting some crew members from various productions have moved to Victoria after filming. “A lot of producers usually bring family up for a visit on a little mini vacation. I've had at least two ask me after a day of scouting if they could look at houses.” So far 2016 is off to a bit of a slow start, but Gilbert expects it will turn into another busy year. The film commission is still working to confirm six productions. Two low budget features and four television movies should be completed by the end of April or May. editor@vicnews.com

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The group found out late last week that the family will be arriving in two weeks, though they don’t know the exact date. Since then, they’ve been organizing a number of things they will need upon arrival, including trauma or mental health services, and in-kind donations such as clothing, kitchen gear, and furniture. They are also searching for a three-bedroom home that can be donated or for reduced rent in the Victoria area. “We’re thrilled. It feels like they’re our family too. We already have that connection with them because we’re looking out for everything from their mental health to the shoes they’re going to wear,” Hirlaender said, adding they’re also going to help the parents find jobs. “I can’t stop thinking about it at night. It’s so exciting.” This is the second Syrian refugee family to come to Victoria, following the Trudeau government’s plan to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of February. British Columbians have applied to privately sponsor roughly 220 refugees, 10 of which are expected to resettle in Victoria. For more information or for a list of items that still need to be donated visit victoriarefugeeinitiative.weebly.com or email victoriarefugeeinitiative@gmail.com. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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Probably few people exploring the intertidal zones of local beaches pay much attention to barnacles. Grey, crusty, unexciting at first glance, they tend to be ignored as we crunch over them on rocks while looking for the more colourful starfish and flower-like anemones. Yet cirripedia are fascinating and underappreciated animals, carpeting inorganic rock with a seething mass of life. They are named for the feathery foodcapturing appendage — the cirra, which means “curled” in Latin -— which waves above the openings of their plated conical shells. This appendage looks like a tongue but is actually made of six pairs of spine-covered legs. In adulthood, the creature is attached to the rock it lives on (or the pilings or the whale) by a glycoproteinous membrane secreted by “cement glands” on top of its head. Its mouth is in the middle of its body, and although it contains blood it has no heart, yet has a sensitive nervous system reacting minutely to light and shadow, water and desiccation. Two plates will close over its aperture in response to environmental variations, and as it grows the shape of the shell even within a single species will vary in response to erosion by water and waterborn particulates, making species classification difficult. A type of crustacean (related to crabs and lobsters), barnacles are divided into “acorn” and “peduncular” types. The most common species found on Victoria’s shoreline is Balanus cariosus which

is of the acorn group, but species can be hard to distinguish without dissection, specialized knowledge, and a magnifying glass with which to examine such details as mouth parts, or the spines on the sixth leg. Barnacles, then, are not the empty toothylooking shell we see at first glance. Under their plated chitinous coverings are porous “walls” and skin, through which they absorb oxygen. Their lifecycle is surprisingly colourful, to the initiated. As it matures, a larval barnacle moults, casting off and re-growing the walls and skin. Free swimming at first, in its final larval stage it attaches to a surface head-first, after emitting its protein-ous glue. Barnacles are hermaphroditic, in that all individuals carry egg sacs, ovaries and testes. Self-fertilization however is rare. So how is reproduction accomplished between crusty walled individuals stuck immobilized on rocks and boat hulls? One method is “sperm casting,” by

Cirripedia are fascinating and underrepresented animals, carpeting inorganic rock with a seething mass of life. which some absorb sperm ejected by others into the water, in a way perhaps analogous to their method of feeding by passively scooping up plankton. Another tactic was the evolution of, proportionately, the longest male organ in the animal world — the only organ that ever leaves the shell of the sessile adult barnacle and extends toward its closest neighbours. Limpets and mussels compete with acorn barnacles for space, and mussels, whelks and some starfish prey on them. If we try to walk barefoot on a barnaclestrewn beach we surmise that their jagged openings are protection against other forms of danger. The acorn barnacle is not edible to humans, but the gooseneck is. This is one of the pedunculate group of species which have a “capitulum” at the end

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Victoria teams advance to B.C. curling champs Two Victoria teams have earned the final berths for the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Men’s Curling Championship in Nelson next month. The event, which takes place from Feb. 10 to 14, will feature 16 men’s teams vying for the chance to represent B.C. at the Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa. Two Vancouver Island teams, Team Montgomery and Team Jackson qualified. They were joined by Team House from Richmond to complete the field. Team Montgomery were the first to qualify by capturing the A event with three straight wins. The team, of skip Jason Montgomery, third Miles Craig, second Cameron De Jong, and lead Dave McGarry, represent Victoria Curling Centre. Two of the team members (Montgomery and Craig) hail from Shawnigan Lake and also curl at Duncan Curling Club. Team Jackson, also from Victoria Curling Centre, grabbed the second spot with their only loss against Team Montgomery. Skipped by Glen Jackson, the team also features third Andrew Komlodi, second Corey Chester and lead Joel Cave. The teams were among seven teams that travelled to Salmon Arm Jan. 8 to 10 to take part in the final open playdown to lock up their trip to the B.C. championship. Ten teams had previously qualified at regional playdowns in December. In addition, Team Cotter, from Kelowna/Vernon, earned a trip back to provincials as the defending champions, along with the top two CTRS (Canadian Team Ranking System) points winners, Team Joanisse and Team Geall (both from Royal City Curling Club). editor@vicnews.com

German high school student excels on basketball court Kendra Wong Victoria News

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Esquimalt High’s Xenia Koop, right, holds back Vic High’s Gabriella Erskine and watches as teammate Mackenzie Wavryk goes up for a shot during senior girls basketball team action.

At six-foot-four-inches tall, 16-year-old Xenia Knoop towers over most people in her grade. Now, the Grade 11 student is soaring to new heights, finding success as post with Esquimalt High School's senior girls' basketball team — a sport she didn't know how to play eight months ago. Knoop, originally from Germany, came to Victoria to study English as part of Esquimalt High's international program in August. Though she played handball in Germany for the last 10 years, Knoop had never picked up a basketball prior to coming to Canada. Now, she's finding her groove on the court, alongside her 12 teammates, and is able to pick up skills and move around the court with the utmost of ease, despite her height. “In my (physical education) classes my teacher always said I should play basketball because I'm so tall,” Knoop said, adding her mother stands five-feet-11-inches tall and her father at six-foot-six. “I like everything, the whole game.” She has become dedicated to

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the sport, not missing any practices or games since the season started. She comes in early for practice to run through the drills as well. Knoop has averaged roughly 20 points a game for the senior team, lifting them to a record of 4-1 on the season. Senior girls' basketball head coach Angela Coutts said Knoop has the potential to play at a “very high level.” “She's very lovely and takes instruction very well. She's great to coach. She's quick to pick up the skills and drills and a lot of that has to do with her European handball,” Coutts said. “Normally 6'4 players can't move as well as she can on the court and so that's been a real asset.” Other schools are taking notice of Knoop's height as well. Most recently, a scout from a B.C. university was on hand to watch the team practice. While she is set to return to Germany at the end of the school year, Knoop said she would consider taking her skills to the next level if the right opportunity came along. “If I had the opportunity to stay here, then I would,” she said. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Macdonald Realty Conrad Nyren, 250-589-9520 www.dallaspointe.com

103-845 Yates St. $339,000

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VIEW ROYAL 320-1620 McKenzie 200-595 Latoria Rd.

1900 Watkiss Way, From $259,000 Saturday & Sunday 12-4 RE/MAX Alliance Ron Neal, 250-386-8181 www.ronneal.com

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1376 Craigflower Road. $527,000

MLS 359212, MLS 359023, Sat. 1-3 Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Pemberton Holmes Claire Yoo, 250-858-6775 Judy Campbell, 250-744-3301 www.judysellsvictoria.com OAK BAY

1198 & 1204 Hewlett Place $3,888,800

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five per cent rate or to get over a larger threshold so their children’s mortgage payments are smaller. She added that notaries smooth out the process and can help figure out what people’s options are — whether parents and children will go on the title or what should happen with payment should a parent pass away. “There’s lots of ways notaries can work with moms and dad or the kids to figure out what makes for everyone involved,” Baillie said. “If you were to go on title there are many things to consider, ultimately it’s up to the client to pick the path that works best for them.” The annual online survey was completed by 133 of the 340 membership. People seek notaries for a wide-range of contentious legal matters, including residential and commercial real estate transfers and mortgage refinancing among other things. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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downpayment. Roughly 72 per cent of parents are gifting the money and seven per cent of parents are going on title with their children. According to Morrie Baillie, a notary in Fairfield, at least half of her first-time homebuyer clients are receiving financial help from their parents for a downpayment. “It just depends on each family situation and how they craft or devise a plan that makes sense for the family,” said Baillie, adding some parents are going on title with their children, some are providing a second mortgage and some are coming to the table as a guarantor. “In order to enter the marketplace, it looks like people need to lean on. Families are coming together and coming up with creative solutions to help children get into the marketplace.” Baillie said the data doesn’t specify how much the downpayments are or if parents are helping with the

MLS 359041 & 359050, Sat & Sun 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Jason Leslie, 250-478-9600 www.realestatevi.ca

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3990 Cedar Hill X Road. $545,000

Sat. 2-4 Burr Properties Shirin Purewal 250-382-8838 www.shirinpurewal.com

Avenue. $398,800

MLS 354999, Saturday 2-4 Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Brad MacLaren, 250-727-5448 www.bradmaclaren.com

From $329,900

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Greg Long, 250-384-8124 www.greglong.com

2120 Nicklaus Drive $949,000

5366 Alderley Road, MLS 357967 Sunday 2:30-4 Saturday 12-2 Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Dean Boorman, 250-882-0234 www.deanboorman.ca

Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Brad MacLaren 250-727-5448 www.bradmaclaren.com

SOOKE WEST SHORE 6652 Rhodonite

1040 Finlayson Drive. $319,900 Arm Road. $639,000 MLS 357683 MLS 359239, Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Anny Schaefer, 250-477-7291 www.annyschaefer.ca

Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Paul Whitney 250-889-2883 www.victoriasagent.com

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