Month: November 2014

  • Let’s talk about Mack Laing’s home, Baybrook

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    Richard Mackie, one of BC’s best historians, recently re-confirmed once again in a letter that may have gone unnoticed, Baybrook is a heritage building. As with the loss of the Lorne Hotel, Comox is fast losing one of the last irreplaceable remnants of its history. Heritage and community history are not disposable, and shouldn’t be…

  • What would Mack Laing want?

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    I must say I’m not sure that Shirley McLoughlin’s prediction of what Mack Laing would want is entirely correct. For example, the suggestion that he would prefer to see his entire beautiful heritage home torn down and sent to the landfill rather than replacing a few rotten boards might not be accurate. Shirley also seems…