Month: February 2017

“Mack Laing Matters!” That is the slogan the Mack Laing Heritage Society is using for its upcoming fundraiser at The Little Red Church on Saturday, February 25. There has been much discussion in the newspapers about the Mack Laing legacy “question.” [See, for instance, Gillian Anderson’s January 10, 2017, “Letter” in The Record or Kevin…

On February 1, 2017 (ironically, just 4 days before Mack Laing’s birthday) Comox Council voted to go to BC Supreme Court to overturn the Hamilton Mack Laing Trust, ignore the wishes expressed in Laing’s Will, and violate the intention of a generous, nationally famous naturalist and environmentalist. Not included in the report to Council is…