Month: March 2017

  • BC Nature supports nature house in Shakesides

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    On March 9, 2017, BC Nature, which represents the Federation of BC Naturalists, sent a letter to the Town of Comox Chief Executive Officer, Richard Kanigan,m expressing support for “the development of Hamilton Mack Laing’s former home “Shakesides” as a public nature or natural history house, as expressed in his Trust of 1982”. The letter…

  • CVNS takes stand against Town of Comox for Mack Laing

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    The Comox-Valley Naturalists Society (CVNS) has stated its objection to the Town of Comox’s application to change the Trust of noted Canadian naturalist, Hamilton Mack Laing (1883-1982). CVNS, established in 1966 and formerly known as The Comox-Strathcona Natural History Society, has been since at least 1979, a more than willing partner to bring about the…