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Author Richard Mackie guest speaker at Mack Laing Society AGM
The Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Valley is pleased to announce that author Richard Mackie will be the guest speaker at its first Annual General Meeting. The AGM will be held on Saturday, May 16, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, at the Little Red Church in Comox (across from St. Joe’s Hospital).…
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Mack Laing issue gains prestigious press coverage
Two excellent articles have recently appeared in the press regarding the controversy surrounding the demolition of both Mack Laing homes. Note that the Town of Comox, if it had accepted the proposal of the MLHS, would have had a small walk-in facility created, maintained and paying municipal taxes. It would have cost them nothing. Yet,…
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Sign Petition to save Mack Laing home
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Demolition of Mack Laing houses a “cultural affront” – BC Nature
Dear Mr. Ives and Councillors of the Town of Comox, Recently we have learned about your decision to demolish not one but both Mack Laing Houses in your community. It goes without saying this potential act is of great concern to naturalists, not only in your area, but to all naturalists and environmentalists in British…
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Artist Brian Scott donates paintings of Mack Laing homes
The Mack Laing Society of the Comox Valley has been honoured with the donation of two beautiful paintings by Vancouver Island artist Brian Scott. The paintings and prints will assist the Society in its defence of Mack Laing and the fulfillment of his wish that a natural history museum be created. Laing, a renowned ornithologist,…
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Richard Mackie blasts loss of CV heritage
With regret I have cancelled the generous offer by Evelyn Gillespie to participate in the “Authors for Independent Bookstores” day at the Laughing Oyster Bookstore on Saturday 2 May 2015. Anyone familiar with my four Comox Valley books will appreciate my love of the history and heritage of the valley: Hamilton Mack Laing: Hunter-Naturalist (1985),…
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MLHS urged to seek legal counsel – with generous help from Brian Scott
The decision, without open public consultation, of the Comox Town Council taken on the same day as CBC viewers watched ISIS demolish history in Mosul and Nimrud, to demolish Hamilton Mack Laing’s Canadian heritage, may quickly be snowballing into a Canadian heritage “cause celebre.” Canadian heritage artist, Brian Scott, whose many well-known paintings celebrate the…