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  • Baybrook plan is an opportunity

    I am writing as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society and as one of the founding Directors of the newly established Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Valley. A considerable amount of volunteer effort has gone into the activities, proposals and reports presented to the Comox…

  • Attacks and disinformation reach new low, says CVN

    Claims made against MLHS have reach new lows in personal attack and public disinformation. Although it is my policy never to dignify personal attack with a response, as President of Comox Valley Nature, I have been asked to set the record straight.

  • Baybrook house represents a huge opportunity to celebrate heritage

    I am writing as one of the founding Directors of the newly established Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Valley. I am also Chair of the Board of Directors of the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society. Considerable volunteer effort has gone into the activities, proposals and reports presented to the Comox Council by the…

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

    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?

    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…

  • Baybrook proposal would benefit Town and citizens

    My family has lived in our Baybrook area home for 25 years. We are proud to support the Mack Laing Heritage Society (MLHS) and applaud its plan to save a historic and beautiful house that we have long admired from a distance. We were thrilled when the Town and the BC Nature Trust purchased the…

  • Nature Kindergarten: Deepening connections with place

    Dr. Enid Elliot discusses how active engagement and immersion outdoors allows children to connect deeply with nature through play, and experience traditional ways of knowing. The annual Robert Bateman Lecture was hosted by Royal Roads University on August 6, 2014. It can be watched here (43.23 minutes): http://youtu.be/V0OML7qZ5kQ

  • CV Conservation Strategy gives qualified support for MLHS project

    Re: Mack Laing and proposal for Baybrook … The steering committee for the Comox Valley Conservation Strategy Community Partnership urges the Town of Comox to work with Mack Laing Heritage Society, K’ómoks First Nations, residents of the town and other groups such as Project Watershed, Comox Valley Nature, Macdonald Wood Park Society and Brooklyn Creek…