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  • Action needed

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    Last month my husband and I visited this beautiful property in Comox. We are Australians, travelling across the continent on a years motorcycle trip. By chance we met a couple from Comox who took us on an evening walk in the area and on this particularly cold and miserable evening we came across Shakesides. We…

  • Island Word publishes comprehensive article on Mack Laing and Shakesides

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    Members of the Mack Laing Heritage Society, and their many supporters in the community believe it is essential to preserve at least one of Mack Laing’s homes on the Comox estuary as a nature interpretation centre, as was his wish. Before, there were two. Now the only one left is Shakesides. The Town of Comox,…

  • A Mack Laing community project?

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    There are three new articles on Decafnation.net about the Mack Laing/Shakesides issue, thanks to George Le Masurier, former editor of the Greensheed. Read them for a clear understanding of the basic issues involved.. #1 — The Town of Comox has failed to recognize a unique opportunity to build community spirit. Instead of rallying people to…

  • Minority Report counters official Mack Laing Advisory Committee report

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    A Minority Report has been released against the Mack Laing Nature House Advisory Committee, to counter that submitted by the Chair of the Committee. The Committee’s report was approved by Comox Council Committee of the Whole on June 22, 2016 and is expected to be ratified at the next regular meeting of Council on July…

  • MLHS recognizes Canada Day

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    Members of the Mack Laing Society handed out Canadian flags and decorated Shakesides on Canada Day. They also continued their work to clear invasives from Mack Laing Nature Park over the long weekend.        

  • Laing’s last wishes deserve more respect

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    From George Le Masurier ‘s blog, Decafnation: Hamilton Mack Laing has probably turned over in his grave more than once since his death in 1982. Because if the famous Canadian naturalist, photographer and writer suddenly came alive today, he’d be shocked and angry at how the Town of Comox has fumbled his gift of property…

  • MLHS year has had challenges and triumphs

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      The Mack Laing Heritage Society held its Annual General Meeting and Art in the Park, behind Shakesides in Mack Laing Park, on June 11, 2016, and reflected on a year that brought both challenges and triumphs. Despite the disappointment of watching Baybrook demolished, the group focused on Laing’s second house, Shakesides. At the eleventh…

  • Public opinion is very clear: Save Shakesides and honour Mack Laing’s Will!

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    The online petition by the Mack Laing Heritage Society has produced strong support for preserving Shakesides. It also reveals considerable outrage at Comox Council for apparently refusing to honour Mack Laing’s Will and use the Trust funds he left the Town as he wished – to create a natural history museum in Shakesides. A selection…