Category: News

  • Mack Laing helped establish the outline and substance of Canada

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    Presentation to the Comox Rotary Club, November 20, 2014, by Loys Maingon, President of Comox Valley Nature The presentation focused on Hamilton Mack Laing’s national stature, as a great Canadian. Mack Laing is intimately linked to the national institution of “The Museum of Nature,” formerly the “National Museum of Natural History”, which is housed in…

  • Baybrook house was “Life’s Best Adventure” for Mack Laing

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    Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the accomplishments of Hamilton Mack Laing could be celebrated in the Comox home he describes as “life’s best adventure”! Laing was a recognized and respected naturalist, nationally and internationally, as well as a pioneer, historian, orchardist, photographer and lover of nature.

  • Cherry-picked “truths about Baybrook” are incorrect

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    The recent letter by a Jane Adamson (nee Stubbs) “The Truth about Baybrook,” makes extremely incorrect allegations with reference to a statement I made on behalf of MLHS in April 2013: “Baybrook is to be restored in keeping with Mack Laing’s will..”

  • Baybrook plan is an opportunity

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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…

  • Nature Kindergarten: Deepening connections with place

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    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