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  • Lemons to Legacy
    THE STORY CONTINUES IN MERVILLE Honouring Mack Laing Together From Lemons to Legacy – “We may not have saved the house—but together, we will preserve the legacy” Background Over a number of months in 2025 and 2026, the Merville Community Association (MCA), encouraged by the MLHS, met with the Town of Comox to explore relocating… Read more: Lemons to Legacy
  • Annual General Meeting
    Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Mack Laing Heritage Society of Comox Valley will be held on September 9th, from 2 pm to 4 pm in the community meeting room upstairs at the Quality Foods store, 2751 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay. Meeting is in person only, with no internet connections.
  • HML Gladiolas Painting
    MLHS Aquires Mack Laing Painting The Mack Laing Heritage Society is pleased to announce the acquisition of a painting by Mack Laing, “Gladiolas’, presented to his nephew Mack Tripney Laing, of Victoria, in the late 1960s. MLHS was contacted by his daughter, Maureen JE (Laing) Pengelly this year, to determine if the Society was interested… Read more: HML Gladiolas Painting
  • In Memorium
    In Memoriam Norma Morton (b. Sept. 1, 1932, Comox). Instrumental in the formation of the group which became MLHS, after she and Betty Brooks reported that the Town of Comox planned to demolish Baybrook, Mack Laing’s first home..
  • CHLY Radio interview on Shakesides – July
    In July, CHLY Radio reporter Heather Watson, did three interviews on the Shakesides story. She interviewed: Jordan Wall — CAO for the Town of Comox. Craig Freeman — Director at Merville Community Association. Matt Vandervoort — Curator of the Comox Archive & Museum Society. Listen to the interviews here: https://www.chly.ca/midcoastmorning/2025/07/11/the-story-of-shakesides