Retailer Mountain Equipment Company (MEC), the B.C-based brand specializing in outdoor equipment, is back under Canadian ownership. The retailer had been sold in 2020 to U.S.-based Kingswood Capital ...

VANCOUVER, BC, May 16, 2025 /CNW/ - Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) has been acquired by a group of private Canadian investors with deep industry experience and a vision of reshoring some ...

MEC CEO Peter Hylnsky is one of the Canadian investors who have teamed up to buy the iconic ventureChung Chow, BIV A group of Canadian investors led by textile executive Tim Gu is acquiring ...

Tributes have poured in from across Latin America following the death of Uruguay’s former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica, an ex-guerilla fighter revered by the left for his humility and ...

Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, an ex-guerrilla fighter and hero of the Latin American left, has died at the age of 89, the government said Tuesday. The humble leader -- who once ...

Uruguay’s former President José Mujica, a leftist icon known for his progressive social reforms, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of ...

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former leftist rebel who became Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015, has died at the age of 89. Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi announced his death in a social media ...

A heated debate unfolded in the Western Cape legislature over MEC Ivan Meyer’s Taiwan trip, which led to sanctions by China. Meyer was banned from entering China, Hong Kong and Macao for violating the ...

Data from Uruguay shows a rise in the number of outbreaks and people getting sick from 2021 to 2024. Information on patients and outbreaks of foodborne illness between 2021 and 2024 was recently ...

Here’s how they did it. Illustration by Tim Robinson. This article appears in the April 2025 issue, with the headline “Uruguay’s Green Power Revolution.” Much of the vast landscape of ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Yamandú Orsi, a telegenic left-leaning former mayor and history teacher, took office as Uruguay's new president on Saturday, at the helm of a government that has pledged ...

Uruguay, which has historically focused on renewable energy and currently sources over 90 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, is now initiating offshore oil and gas exploration.