MEC

• Suspect charged after hatchet attack at MEC in North Vancouver

  North Vancouver RCMP say a man entered the Brooksbank Avenue location of MEC around 7 p.m. Tuesday to purchase bear spray and a knife, and became upset when he was denied.

  Crime

  May 24, 2023
  
• Mountain Equipment Co. to open New Brunswick store amid East Coast expansion

  The Vancouver-based company says the Moncton store will be the second in the region, joining its longtime Halifax location.

  Money

  May 23, 2023
  
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• Two B.C. companies help Interior flood victims with more than $600K in new clothes

  “There’s never a good time for a bad thing to happen, but good things come out of bad things. And that’s one thing that we are extremely happy about it.”

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2021
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• Nova Scotia Health issues coronavirus exposure warning for 6 more locations in Halifax

  The six new warnings issued on Saturday means the province has now issued 10 exposure warnings this weekend.

  Health

  Nov 14, 2020
• MEC to lay off fewer employees than planned with one store to close, say new owners

  The Vancouver-based company says that 85 per cent of its active workforce will remain on the job once the deal closes, up from a minimum of 75 per cent that Kingswood Capital Management Ltd previously indicated.

  Money

  Oct 9, 2020
• Bankruptcy filings in August fell more than 40% over last year

  The OSB's Sept. 28 update says 42.7 per cent fewer consumers filed in August compared to a year ago, while business insolvencies decreased by 25.5 per cent year-over-year.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2020
• Tens of thousands sign petition to ‘save MEC’ after co-op sold to U.S. firm

  "People are really upset. They're angered; they feel betrayed; they feel that there was no consultation here from the board — they feel the board has failed in its duty."

  Economy

  Sep 16, 2020
• Mountain Equipment Co-op sold to private U.S. investment firm

  MEC was founded in Vancouver in 1971, and currently has more than five million members and 22 stores across Canada.​

  Economy

  Sep 14, 2020
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• MEC eliminates 200 positions as pandemic drags on

  The company announced more than 1,300 temporary layoffs in March, when it temporarily closed all of its 22 stores.

  Economy

  Jul 12, 2020
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• Canadian companies Lululemon, MEC, Arc’teryx join Facebook ad boycott

  Champions of the #StopHateForProfit boycott say Facebook has not done enough to keep racist, false and dangerous content or white supremacists off its platform.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2020