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Business in Vancouver has announced the 2012 winners of the newspaper’s Influential Women in Business awards.

Telus Health Solutions has launched a new Internet health portal that allows users to search for information about medical conditions and other health-related issues.

There’s a glimmer of hope that Canada will resume open-skies negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.).

Avigilon (TSX:AVO), a surveillance equipment company with headquarters in Vancouver and a manufacturing plant in Richmond, has announced the expansion of its European sales team to meet the growing needs of that market.

Travellers have a new option for ordering foreign cash prior to leaving the country. ICE International Currency Exchange (ICE) has announced the launch of its new online Click & Collect currency reservation service.

Ubisoft, a French video game company, has confirmed that it will close its Vancouver studio by month’s end.

Vancouver City Council passed a motion Tuesday to review its building construction permit system to improve efficiency.

B.C.’s lumber exporters achieved a new record on China-bound exports, as more than four billion board feet of lumber were shipped as of the end of November 2011, according to Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation information released this morning.

Canadian retailers will face a challenging 2012, with an influx of foreign competitors, weak consumer sentiment and decreased consumer buying power, according to an Ernst & Young trend forecast released this morning.

Canada’s three professional accounting organizations have presented their members with a framework outlining a proposed unification of the accounting profession under one designation.