B.C.

VANCOUVER – A federal government lawyer told a Vancouver court that a 120-year-old decision to give away First Nations land to settlers was based on ignorance, but itshouldn’t be overturned.

VANCOUVER – The owner of a British Columbia airline that went bankrupt following a crash that killed three people has lost his lawsuit against Transport Canada.

VANCOUVER – A former gang leader who pleaded guilty last year for his role in a plot that ultimately left six people dead is expected to testify against his former associates.

VICTORIA – Finance Minister Mike de Jong says the government followed proper guidelines when the former head of the BC Lottery Corp., quit his job and that details about an alleged $86,000 severance payment are yet to be confirmed.

VICTORIA – The Victoria Royals took advantage of the Portland Winterhawks’ lack of discipline on Monday night to skate away with a 2-1 victory in Western Hockey League playoff action.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A pedophile’s apartment in Kamloops, B.C., was filled with toys, a probation officer and a Mountie have told the man’s dangerous offender hearing.

VANCOUVER – A traveller is in custody in Metro Vancouver after arriving from Britain literally stuffed with illegal drugs.

VANCOUVER – A former gang leader who has become a co-operating witness at a high-profile murder trial in Vancouver is describing the inner workerings of the gang he founded.

VICTORIA – British Columbia New Democrat leadership candidate Mike Farnworth is quitting the campaign to replace Adrian Dix.

VANCOUVER – At least one person is dead and several others in hospital after a crash between a transit bus and a car in Vancouver.

SIDNEY, B.C. – British Columbia’s aerospace industry is getting a $1-million boost from the provincial government.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – He’s wearing silver and bronze medals captured at the Sochi Olympics, but the next few days will be golden for speed skater Denny Morrison on his first return to his northeastern British Columbia hometown since standing on the podium in Russia.

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – One person has died in an early-morning fire in West Kelowna, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A man wracked with guilt showed up at the RCMP detachment demanding to confess that he’d sexually touched his stepdaughter — 18 years earlier — a court in Kelowna, B.C. has heard.

ALERT BAY, B.C. – A rare cultural artifact has been returned to a remote British Columbia First Nation, thanks to a grant from the federal government.

VANCOUVER – Defence lawyers at a high-profile murder trial in Vancouver have asked for more time to prepare to cross examine a former gang leader, saying he is the most significant witness in the case.

VICTORIA – Vancouver New Democrat Jenny Kwan says she dipped into two personal lines of credit to pay $35,000 for family trips to Disneyland and Europe originally billed to a Downtown Eastside non-profit society that helps vulnerable people

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A dog breeder convicted of animal cruelty for running so-called puppy mills at several locations east of Vancouver has been banned from owning animals for 20 years.

VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is moving closer to its multibillion-dollar natural gas ambitions by signing more revenue sharing agreements with First Nations.