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Image Credit: Submitted/Fintry.ca April 11, 2021 - 6:00 PM The Okanagan’s history is littered with stories of remittance men, who were the younger sons of the British elite who were sent off to the Colonies with stipends to find their way in the new world while first-born sons inherited wealth.  One was Coutts Marjoribanks whose sister Lady Aberdeen built Kelowna’s Guisichan House for him in an effort to keep him out of trouble. It didn’t work all the well as the home was known as a party house. Another might have been James Dun-Waters. He was destined to be just su...

Left, Councillor Kevin Johnston and Hellens Group chief executive Gavin Cordwell-Smith PLANS are moving forward for a significant new development in Houghton-le-Spring. A major supermarket operator is expected to be unveiled as the anchor tenant on the former Houghton Colliery site, and a popular retail operator is also thought to be exploring options to take space on the site, which is being brought forward by Washington-based Hellens Group. The colliery had stood empty for 40 years when Sunderland City Council’s cabinet agreed to sell it in 2019 to the Hellens Group and Fintry Esta...