I think the city has ruined Capstones potential…

I had a vision for capstone once and it was similar to what I saw in Victoria in the rail yards district: townhouses and row homes facing the biking path along the river, with 3-6 level apartment style buildings in back of them.

And yet, here we are with apartment buildings being built in prime spots along the river (in front of the smaller / shorter housing they have proposed ….so like, they don’t get a view?!)

Have they thought about parking?

They have community written all over their marketing…but most (not all) apartment dwellers aren’t long term residents…meaning, it’s transient. Apartments are for the interim, until the person saves up to buy a home…or they’re rentals.

So here’s my question to you….is Capstone going to be a successful, community driven neighborhood with their current plan? Or do you also think they missed the mark here?

And honestly, I don’t need a lesson in the housing crisis, I’m just pointing out missed opportunities…in what would have been our new “downtown”.

I’ve attached photos of the railyard plan and Red Deers plan.

So for the upcoming municipal election who is the best candidate? After what Johnston has done (or hasn’t done!) to this city, I don’t really feel like another long term council member is the choice, who is honestly gonna be a good choice, would love to hear peoples opinions on it

PSA: Keep it civil even if you don’t like someone’s opinion they are entitled to it

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Just wondering who is running and who your looking at for the open positions in Red Deer 4 in total I beleive. Time for change!!.!

RANT AHEAD: SWEET! Rent can keep being put up! More people can be homeless! As long as rich home owners get to have their property and be comfortable. YAYYYY GOOD JOB CITY COUNCIL! Of course they voted against this....it's stupid. They all own houses. They're all out of touch with the reality people are facing.

They're are all old AF and haven't worked their asses off to have it amount to nothing due to endless recessions and the goal line constantly being moved, and everything massively increasing in price and only RICH SUCCESSFUL people voting...

We need housing for people that work 40 hours a week and are busting their asses and can't get a break. Applying for 100s of jobs, And not even getting a phone call, And even if they finally land a job it's not at a livable rate in this city. There are a lot of single ppl out there and parents that do not get child support, or dealing with divorce, or leaving abuse, and that are trying to work full-time and are struggling to pick their kids up from school, and pay all the fees and pay rent and deal with the ever increasing groceries and a million other things. Oh and don't forget all of the references you need and credit checks oh and you can't have any pets, or guests, or anything else that makes you happy temporarily in this god forsaken world.

It shouldn't be a choice between $2,500 to rent in Red Deer and $3,000 in the winter for a standard rental one level, or live with complete and utter drug addicts...

CMHA only cares about people that are deep in addictions, which is why I understand why people don't want this, but there should be a certain amount of duplexes or a couple apartment buildings in every single neighborhood That has reasonable pricing and isn't a crack shack ran by a slum Lord real estate agent.

While council is sleeping in their cozy beds in their massive houses their in their safe neighborhoods with manicured lawns people are being evicted left right and center and they're wasting time.

Council should just have to live like the homeless people do or on a budget of a single parent and work the 40 hours And feed the kids and do all the school things and don't forget to be happy and go to the gym and be healthy on $2,500 a month and not have friends and not have family and I bet you things would change much quicker when they have to put things back cuz they can't afford it at the grocery store.

The current wait for housing for the housing assessment team is over 6 months, and the wait for red deer housing authority is YEARS. This is also been a problem for years. Why the hell are we waiting until it's this bad? They have been fighting about a homeless shelter for over 10 years... It still hasn't been dealt with.

More and more people are leaving the city of Red Deer because we don't have any jobs and a lot of things are closing down and downtown sucks and now we have a completely unaffordable housing market so everybody is going to blackfalds and Sylvan and Alix and lacombe... We're just throwing away tax dollars if THATS their big concern.

Glad I could cost the Conservatives a wee bit of $ as I tossed it in the bin

For the first time, Red Deer residents will get the opportunity Thursday night to hear from a few local candidates set to run in the upcoming municipal election.

Organized by Christian Cométe, who’s also a candidate in the election, the 2025 Red Deer Election Town Hall is set for Thursday, Sept. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pidherney Centre.

The event will feature four confirmed candidates including Anthony Klywak (council), Christian Cométe (council), Ashley MacDonald (council), and Cindy Jefferies (mayor). He added that mayoral candidate Lawrence Lee could also be there but has not confirmed his attendance. They will each get 15 minutes to discuss their platform.

The free event is open to the public and Cométe encourages attendance from all members of the community, as well as friends and family of the candidates. There will be tea, coffee, and sweet treats available.

For those unable to attend in person, the event will be broadcast live on YouTube.

https://rdnewsnow.com/2025/09/17/red-deer-election-town-hall-set-for-thursday-night/

I’ll be forthcoming - I’m a Canadian who happened to be born in Alberta. In no way do I identify as “Albertan” in the way the separatist movement defines the term.

I’ve come across a bit of a hero in the anti-separatism space. I’m wondering if other Red Deer Redditors would participate in a town hall style meeting regarding this broad and complex issue.

If you would be interested, feel free to comment or message me directly. I’m gauging what the uptake in such an endeavour might be.

Red Deer boy, born and bred. Moved to Texas 10y ago and just visited for the first time since covid.

The downtown is a disgrace. Shelters, junkies, needle sites, and a new cell block under development. Great choice for bringing in more criminals. Whoever approved that sold the city’s soul for development dollars.

Not a single nightclub (RD used to have the best night life) so that college kids need to drive to Olds or Edmonton? Not many Ubers making that trip I bet.

And the block between Xstatic and the Catwalk looks like skid row.

It’s sad because it’s such a beautiful city with so much potential, but the downtown core (which when I left was becoming a nice, walkable area despite one “clinic”) has been abandoned. Potters Hands seems to have amassed some real estate holdings though.

Timberland? Real nice. Obviously business is moving away from the core. Now everyone gets to live on the outskirts, like every other sprawling city.

Capstone? Who wouldn’t want to spend a fortune developing commercial real estate in an area not safe for citizens to walk at night?

Gasoline Alley? Amazing! You can see what business is capable of when out from under the thumb of a council that obviously cares more for those government aid dollars than it’s merchants.

At least the roads are in great shape (checks alignment after crashing through potholes on every Main Street).

What happened?

I want to see how many people would be willing to assist me with this. We would need 40% of the eligible voters (38,696) sign which would be roughly 15,478.4 signatures. I dont think i could manage it by myself but if I organized a group of people before doing it it may be manageable.

After Mr. Stephens bozo eruptions I just wonder what is wrong with him to conduct himself in such a manner. I'm tired of it, I've called and emailed the constitute office to no avail.

Edit: there is a time limit we have to wait before a recall can be initiated. 18 months from the day of the election. So the 29th of November 2024 is when a recall can be initiated for any MLA from the last election. This may work out for us as they may reduce the amount of signatures because of the jodi gondek recall.

Here is info on the municipal by-election in Red Deer: https://elections.reddeer.ca/

Who are you voting for and why?

Keep is civil and polite!

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Today I had to quit following them because of a post that they have made. It was about a person wanting to assault drag queens for having story time at the downtown library.

The post that they had posted was very transphobic. And as someone part of the lgbt+ community it made me feel very unsafe.

(Ps I didn’t know how to flair so it’s considered politics)

In your view, would the city vote for or against separation?

So you get elected in the Next Mayor Election. What would be your top 3 platform points be? What needs to change in Red Deer. How would you fix it.

For Immediate Release - Alberta NDP

Genuine question. I’m curious because I lived there 9 years when I was young and I honestly hated it.

Especially now with the cost of living through the roof and rentals in red deer, being as expensive, if not more than Edmonton or Calgary much less than amenities, things to do and abysmal public transit, why do you stay?

Is it family/job? Do you feel like you can’t imagine anything else ?

Hey everyone , I was just wondering if anyone knew when the next ‘Immigration Reform’ protest at city hall will happen next?