Red Deer - Alberta
Aug 6th 2010, 8:16 pm
#16
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: Red Deer, Alberta
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Re: Red Deer - Alberta
OMG are people gonna start rocking up outside my house expecting refills, my tea is much better than my coffee
Couple of good things: It's only 1.5 hours away from Edmonton or Calgary if you want to see a big city, also convenient for two international Airports. It's only 15/20 minutes away from the redneck riviera and about the same distance for 3 other decent size lakes. It has all the conveniences of a big City without the drawbacks of busy rush hours and the ability to drive one end of town to the other in 20 mins even in rush hour. It has it's own downhill ski area. Our only concern with Red Deer is the rate it is growing, before long it will lose it's small town feel and we'll be moving out
Aug 6th 2010, 10:06 pm
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Re: Red Deer - Alberta
Hello Everyone!
Found this forum yesterday and amazed at the weath of information!!!! Sorry if I have made a bad booboo concerning forum etiquette - bit overwhelmed with all the info so please forgive me if I have!
My family and I have discussed moving to Canada as a pipe dream, but decided (after looking at building our own home here in the UK - in the future) to looking at what we would ultimately want - to immigrate to Canada permenantly. So beginning to look at how the process works and whats involved etc.
We are looking at Alberta and Red Deer, but have thoughts that anywhere in Canada will be a good place to start, bearing in mind job hunting. I will be a primary school teacher (which sounds like it will be a struggle to get a job) and my OH is an I.T. Engineer. So at the moment after reading some of the information on here and the CIC website that we may have trouble getting a visa and getting jobs over there.
Anyway - looking forward to researching a possible move to Canada!
Best
Nikkiy
Found this forum yesterday and amazed at the weath of information!!!! Sorry if I have made a bad booboo concerning forum etiquette - bit overwhelmed with all the info so please forgive me if I have!
My family and I have discussed moving to Canada as a pipe dream, but decided (after looking at building our own home here in the UK - in the future) to looking at what we would ultimately want - to immigrate to Canada permenantly. So beginning to look at how the process works and whats involved etc.
We are looking at Alberta and Red Deer, but have thoughts that anywhere in Canada will be a good place to start, bearing in mind job hunting. I will be a primary school teacher (which sounds like it will be a struggle to get a job) and my OH is an I.T. Engineer. So at the moment after reading some of the information on here and the CIC website that we may have trouble getting a visa and getting jobs over there.
Anyway - looking forward to researching a possible move to Canada!
Best
Nikkiy
Welcome to the forum!
Red Deer is a great place in very many ways. Have fun planning and dreaming.
I've taught in Alberta for 10 years so if you have any questions .....
Aug 6th 2010, 11:48 pm
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Re: Red Deer - Alberta
Hi
I'm also a primary school teacher about to embark on my first teaching post here in Alberta, so if I can help out in any way with questions about how to go about trying to teach here then just ask. As many say, it's not easy but it's certainly not impossible either providing you think outside the box a little and are darn determined! I came over as a PR on the old skilled worker visa system though.
I'm also a primary school teacher about to embark on my first teaching post here in Alberta, so if I can help out in any way with questions about how to go about trying to teach here then just ask. As many say, it's not easy but it's certainly not impossible either providing you think outside the box a little and are darn determined! I came over as a PR on the old skilled worker visa system though.
Aug 8th 2010, 6:45 am
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Re: Red Deer - Alberta
I find when I drive through Red Deer the way the highway bends I end up looking west a lot but most of the town is east of the QE2.
Third largest town in Alberta, I always think Lethbridge is larger but it's not.
Aug 9th 2010, 2:45 am
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Re: Red Deer - Alberta
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It's only 15/20 minutes away from the redneck riviera and about the same distance for 3 other decent size lakes.
We do get the rednecks from Red Deer and beyond throughout the summer, but as we work in Red Deer we can shop there and avoid them at the lakeside when we come home.
Red Deer is also a City not a Town, even Lacombe (north of Red Deer) is now being granted City status as well.
We hope you will be happy wherever you decide to settle.
Kev & Mandy
Aug 9th 2010, 8:13 pm
#21
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: Red Deer, Alberta
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Re: Red Deer - Alberta
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It's only 15/20 minutes away from the redneck riviera and about the same distance for 3 other decent size lakes.
We do get the rednecks from Red Deer and beyond throughout the summer, but as we work in Red Deer we can shop there and avoid them at the lakeside when we come home.
Red Deer is also a City not a Town, even Lacombe (north of Red Deer) is now being granted City status as well.
We hope you will be happy wherever you decide to settle.
Kev & Mandy
Aug 9th 2010, 10:09 pm
#22
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Re: Red Deer - Alberta
I personally would be put off from the weekenders in the summer, the difficulty of finding a parking space, the busyness, the hustle and bustle and the noisiness of the weekends in the summer and the virtual impossibility of finding a bit of vacant beach if I desired of Sylvan, however there are a tonne of Brits living there so I must be missing something.... I'm sorry if I offended you with the Redneck Riviera comment but that is how it's known in town.
Most weekends during the summer we just avoid the main lake area and spend our time exploring elsewhere. That's why we didn't go for a lakefront property.
We are toward the southern edge of Sylvan, quite close to Highway 11 so we don't need to go into town unless absolutely necessary, and can still get to Boston Pizza or Wallymart if needed.
It's a matter of knowing when is best to go down into Sylvan if we want to visit a particular restaurant but haven't encountered any problems so far.
Kev & Mandy
Last edited by Trophy; Aug 9th 2010 at 10:10 pm. Reason: extra info
Aug 9th 2010, 10:37 pm
#23
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Joined: Sep 2007
Location: Alberta
Posts: 11,291
Re: Red Deer - Alberta
Another thumbs up for Red Deer too, also as has been mentioned Lacombe is not a bad place either, if you want to go more Redneck, then there is also Ponoka, in the vicinity too - however that is moving more towards Edmonton.
