Ep. 1: Red Deer Mayor Ken Johnston -- looking back and ahead

In the debut episode of the Everything Red Deer Podcast, rdnewsNOW's Josh Hall speaks with Red Deer Mayor Ken Johnston. The conversation starts light-hearted, getting into how and why Johnston got into municipal politics (5:38), then we transition to talking about a recently approved 10.5 per cent municipal property tax increase (17:47), then progress on the $1.8 billion redevelopment of Red Deer Regional Hospital (31:19), and then the subject of homelessness and a recent Point in Time count conducted by the city (38:16). Mayor Johnston also shares a holiday message as we forge onward toward 2025.