EDWARD ” EDDIE” ANHORN EDWARD ” EDDIE” ANHORN 1933 ~ 2023 Edward “Eddie” Anhorn of Medicine Hat, beloved husband of Shirley Anhorn, passed away on Sunday, November 12th, 2023, at the age of 90 years. Eddie Anhorn was born February 4, 1933, into the family of Gottlieb and Mary Anhorn, one of 11 children. The ... Read More »
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Lions Club hosted yet another Gear Up Event in August. On Aug. 19 and 20 the local club helped 87 families get their kids’ hockey and ringette equipment they would not be able to get ahead of the 2023-24 winter sport season. The dozens of kids helped is an increase of ... Read More »
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Lions Club is celebrating 10 years of its annual donation campaign geared toward helping families get their kids hockey and ringette equipment. The program, which ran last year following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, has helped roughly 1,000 kids according to program coordinator James Higgins. He says there is a ... Read More »
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One city councillor is questioning why the city has purchased the Medicine Hat Curling Club without a set plan of what to do with it, while others suggest that will be determined later this summer. Council agreed on Monday to a club proposal to acquire the building – which sits on city land – ... Read More »
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall may buy the Medicine Hat Curling Club in a deal to help the struggling group get the aging facility back operating, but the larger plan likely includes a newly built city-owned curling club within a long-term recreation plan that is due out this summer. On Monday, council approved spending $870,000 to acquire ... Read More »
Tickled Pink Special shout out to the Medicine Hat Ringette association U16B Matrix team for hosting an incredible Ringette Alberta provincials. It was wonderful to see it so well attended by teams from all over Alberta. Ticked Off That it’s mainly young men taking their large dogs walking on the pathways on long leashes and ... Read More »
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat U16 Matrix pushed until the very end in the gold-medal final in the locally held provincial ringette tournament this weekend. The Matrix were undefeated in the tournament heading into the finals against the Pembroke Pursuit, who ultimately beat Medicine Hat 7-6 at the Kinplex. “It’s a tough loss but we’re still ... Read More »
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Team Alberta’s men’s and women’s hockey teams at the Canada Winter Games featured six athletes from the South Alberta Hockey Academy. Forward Téa Pearce and defender Kendal Davidson were part of Alberta’s women’s roster alongside their head coach Evan Vossen who served on the province’s coaching staff. SAHA forwards Kadon McCann, Ryan Miller and ... Read More »
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Scooters, carbon capture, urban chickens, vaulting power prices, huge power profits, to move for a homeless shelter, the opening of Towne Square and a tornado topped the headlines emanating from the City of Medicine Hat over the past 12 months. That coincided with the first full year of a largely new group of council ... Read More »
Tickled Pink I’m a senior who needed help walking across the street and a woman stopped to help. She couldn’t offer a ride because I had my walker but she said I wasn’t dressed for the cold weather and offered me a pair of gloves. I didn’t get her name but she’s an absolute angel. ... Read More »
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat ringette was on full display this weekend at the Ed Horvath tournament. The U14 Mud Dawgs and U19 Chicken Hawks kept the gold at home, winning their championship games Sunday morning. The Mud Dawgs beat the Regina Ice 4-2 and the Chicken Hawks defeated the Buffalo Plains Blitz 8-1. Mud Dawgs head ... Read More »