Graham Hicks is a retired Edmonton Sun journalist, family man and commentator. He spends most of this time thinking, talking and dreaming about the city in which he has lived and worked for 31 years, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

All of which was expressed in the five-times-a-week town-crier style column “Hicks on Six” in the Edmonton Sun and the Edmonton Sun on-line. “Hicks on Six” is considered Edmonton’s best-read column.

Graham retired from the Edmonton Sun after 30 years, 20 of them as “Hicks on Six.” Click here to see his retirement special section.

He currently has his own communications company, Hicks Communications, and continues an association with the Edmonton Sun with his weekly restaurant review column the Weekly Dish, and through his blog.

Hicks worked at the Ottawa Citizen, Brandon Sun and Edmonton Journal before joining the Edmonton Sun in 1981. After entertainment, news and political writing assignments, he moved to Page Six as “Hicks On Six” in 1992.

In the community, Graham was the founder and spokesman for the annual Edmonton Sun “Adopt-A-Teen” Christmas project, providing Christmas gifts for over 8,000 teens from low-income Edmonton families.

He oversaw the annual Edmonton Sun Christmas Charity Auction and continues to be its honourary chairman. In 2003 Hicks chaired the $2 million Catholic Social Services “Sign of Hope” Campaign. He is involved on a volunteer basis with the River Valley Alliance, Catholic Social Services, Newman Catholic Theological College and other social endeavours.

Graham has received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for community service, Sun Media’s J.D. Creighton Award for lifetime achievement, the Grant MacEwan College’s Distinguished Citizen Award and The Rotary Club of Edmonton 2008 Integrity Award.

Books include “Making Money The Old-Fashioned Way,” co-authored with financial advisor Ron Hiebert of Scotia-McLeod and a series of soft-cover Graham Hicks’ Joke Books, with the proceeds going to charity.

Graham is married with three daughters all currently attending university.

His absolute favorite pastime? Chronicling the evolution of the city/society in which he lives, hopes to live for the rest of his life, and which he hopes will provide opportunity for his children to lead fulfilled lives, should they chose to stay.

Graham can be contacted at graham.hicks@shaw.ca.