Graham Hicks
Graham Hicks is a 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.
Columns
Hicks on Biz: Edmonton hotelier not spooked by economy
How interesting that it took a 69-year-old independent businessman to build the first new major hotel in downtown Edmonton in 25 years, the 255-room (including 32 suites), 12-storey Hyatt Place at 9576 Jasper Avenue.
McDonald's and Chutneys: A tale of evolving fast food tastes
McDonald’s, the biggest fast-food chain in the world, is re-inventing itself to stay current.
Hicks on Biz: Alberta agriculture takes a dive
As Farmfair International and the Canadian Finals Rodeo approach, Alberta’s agricultural sector, I am sad to report, is in about as good shape as the province’s oil and gas industry.
Hicks weekly dish: From autobody to Café
Located in a former autobody shop, gutted and completely reconstructed, the new Café Linnea
Lowering our green house gasses will cost us how much?
Regarding last week’s Hicks on Biz column in the Edmonton Sun entitled Rogers Place helping Edmonton take back the night
Hicks weekly dish: Sloppy Hoggs is in excellent hands
When a top-notch independent restaurant changes ownership, as happened earlier this year with the popular southern barbecue Sloppy Hoggs Roed Hus on 118th Avenue, you worry.
Rogers Place helping Edmonton take back the night
Wednesday evening I am sitting in one of my favourite downtown spots, Bodega Tapas & Wine Bar at Sabor.
Hicks weekly dish: Clementine’s has much more to come
Clementine11957 Jasper Ave.barclementine.ca5 p.m. to midnight, 1 a.m. Friday and SaturdayClosed Sundays and Mondays (No reservations. no phone)Food: 4.5 of 5 starsAmbience: 4 of 5 starsService: 4 of 5 starsDinner for two (without tip or beverages): Basic, $40; fully loaded, $70It’s far too early to tell – like declaring a Stanley Cup winner two wee
Carbon tax a colossal waste of money
No matter that Canada’s contribution to global warming is negligible. No matter that China, India and the USA are the culprits, not Canada. No matter the consequences, the carbon tax is going to happen in Alberta.On January 1, the carbon tax will bump up the cost of gasoline by 4.5 cents a litre, diesel by 5.4 cents a litre, home heating costs by $
Hicks on Biz: Predicting the best-and-worst-case scenarios of the Alberta NDP's energy policy
The Alberta ND government has irrevocably committed the province to a profound change in electricity generation, from coal, natural gas and some wind to no coal, more natural gas, and massive new renewable energy projects...
Izakaya Dorinku needs some explanation
These Izakaya Dorinku people – and there are lots of them — certainly are sociable.
Hicks on Biz: A made-in-Edmonton super drug?
This business story has so many angles, one scarce knows where to begin.
Hicks weekly Dish: The hidden treasures of Alberta Avenue
Thank God for Alberta Avenue – better known to the non-locals as 118th Avenue.
Hicks on Biz: A new kind of oil boom
Ever since the world price of oil crashed and burned in July of 2014 and remains a smouldering wreck of over-supply, Alberta’s power brokers have talked about economic diversification, talked about weaning us off our love affair with oil + gas, talked about finding a new lover to shower us with the same kind of wealth.
