Prince George Boston Pizza
May 2, 2026In 1947, Prince George kids basically staged a full-on candy rebellion… and honestly? It might be one of the most Canadian protests ever recorded. 🍫🇨🇦
The issue?
An Oh Henry chocolate bar jumped from 5 cents to 8 cents.
Today that sounds tiny. Back then, it was enormous.
The article explains that many local children only had a single dime to spend if they were lucky enough to have any spending money at all. Penny candy was still king. So when chocolate bars suddenly jumped by 60%, kids in Prince George saw it for exactly what it felt like to them:
completely unfair.
Students at South Fort George School painted placards and marched through downtown Prince George protesting the price hike. One of the slogans was:
“Let 8-cent bars rot on the shelves — we want 5-cent ones!”
Kids in wool coats and rubber boots marching down muddy Prince George streets with handmade signs, absolutely furious that their after-school chocolate bar suddenly cost almost their whole dime.
The article even mentions teacher Fanny Kinney, who students remembered as supporting the protest and saying they weren’t going to put up with it.
And somehow that tiny story says a lot about old Prince George.
People here have always been practical.
Hardworking.
And maybe just a little stubborn when something didn’t seem right.
Even if the issue was chocolate bars. 🍫
The funniest part?
According to the clipping, the protest actually worked. Prices reportedly stayed at 5 cents for another couple of years.
Imagine being able to say you helped defeat inflation before you were old enough to drive.
That’s the kind of local storytelling we love uncovering at PG Designs. Sometimes the stories that stick with people aren’t the giant historic moments… they’re the small everyday battles everyone remembers years later.
