Coffee was a steaming hot commodity in Prince George this week in 1977, thanks to a global coffee shortage that meant prices would soon soar by as much as a dollar a pound.* As residents rushed to stock up on existing supplies of lower-priced brew — then selling for between $2.29 to $2.89 per pound…
January 1, 1942: A “Silent Night” New Year’s Eve 1942 was a quiet one in Prince George, thanks to a war-time order for silence along Canada’s western coast. The Prince George Citizen reports that on December 30, 1942, the officer in charge of the Allied Pacific Command issued a request for “all vulnerable areas, which…
Christmas week of 1921 brought new limitations on the amount of beer that B.C. residents could purchase on a daily basis. According to an article in the Prince George Leader on December 23, 1921: Mr. George Sutherland, local liquor vendor, received word yesterday that under the new amendment to the Liquor Control Act, no person…
Almost a century ago, prospective home builders could purchase lots in Prince George’s Millar Addition for $325 each. But there were conditions attached — and perhaps offset by visions of future residential prestige. According to an advertisement in the Prince George Herald newspaper on December 18, 1915: To the Home Builder: We will sell you a…
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