At the last minute I was saved from being on call on the National Holiday July 1st (Dominion Day) by a kindly locum and so we decided to visit Fort St James that day. It's a small town of historical significance on Stuart Lake about an hour and three quarters drive from PG. We arrived in time to watch the Canada Day parade complete with floats, mounties, firetrucks and various prominent interest groups in the town. Lots of people on horses went by and then someone with a shovel cleaning up after the horses. We waved our Canada flags smiling enthusiastically at the road side and they threw lots of sweets at us as they went past. This seemed wrong on so many levels but I'm assured no children were injured by either flying lollipops (known as "suckers") or crushed under the wheels of cars as they scrabbled around on the ground after loose penny chews. If only the same could be said of their teeth. Thankfully our children were limited in their haul by the size of their pockets. I think I saw one kid who had brought his own bucket.
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