'A more enlightened country would spend each Nov. 11 teaching its children the virtues of politely asking those who would do us harm to consider alternatives'

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Virtually the whole of Canada was briefly united this week in its opposition to Sackville Heights Elementary School, a Nova Scotia school that asked veterans and service members attending its Remembrance Day assembly not to show up in uniform lest they scare students.

The demand has been retracted, after it was slammed by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and others, but urged any students afraid of the sight of military uniforms to get in touch with staff to make alternate arrangements.

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In Dear Diary, the National Post satirically re-imagines a week in the life of a newsmaker. This week, Tristin Hopper takes a journey inside the thoughts of the Sackville Heights Elementary School.

Remembrance Day is always the most difficult part of the school calendar, although the Christian nationalist........

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