Dauphin-area school division revives ‘outdated’ royal anthem tradition; rainbow, treaty flags banned

By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dauphin-area schools are once again being asked to play the royal anthem daily to align themselves with a dusty and controversial government regulation that has not been enforced in 30 years. Ward 4 trustee Jarri Thompson said she was “deeply disappointed” by what was decided during the latest board meeting in the Mountain View School Division. ”God Save the King will be making its return to our schools,” Thompson wrote in a post on social media. “Let me be clear: My kids won’t be standing. If that’s a problem, so be it.” During a 75-minute meeting filled with heated debate, the board of trustees discussed the God Save the King protocol and a new policy that bans the flying of rainbow and treaty…

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