Interesting observation, Portia.

Yes, it is worthy of the front page for multiple reasons:
- the rescue of over a third of a million trained troops from almost certain capture was a pivotal moment in the Second World War. Had it failed, the war would almost certainly have taken a different, much darker turn.
- this Canadian, serving as the lone, non-stop piermaster, ushered the majority of the evacuees onto larger vessels.
- Clouston, until the past few weeks, remained virtually unknown and is still unrecognized in a formal sense. Some evacuees who passed by him on their way to safety said that he should have received the Victoria Cross for his courage under fire and his persistence over 5 days & nights. Clouston received no medal.
- Bottom line: that a Canadian played such a sustained & significant role during a history-altering event, with no recognition at all in his homeland is a story in itself (how did this guy get missed?). 
It is certainly worthy of front page coverage.