Video: Navy commander apologizes after Indigenous ceremony incident

Video: Navy commander apologizes after Indigenous ceremony incident

July 5, 2017 8:51 am PST.

A navy commander is apologizing to Indigenous people after video emerged showing Canadian Forces members disrupting a Mi’kmaq ceremony in Halifax. Rear Admiral John Newton says the navy is taking the Canada Day incident “very seriously.”

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