The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Campbellford, Ont., is reopening after an incident involving a Ku Klux Klan costume.
It had been closed after a firestorm over a Halloween party that included a man in a KKK costume leading another man, who had his face painted black, with a rope around his neck.
Terry Nunn, the retired Toronto police officer who was the man in blackface, has apologized for the incident.
Provincial legion officials said on Friday that they want the Campbellford branch to be open for Remembrance Day observances.
They say the tone of e-mails they are receiving has changed because of apologies given.
Provincial president Ed Pigeau says an investigation into the incident is continuing and "those responsible will be dealt with."
Mr. Nunn said he is in "no way, shape or form" a racist and neither is his friend Blair Crowley who wore the Klansman garb and who has apologized if anyone was offended by the costume.
"It was a stupid thing. In hindsight now, we should have never done it," Mr. Nunn said on Thursday.
Mr. Nunn said he and Mr. Crowley might apologize in person to Mark Andrade, a local restaurateur who is black. He arrived at the legion just in time to see the pair get first prize for their costume. He later complained.
However, their costumes weren't the only ones in poor taste. Another man was dressed as a Nazi chef and had "a little Hitler mustache," Mr. Nunn said.
The Canadian Press