Maskwacis teen singer takes centre stage in NHL’s Edmonton bubble
For 14-year-old Kiya Bruno and her family, Tuesday night was another special one.
A recorded rendition of O’Canada sung by Bruno in Cree and English was played prior to the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs match-up between the Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights.
The league has gone without in-person anthem singers at their playoff bubbles in Edmonton and Toronto due to COVID-19 measures that are in place.
Bruno, who is from the Samson Cree Nation in Maskwacis, performed the same rendition of O’Canada for the Toronto Blue Jays on National Indigenous Peoples Day in June 2019, and for the Edmonton Oilers last February on Hockey Day in Canada.