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Barenaked Ladies performed "O Canada" at the Buffalo Bills' season home opener in Highmark Stadium, drawing cheers from the audience but mixed reactions online. The performance included a line in French and occurred during heightened trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada. The Bills, known for their substantial Canadian fan base, honored this connection with a cross-border football pass challenge featuring former players on opposite sides of the Niagara River and lighting up Niagara Falls red, white, and blue.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-18,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
The Buffalo Bills hosted the Detroit Lions in their first regular-season game at the newly built $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium on September 17, 2026, during an NFL Thursday Night Football match. To celebrate and honor their large Canadian fan base, the Barenaked Ladies performed "O Canada" before the game amidst escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada due to a trade war. The Bills opened with a strong performance led by quarterback Josh Allen, who scored on a 1-yard touchdown run after an impressive 85-yard drive. Both anthems were sung acapella, followed by fireworks and light shows for added fan engagement.
Written for “Bills Home Opener New Stadium” on 2026-09-18,
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Leaning score -0.30 for article 17765 (medium confidence, 2 verified quotes) · logged 2026-09-18
The Canadian national anthem was met with loud cheers in the stadium, but more mixed reaction online on Thursday evening after Scarborough-born rock group Barenaked Ladies performed “O Canada” at the Buffalo Bills’ season home opener.
The group sang a line in French, recognizing Canada’s second official language, as a large Canadian flag was displayed on the field.
asserted
flag → meet → field
The cross-border gesture came amid an escalating trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. but didn’t seem to land well for some online.
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gesture → come → some
“Shoutout to the bills for playing o Canada but please god take the microphones away from the Barenaked Ladies,” one user wrote to X.
The western New York team announced on social media last Wednesday that “O Canada” would be performed alongside the “The Star Spangled Banner” ahead of its first-ever regular season home opener at the team’s new NFL stadium, Highmark Stadium, against the Detroit Lions.
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Canada → shoutout → Lions
The U.S. anthem was sung by American singer and actress Auliʻi Cravalho.
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anthem → sing → Cravalho
Canadian residents account for 10 to 15 per cent of the Bills’ season ticket base, Buffalo Bills chief operating officer Pete Guelli said in a statement last year.
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Guelli → account → statement
On Wednesday, the team posted a video to X, showing retired Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and retired wide receiver Stevie Johnson completing a series of cross-border football passes on the Niagara River.
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Fitzpatrick → post → River
The former players tossed the ball to each other on separate ferries, with Fitzpatrick on the U.S. side of the river and Johnson side.
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players → toss → river
Niagara Falls was also illuminated red, white and blue — the Bills’ colours — at 8 p.m. Thursday in honour of “Western New York and southern Ontario’s home team and the passionate fans who support them on both sides of the border,” Niagara Parks wrote.
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Parks → illuminate → border
The cross-border camaraderie came amid growing tensions in an ongoing trade war between Canada and the U.S.
After trade talks fell apart last month, the Trump administration imposed 50 per cent tariffs on an array of Canadian products, from hockey sticks to honey.
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administration → come → honey
Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on specific American goods went into place Sept. 8.
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tariffs → go → place
That same day, Trump signed executive orders to completely bar imports of certain Canadian goods, including motorcycles, some dairy products and alcoholic beverages, later this month.
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Trump → sign → motorcycles
The Buffalo Sabres, the city’s NHL team, are the only team in the NHL to play both the Canadian and American national anthem regardless of whether their opponents are Canadian.
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opponents → play → anthem
In April, Sabres’ fans sang “O Canada” at KeyBank Center in Buffalo when the singer’s microphone malfunctioned in a game against the Boston Bruins.
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microphone → sing → Bruins
Both the Sabres and Bills count on a large amount of support from fans in southern Ontario — the Niagara region specifically — due to the city’s proximity to the border.
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Sabres → count → border
The Bills also used to host the “Toronto Series” from 2008 to 2013 where they would play one home game a season at Rogers Centre.
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they → use → Centre
The Bills finished last season with a 12-5 record.
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Bills → finish → record
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