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Canadian Premier Criticizes Trump's Lake Ontario Renaming
Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized President Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America,' calling it a joke. The move comes amid ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada.
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NPR
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
2026-08-30 14:36 UTC
The Hill
Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Sunday said that President Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" resembled "something out of 'Saturday Night Live.'" Ford slammed Trump's trade war with Canada that placed a 50 percent tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods in an intervie
2026-08-30 14:18 UTC