Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

Source: NPR World 1 hour ago

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.

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