







Canada has rejected the new name of the lake, which straddles both countries, as their row deepens.
Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ as feud with Canada escalates | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his feud with Canadian leaders, suggesting the United States is considering renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as tensions between the two countries rise amid an ongoing trade war.

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario after Trump’s decree on ‘Lake America’
Tech giant says name to remain Lake Ontario for Canadian users, change reflects decision by US government agency.

Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege":
America Doesn’t Need to Invade Canada. It Has Our Data | The Walrus
From cloud servers to AI patents, digital dependence is becoming a new form of power


Donald Trump drops demands to own Greenland, but the harm has been done
A revised defence pact with Denmark and Greenland is a modest improvement, but annexation threats were a costly blunder

The Case for Filling in Lake Merritt
After a century of short-sighted city-building, is this our best bet?

A polluted bay on Lake Superior gets cleaned up | The Narwhal
Canada and the U.S. have partnered for decades to clean up pollution in the Great Lakes. Nipigon Bay is one of the success stories

Interactive Quiz - Canada Ocean Map
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to implement mail-in voting restrictions
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to allow President Donald Trump's administration to implement a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements before November's congressional election, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a similar request.

On whose land?
I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of on whose land will these be built? How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like meh.

U.S. and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread
President Donald Trump’s import taxes will hit about 5% of what Canada ships to the United States every year, including products ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.

Denmark and Greenland say US military agreement will not compromise Arctic territory’s sovereignty
Statement sought to clarify Trump’s announcement that US will have ‘permanent control’ over Greenland’s security

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls new U.S. tariffs ‘a miscalculation’ after trade talks collapse
The U.S. import taxes will apply to hockey sticks, building materials, liquors and certain kinds of clothing. Carney said “Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar.”

Quebec Novelist Shines a Harsh Spotlight on Migration, and on Trump’s America
Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian-born, previously unknown writer, submitted an unsolicited manuscript. Its rights were sold in 23 countries before publication.

Quebec Novelist Shines a Harsh Spotlight on Migration, and on Trump’s America
Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian-born, previously unknown writer, submitted an unsolicited manuscript. Its rights were sold in 23 countries before publication.
