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.
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Canada has rejected the new name of the lake, which straddles both countries, as their row deepens.
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":
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.
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
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.”
Trump says Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean
Pichai allegedly said, “Oceans are different, sir.”
‘Now we’re in a power struggle’: Europe’s resentment grows over Trump’s newest provocations
President Trump has backed off his threats toward Denmark's territorial sovereignty, but he and aides have continued to irritate much of Europe.
'Buy Canadian': Meet the Consumers Boycotting American Products as Trade Rift Widens
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has championed the "Buy Canadian" movement, saying the power lies in "decisions taken at the kitchen table, not the boardroom table." Canadians are responding en masse, embracing patriotic shopping, even with the challenges it can present.
How Canada Became A Greenhouse Superpower
Canada, despite its cold weather, ships more fresh tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to the U.S. than we send the other way. How? With the continent's largest cluster of greenhouses.
The Case for Filling in Lake Merritt
After a century of short-sighted city-building, is this our best bet?
Ambitious Canada Part 8: Mega Projects
Do you believe that Canada is facing an existential crisis? The answer to this question determines the kind of actions we, as a nation, take going forward. History has examples of nations that faced existential threats and responded by aligning their government and private sectors to achieve the imp
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
