8/31/26: Lake Ontario or Lake America?

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Aug 31, 202609:57News & Politics

(Aug 31, 2026) Amid an escalating trade war with Canada, President Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. We speak to people along the North Country coast about what they thin...

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