{
  "id": 4270465,
  "title": "Doug Ford erects sign to remind Donald Trump ‘it’s Lake Ontario now and forever’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/doug-ford-erects-sign-to-remind-donald-trump-its-lake-ontario-now-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T20:23:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "National Post",
    "slug": "national-post",
    "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/doug-ford-donald-trump-lake-ontario"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a large sign on the Canadian shoreline of Lake Ontario, reading \"Lake Ontario. Now and Always.\" The sign, which is 24-by-12 feet in size, was put up in response to US President Donald Trump's executive order directing US federal agencies to refer to the lake as \"Lake America.\"\n\nFord, wearing a Team Canada soccer jersey, posed for photographs with the sign near Grimsby, Ontario, according to Fortune and Hindustan Times - World News. He stated that the name \"Lake Ontario\" would outlast President Trump, saying \"Long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called Lake Ontario.\"\n\nThe move by Trump has been met with ridicule in Canada, with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew comparing Trump to an aging rock band trying to revive an old hit, as reported by Fortune and Hindustan Times - World News. Global News reported that Ford also said, \"President Trump can call it whatever he wants, but I can tell you the rest of the world will always call it Lake Ontario.\" The sign was unveiled in Winona, Ontario, east of Hamilton, according to Global News and CBC Canada.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Is Donald Trump’s bid to brand Democrats as ‘radical’ communists working?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/is-donald-trumps-bid-to-brand-democrats-as-radical-communists-working",
        "published": "2026-08-29T13:00:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}