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  "id": 4706962,
  "title": "Why some Canadian website maps show ‘Lake America’ instead of Lake Ontario",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/why-some-canadian-website-maps-show-lake-america-instead-of-lake",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T20:14:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "The issue first arose after several websites including Hydro One, Elections Canada, Infrastructure Ontario and others showed Lake America on their maps.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Interior Secretary says President Trump \"reached out to Apple directly\" about changing Lake Ontario to Lake America and the company may soon alter its maps (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/interior-secretary-says-president-trump-reached-out-to-apple-directly",
        "published": "2026-08-31T14:36:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Feds force Google to scrub ‘Lake America’ from Canadian sites",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/feds-force-google-to-scrub-lake-america-from-canadian-sites",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:04:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "National Post",
        "title": "Ontario agencies restore Lake Ontario to their websites after Google Maps updated it to Lake America in the U.S.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ontario-agencies-restore-lake-ontario-to-their-websites-after-google",
        "published": "2026-08-31T19:34:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Why some Canadian website maps show ‘Lake America’ instead of Lake Ontario",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/why-some-canadian-website-maps-show-lake-america-instead-of-lake-4708971",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:14:00.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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