
The Associated Press will still refer to Lake Ontario, not Lake America, as a global news agency it must ensure place names are easily recognizable to broad audiences
Canada has said it will not be following the name change decreed by US President Donald Trump in an executive order
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The decision affects how the lake is referred to in global news coverage
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