N.B. Websites Use Trump's Lake America Instead of Lake Ontario

N.B. websites use Trump's Lake America instead of Lake Ontario

Digital expert at the University of New Brunswick says problem could be easily corrected and shows the need for vigilance

Ontario agencies restore Lake Ontario to their websites after Google Maps updated it to Lake America in the U.S.

Ontario government agencies have restored Lake Ontario to their websites after a Google Maps update replaced it with Lake America over the weekend. Metrolinx, the provincial agency that runs GO Transit, disabled the map on its GO stations page where the label appeared, it told Global News . The agency said in an email to […] The post Ontario agencies restore Lake Ontario to their websites after Google Maps updated it to Lake America in the U.S. …

Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Spreads Into Canada as Websites Mistakenly Adopt New Name

Several Canadian websites, including those operated by government-related services, briefly labeled Lake Ontario as “Lake America” on Sunday, even though Google had said its adoption of President Donald Trump’s new name for the lake would be limited to users in the United States, according to CBC News. The unexpected appearance of the name on Canadian sites came one day after Google Maps said it had changed its designation of the lake in respons…