Ford Unveils 'Lake Ontario. Now and Always' Sign on Grimsby Shoreline

Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a 24-by-12-foot bilingual sign reading 'Lake Ontario. Now and Always' on the Lake Ontario shoreline near Grimsby, Ontario, three days after Trump's executive order directing federal agencies to redesignate the lake 'Lake America.' Wearing a Team Canada jersey, Ford said 'Long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called Lake Ontario,' framing the display as part of Canada's broader posture of 'standing up for ourselves' amid the tariff dispute. The stunt followed PM Carney's own rejection of the renaming, which cited the Wendat-derived name's roughly 400-year history predating both Canadian Confederation and US independence.