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Republican mayor rejects Trump's Lake Ontario name change Robert Corradino is the Republican mayor of Oswego, N.Y., a city on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario. He says the body of water is central to his community's identity and the city's decision not to follow U.S. President Donald Trump's directive to rename the lake 'Lake America' is one his constituents 'overwhelmingly' support. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7336144?cmp=rss #USA #Canada #News #Trump #CanadaNews #USANews #Ontario

Trump imposes 50% tariff on Canadian imports The duties mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North American neighbours. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4dzq3x3e1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Canada #Trump #USANews #News #CanadaNews #USA

Canada's leftwing party, the New Democratic Party (NDP), has a new leader. Avi Lewis is an activist, broadcaster and filmmaker with no hands-on political experience, but a long family history (his grandfather led the NDP at a federal level, and his father is a former leader of the Ontario NDP). @cbcnews@flipboard.com takes a look at what all this might mean for the party, which had a dismal showing in last year's federal election. https://flip.it/dlZFQ4 #Canada #CanadaNews #NDP #AviLewis