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A map of Lake Ontario with text that says, "FOX News: Dozens of ships bound for "Lake America" have piled up at the entrance to the Welland Canal. Canada is refusing to grant them permission to proceed. Ships that list "Lake Ontario" in their documents are passing through the canal without obstruction."

Don't believe claim Canadian officials are refusing passage to ships bound for 'Lake America'

Written by:
Rae Deng
Aug. 31, 2026 Online posts claimed ships were stuck at the entrance of the Welland Canal, which connects Lake ...
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A photo of Donald Trump (sitting, left) and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (standing, right) in the oval office. A map of the Great Lakes region that sits at the far right of the photo has been edited so "Lake Ontario" has been replaced by "Lake of America" in a red font that is far larger and in a different font style than all other place names on the map.

Lake Ontario isn't named after Canadian province

Written by:
Emery Winter
Aug. 28, 2026 Indigenous people inhabiting the nearby area gave the lake its name, which can be seen on maps f ...
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Mark Carney, wearing a dark blue suit, blue tie and white shirt, speaks into a microphone behind a podium. He is outdoors, as the blue sky behind him indicates.

12 rumors about Canada PM Mark Carney, fact-checked

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 28, 2026 From AI-generated images to false quotes, these rumors have fooled people about the leader of Ca ...
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Mark Carney, wearing a dark blue suit, blue tie and white shirt, speaks into a microphone behind a podium that reads "Bâtir un Canada fort" ("build a strong Canada" in French). He is outside. Behind him, against a blue sky, the Canada flag floats above the Québec flag. They are blurry.

Did Trump demand changes to Canada's French language rules for trade deal? What we know

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 27, 2026 Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. officials provided different explanations for the tra ...
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Photo collage of a Truth Social post with a map of Lake Ontario and the label crossed out, with a golden "Lake America" label. Another image shows a U.S. flag reflected in a window, which U.S. President Donald Trump is behind, smiling.

Trump posted US is giving 'serious consideration' to changing Lake Ontario's name to Lake America

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Rae Deng
Aug. 25, 2026 Trump floated the idea after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from tariff negotia ...
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Was unvaccinated Canadian man Garnet Harper denied kidney transplant before his death? What we know

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Joey Esposito
Aug. 16, 2026 Harper's widow claimed he was denied a transplant because he wasn't vaccinated against COVID-19.
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A close up photo of several strips of cooked bacon laid out across a plate

Why 12K pounds of Maple Leaf Foods bacon sold in Northwest were recalled

Written by:
Emery Winter
July 29, 2026 The recall notice affects not ready-to-eat smoked bacon products distributed to retailers in Ida ...
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A hazy, smoke-filled city of Toronto skyline.

5 Canadian wildfires fact checks from our archives

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Rae Deng
July 22, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed Canada for "poisoning" the United States' air.
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An image of a road sign reading "TOLL: Gordie Howe Intl Bridge," with a "closed" sign over the exit arrow.

Why is Trump admin blocking the Gordie Howe Bridge opening? Unpacking campaign donation rumor

Written by:
Jack Izzo
June 25, 2026 A Democratic candidate for Senate pointed to a $1 million donation to a Trump super PAC from the ...
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Posts claim Canada criminalized quoting the Bible. Here's the truth

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Aleksandra Wrona
June 22, 2026 The claim misrepresents changes to a law governing hate propaganda.
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A black and white photograph of 11 Black hockey players. The team wears what appear to be wool uniforms, and each has their stick in their hands.

Did slaves who escaped to Canada invent ice hockey? Unpacking the real history

Written by:
Emery Winter
June 9, 2026 Black Canadians didn't "invent" hockey, but some of the playstyles commonplace today originated ...
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A red freight train moving along the tracks in snowy weather

Did Canada deny $573B railroad bailout request from Trump? Don't go off the rails

Written by:
Emery Winter
May 29, 2026 Many posts spreading the claim included videos featuring a commonly used AI-generated avatar.
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A police car labeled "Vancouver Police."

Vancouver man's arrest prompts claims about Canadian mental health laws. Here are the facts

Written by:
Rae Deng
May 28, 2026 Rumors spread amid a legitimate debate in Canada about potential civil liberty violations throug ...
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This image shows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Did Mark Carney say US is 'no longer an ally we can count on'?

Written by:
Taija PerryCook
April 23, 2026 In an address to the nation, the Canadian prime minister did say his country's ties to the Unite ...
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wearing a suit, with a large black book labeled "The HOLY BIBLE" shown beside him against a yellow background.

Canada didn't criminalize quoting the Bible. Here's the proof

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Aleksandra Wrona
April 13, 2026 The bill does not outlaw Bible quotes, and as of early April 2026, it had not yet become law.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a close-up outdoor photo, wearing a suit, with a large black book labeled "HOLY BIBLE" shown beside him against a blurred background.

Did Canada criminalize quoting the Bible? Posts misrepresent bill

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
March 30, 2026 The rumor spread after Canada's House passed Bill C-9 in March 2026, but the bill does not ban r ...
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A photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump, a white man with blonde hair, next to a Truth Social post with a red "fake" logo attached to it.

Inspecting alleged Trump Truth Social post saying he's no longer interested in making Canada the 51st state

Written by:
Rae Deng
March 27, 2026 "We don't need that liberal cancer in America," said a fake Truth Social post that people believ ...
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What we know about Canadian mother, daughter being detained by ICE

Written by:
Taija PerryCook
March 23, 2026 According to family, Tania Warner and her 7-year-old daughter with autism were in the country on ...
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Fake image of Carney with US, Canadian women's hockey teams praised as 'class act'

Written by:
Taija PerryCook
Feb. 26, 2026 The U.S. women's hockey team declined Trump's invitation to attend his State of the Union addres ...
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Watch out for video claiming Ghislaine Maxwell is walking free around Quebec

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
Feb. 23, 2026 According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Maxwell was serving a 20-year prison sentence in Texas ...
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