Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. April 17th, 2025
April 17, 2025
Amid growing fears of crossing the U.S. border, the head of an Ottawa-based startup says he has cancelled his business conventions to America. Oscar Acosta, the man behind Body Mechanics, was planning to visit American cities in May and July. He was also registered for a conference in early-2026. He has cancelled all of them. Acosta joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Speaking of land border crossings into the United States, new data shows that numbers are down by hundreds of thousands. We sift through the details and analyze the latest travel advisory with Barbara Barrett, the Executive Director of the Frontier Duty Free Association.
Unpublished Newswire
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