CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Feb. 21

Beschreibung

How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

Frage
Why did the western Quebec cottage owned by Bell CEO Mirko Bibic make headlines this week?
Antworten
  • It has high-speed internet while the surrounding region struggles with low speeds.
  • A new addition is blocking off a popular Outaouais snowmobile trail.
  • It was mistakenly targeted by Quebec police in an illegal opioid raid.
  • Neighbours say its septic tank is dumping pollution into Pemichangan Lake.

Frage 2

Frage
Who said Monday there was "absolutely no tolerance for this going on in an organization" following an investigation by the CBC's Fifth Estate into allegations of workplace sexism?
Antworten
  • OC Transpo head John Manconi.
  • Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly.
  • University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont.
  • National Capital Commission CEO Tobi Nussbaum.

Frage 3

Frage
Godlove Ngwafusi told CBC this week he wasn't surprised by Ottawa Police Service statistics that showed which of the following?
Antworten
  • That the number of hate crimes being reported to police had gone up.
  • That Black Ottawans were being charged with more crimes per capita than in any other Ontario city.
  • That few officers facing Police Services Act charges ended up being disciplined.
  • That suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic had risen sharply.

Frage 4

Frage
Ottawa Public Health said Tuesday it was trying to track down six people who'd been in close contact with a seventh who later tested positive for COVID-19. What were they all doing together?
Antworten
  • Sharing a van from Toronto to Ottawa.
  • Making an overnight ski trek through Gatineau Park.
  • Playing pickup hockey at Kanata rink.
  • Attending a hot yoga class.

Frage 5

Frage
Which of the following statements about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan in Ottawa is NOT true?
Antworten
  • All Ottawans 80 and older will be eligible for the vaccine as of March 5.
  • Homeless Ottawans and workers in schools are included in the rollout's second phase.
  • Most people will be vaccinated at one of seven community clinics.
  • The general public probably won't get a COVID-19 vaccine until August.

Frage 6

Frage
Khadija El Hilali says she chose to end her contract with Rideau Hall last June after she was reprimanded for doing what in an email to other staff?
Antworten
  • Encouraging them to report bullying by Julie Payette, the now-former governor general.
  • Sharing her feelings about racism following the death of George Floyd.
  • Calling an armed man who stormed through Rideau Hall's gates a terrorist.
  • Trying to fundraise for a family who'd been evicted from their home.

Frage 7

Frage
Kennedy Banton-Lindsay is one of the founders of a new advocacy council at the University of Ottawa that strives to address equity issues involving which group of students?
Antworten
  • Law students.
  • Student-athletes.
  • Teaching assistants.
  • LGBTQ students.

Frage 8

Frage
Chelsea, Que., Mayor Caryl Green says she's pleased by a ruling issued this week and now wants to "put all of this dispute behind us." What did the dispute involve?
Antworten
  • Campaign donations made by a developer building 60 new homes.
  • A disagreement over how much the National Capital Commission owed in taxes.
  • Who would pay for the widening of Highway 5.
  • The precise location of the boundary between Chelsea and Gatineau, Que.

Frage 9

Frage
Ottawa's planning committee unanimously approved an ambitious 25-year-plan Thursday that will guide the development of which part of the city?
Antworten
  • Little Italy.
  • The western stretch of Montreal Road.
  • Central Barrhaven.
  • Lebreton Flats.

Frage 10

Frage
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit announced Friday it had confirmed four COVID-19 cases involving variants of concern, including three connected to which of the following?
Antworten
  • A cheese factory in St. Albert.
  • A brewery in Vankleek Hill.
  • A community college in Cornwall.
  • An organic farm near Winchester.
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