Ottawa's Rachel Homan lost the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts last weekend, but it was still impressive that she made it that far at all. Why?
She was eight months' pregnant.
She was curling on a broken foot.
Half of her normal team couldn't play because of COVID-19 restrictions.
She'd spent the previous half-year training to be an Olympic cyclist.
Knitters spent a combined 500 hundred hours of work to create this scarf, which was recently installed where?
On the frame of the Jos Montferrand sculpture on Gatineau's rue Montcalm.
Inside a vaccination clinic at the Wabano Centre.
Along the wall of a new ward at CHEO, the region's children's hospital.
On the Man With Two Hats statue near Dows Lake.
What did Lanark County resident David Frisch describe this week as a "recipe for disaster"?
A plan to relocate COVID-19 patients to the hospital in Perth, Ont.
A snowmobile trail that allows both motorized vehicles and pedestrians.
A proposal to amalgamate Carleton Place, Ont., with six neighbouring communities.
A new wind farm slated to be built on a bird migration route.
Which of the following groups will soon be wearing green armbands in an attempt to reduce the amount of harassment they face from the public?
Youth hockey referees.
LRT ambassadors.
Bylaw officers.
Panhandlers.
The City of Ottawa got a $22-million discount to buy a swath of land, with development plans that involve expanding this recreation centre. Where is the land located?
Little Italy.
Overbrook.
Mechanicsville.
Carlington.
Which major project in Ottawa is almost four months behind schedule?
The expansion of the Trillium line.
The design for Ottawa's new central library.
The renovation of Centre Block.
The Zibi development on Victoria Island.
Casey Babb says it felt like a "gut punch" when he read a letter he'd been sent from Public Services and Procurement Canada. What did the letter say?
That he'd been unknowingly paying into the wrong pension and owed $7,000.
That he was being investigated for fraud related to a government contract.
That he wouldn't be compensated for hearing damage caused by faulty interpreting equipment.
That he'd won a GCSurplus auction for a rare 19th-century Canadian stamp.
Hair salon owner Sunita Robinson is vowing to fight a $1,130 ticket she got during the latest lockdown, claiming she wasn't cutting hair at the time she was cited. What does Robinson say she was doing instead?
Painting the salon.
Filming an online makeup tutorial.
Collecting and reading her mail.
Fixing a problem with the salon's plumbing.
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Public Health Unit held a pop-up COVID-19 clinic Friday for people who might have patronized which bar in Carleton Place, Ont., during the last week of February?
The Thirsty Moose.
The Hungry Beaver.
The Friendly Raven.
The Cuddly Capybara.
Ottawans 80 and older began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, but they had to meet a certain condition first. What was it?
They had to live in certain high-risk neighbourhoods.
They had to have a pre-existing medical condition.
They had to be staying in a congregate or group setting.
They had to be able to get to the vaccination clinic on their own.
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