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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Sept. 5
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1Danny Sivyer told CBC News this week his venue was "at the end of [its] rope" and would be shutting down Sept. 18 after nearly four decades in business. What does he run?
- AA music venue in the ByWard Market.
- BAn independent theatre in Old Ottawa South.
- CAn LGBTQ bookstore in Sandy Hill.
- DA movie rental store in the Glebe.
2According to local officials, what did someone who took part in a Cornwall, Ont., hospital protest against COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday allegedly do?
- AShow up with an active case of COVID-19.
- BScrawl a racist message on a nurse's car.
- CThrow a large rock through a hospital window.
- DOverdose on ivermectin.
3What happened near Hunt Club and Conroy roads late Tuesday afternoon that prompted an investigation by the Special Investigations Unit, Ontario's police watchdog?
- AThree people were hospitalized after a crash involving a police cruiser.
- BAn officer shot a man who was wielding a can of bear spray.
- CA man jumped from an apartment window during a drug raid.
- DA journalist was arrested while trying to photograph a crime scene.
4Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly said Wednesday night that "short-term thinking" would not solve which of the following problems?
- AThe steadily climbing number of opioid overdoses.
- BMotor vehicle collisions that injure cyclists and pedestrians.
- CViolence in the ByWard Market.
- DStructural racism within policing.
5City of Ottawa official Anthony Di Monte announced this week he would be retiring at the end of October. What position has he held for the past few years?
- AGeneral manager of emergency services.
- BHead of OC Transpo.
- CDirector of the bylaw department.
- DIntegrity commissioner.
6Which eastern Ontario city issued an emergency order that came into effect Friday, following a string of long weekend street parties that violated the Reopening Ontario Act?
- ABrockville.
- BCornwall.
- CKingston.
- DNapanee.
7What change does a Gatineau, Que., public health advisory committee say should be implemented on more than 1,500 streets in the western Quebec city?
- AKids should be allowed to play street hockey on them.
- BSegregated bike lanes should be added.
- CStreet signs should also be translated into Anishinaabemowin.
- DThey should be blocked off to most motorized vehicles during the summer.
8Hélène Barette-Mousseau has complained to the oversight board for western Quebec's health authority after she spent hours in pain on the floor of the Hull Hospital ER with which medical condition?
- AA perforated appendix.
- BKidney stones.
- CAcute pancreatitis.
- DA slipped disc.
9Where did Ottawa police apparently discover a human leg Friday afternoon?
- AAt a recycling plant.
- BOff to the side of a forested trail.
- CIn a garbage bin behind a hospital.
- DIn a corn field.
10Barry Blondin says he's still haunted by what he saw in New York after the 9/11 attacks, which occurred 20 years ago Saturday. Why was he in the city?
- AHe'd driven down after the attack to help with the search efforts.
- BHe was visiting his daughter and staying two blocks away from the World Trade Center.
- CHis law firm was scheduled to have a meeting in the North Tower that afternoon.
- DHe was part of the engineering team that analyzed how the towers collapsed.
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- How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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- Trevor Pritchard
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