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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Sept. 12
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1More than a decade after being gutted by fire, this building in Old Ottawa South could soon have a date with the wrecking ball. What was it once home to?
- AA video store.
- BA neighbourhood pub.
- CAn electronics retailer.
- DA pawn shop.
2According to a City of Ottawa online survey, more than 90 per cent of respondents said the municipality should boost customer protections and regulate rates for which of the following?
- ATow truck drivers.
- BBusinesses that offer short-term loans.
- CHome inspectors.
- DSnowplow operators.
3This Ottawa community was so tired of the number of heavy trucks trundling through their streets that residents counted them themselves and submitted a report to the city. Which community is complaining?
- ACumberland.
- BManotick.
- CNavan.
- DStittsville.
4A number of parents whose children attend Ecole élémentaire publique Francojeunesse, seen here, are worried that the school will soon serve as what?
- AA polling station on election day.
- BA drop-off location for household hazardous waste.
- CThe main pavilion for a Franco-Ontarian cultural festival.
- DA temporary public library branch.
5Why did The Ottawa Hospital issue an apology this week to some of its employees?
- AA mass email accidentally revealed the names of unvaccinated workers.
- BAnti-vaccine protesters were mistakenly given permission to use staff parking spots.
- CA fundraising campaign used nurses' photos without getting their permission.
- DAbout one dozen employees' bikes were damaged in a construction mishap.
6These six highrises could one day go up along Highway 417 near Clyde and Carling avenues. What would they replace?
- AAn Anglican church.
- BA former dairy factory.
- CA large swath of greenspace.
- DAn aging strip mall.
7What are some 60 former interpreters who assisted the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan now doing, in the hopes the federal government will more quickly resettle family members still in the Taliban-ruled country?
- AThey're going on a hunger strike.
- BThey're camping out in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- CThey're erecting roadblocks at a busy downtown intersection.
- DThey're condemning the Liberals in pre-election ads.
8Which incumbent MP is Ottawa resident Vinny Manes encouraging people not to re-elect?
- APierre Poilievre.
- BChandra Arya.
- CDavid McGuinty.
- DAnita Vandenbeld.
9Dylan Whiteduck, chief of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, is urging the leaders of the federal parties to "work together, as a country, and fix the problem." What problem is he talking about?
- AAccess to clean drinking water.
- BDiscrimination in the health-care sector.
- CThe declining use of Indigenous languages.
- DA countrywide shortage of affordable housing.
10David McDonald and Kim Cormier became fast friends after Cormier invited McDonald, who has been intermittently homeless since 2016, to pitch his tent in the backyard of her Kingston, Ont., home. How did they meet?
- AThey started volunteering at a local food bank on the same day.
- BMcDonald asked her to watch his stuff while he fixed his scooter's flat tire.
- CCormier tracked him down after mistakenly getting sent his disability cheque.
- DMcDonald saw Cormier struggling with pruning a large tree and offered to help.
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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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