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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Feb. 9
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1What notable event happened during last weekend's NHL game between the Ottawa Senators and the Minnesota Wild?
- AThe Canadian Tire Centre crowd booed the U.S. anthem.
- BThe Senators retired longtime goalie Craig Anderson's number.
- CA cat somehow ended up on the ice.
- DA player with the Wild nearly died after a skate blade severed his artery.
2Ontario's Ministry of Labour is investigating after WHAT took place Monday afternoon in Ottawa's south end?
- AA worker fell from a building under construction.
- BTwo welders suffered burns when gas fumes ignited.
- CA machinist got his arm caught in a piece of equipment.
- DA city employee ended up stuck inside a garbage truck.
3Which Crown corporation is laying off dozens of managers in an attempt to save money after years of financial losses?
- ACanada Post.
- BThe National Capital Commission.
- CVia Rail.
- DThe National Arts Centre.
4Which Chinese app was restricted on some federal government mobile devices this week due to "serious privacy concerns?"
- ATikTok.
- BDeepSeek.
- CWeChat.
- DFantuan.
5Which two Ontario political parties pledged on Tuesday to upload responsibility for Ottawa's light rail system to the province, should they be elected on Feb. 27?
- AThe PCs and the NDP.
- BThe PCs and the Liberals.
- CThe NDP and the Greens.
- DThe Liberals and the NDP.
6In a recent decision, Justice Anne London-Weinstein hammered a pair of Ottawa police officers for undermining "the reputation of the administration of justice" when they arrested WHO without having proper grounds?
- AA suspect in a drug deal.
- BA man wanted for serial arson.
- CA teen boy accused of making bomb threats.
- DA union leader taking part in a protest.
7Ottawa police released a photo of this sedan on Thursday, asking the public to help track down its occupants. According to police, what did they allegedly do on Jan. 19 in Orléans?
- AThey stole packages from more than two dozen front porches.
- BThey deliberately struck a pedestrian and then drove off.
- CThey defaced a home with racist and homophobic slurs.
- DThey forcibly confined a relative of the local city councillor.
8During a meeting of Canada's big city mayors in Ottawa on Thursday, the offices of Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Gatineau Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette issued a joint statement. What did they call for?
- AThe removal of interprovincial trade barriers between Ontario and Quebec.
- BMore funding from the federal government to fight the opioid crisis.
- CA firm commitment to build a new bridge across the Ottawa River.
- DAssurances that the federal carbon tax will remain in place.
9Haoua Inoua, Chris Tooriram and Ahmed Muslimani are just some of the Ottawans who've been sharing their stories with CBC in recent days. What do they all have in common?
- AThey're all HIV positive.
- BThey all recently became homeless.
- CThey were diagnosed with autism as adults.
- DThey have degrees from overseas but can't find work in Canada.
10Marc Freedman is one of several business owners concerned by news that WHICH Ottawa-area community is hiking the cost of the permits needed to operate short-term rentals?
- AChelsea.
- BMerrickville.
- CPerth.
- DWakefield.
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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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