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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of May 10

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  1. 1More than 100 delegations signed up to speak at a multi-day online city committee meeting that kicked off Monday morning. What was the meeting about?Image for question 1
    1. AExpanding Ottawa's urban boundary.
    2. BPurchasing LeBreton Flats from the NCC.
    3. CRedeveloping part of the Central Experimental Farm.
    4. DHiking property taxes to pay for COVID-19 relief.
  2. 2A Cornwall, Ont., truck maintenance company has recently been handing out care packages to long-haul truckers that include which much-sought item?Image for question 2
    1. APortable urinals.
    2. BMonth-long audiobook subscriptions.
    3. CCOVID-19 test kits.
    4. DSourdough starters.
  3. 3Chris Ault recently started a petition that's received more than 2,500 signatures. What does his petition demand?Image for question 3
    1. AThat the province step up COVID-19 testing in care homes.
    2. BThat Ottawans be allowed to visit their cottages in the Outaouais.
    3. CThat the city reopen playgrounds, benches and other park amenities.
    4. DThat the federal government create a COVID-19 fund for struggling artists.
  4. 4Kaite Burkholder Harris is asking Ottawa residents to refrain from calling police to report which of the following?Image for question 4
    1. AGatherings of more than five people.
    2. BHomeless people.
    3. CWildlife and stray animals.
    4. DTransit riders who aren't wearing masks.
  5. 5Premier Doug Ford announced the first phase of the province's plan to restart the economy Thursday. Which of the following businesses, however, will not be able to open during that phase?Image for question 5
    1. APet groomers.
    2. BDriving ranges.
    3. CMarinas.
    4. DHair salons.
  6. 6Mayor Jim Watson intervened at the end of Wednesday's city council meeting to stifle a plan to close a stretch of which city street to vehicular traffic?Image for question 6
    1. ABank Street.
    2. BMain Street.
    3. CPreston Street.
    4. DWellington Street W.
  7. 7Renée Thouin spoke this past week about the stress she's been feeling after COVID-19 brought a halt to which of the following?Image for question 7
    1. AHer in vitro fertilization.
    2. BHer chemotherapy.
    3. CHer search for her twin sister.
    4. DHer dental surgeries.
  8. 8On Wednesday, a panel of Ontario Superior Court judges quashed the provincial government's decision to cancel which of the following eastern Ontario projects?Image for question 8
    1. AA wind farm.
    2. BA highway overpass.
    3. CAn ethanol plant.
    4. DA 5G cellular tower.
  9. 9Uday Jaswal, Ottawa's deputy police chief, is facing new misconduct charges after two more people came forward recently alleging what?Image for question 9
    1. ASexual harassment.
    2. BBribery.
    3. CRacial profiling.
    4. DUnsafe use of a firearm.
  10. 10What was the price tag placed on the Senate's share of the Centre Block renovation at Thursday's meeting of its internal economy committee?Image for question 10
    1. A$152 million.
    2. B$863 million.
    3. C$1.25 billion.
    4. DActually, no one really knows.

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