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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Feb. 21
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1Why did the western Quebec cottage owned by Bell CEO Mirko Bibic make headlines this week?
- AIt has high-speed internet while the surrounding region struggles with low speeds.
- BA new addition is blocking off a popular Outaouais snowmobile trail.
- CIt was mistakenly targeted by Quebec police in an illegal opioid raid.
- DNeighbours say its septic tank is dumping pollution into Pemichangan Lake.
2Who said Monday there was "absolutely no tolerance for this going on in an organization" following an investigation by the CBC's Fifth Estate into allegations of workplace sexism?
- AOC Transpo head John Manconi.
- BOttawa Police Chief Peter Sloly.
- CUniversity of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont.
- DNational Capital Commission CEO Tobi Nussbaum.
3Godlove Ngwafusi told CBC this week he wasn't surprised by Ottawa Police Service statistics that showed which of the following?
- AThat the number of hate crimes being reported to police had gone up.
- BThat Black Ottawans were being charged with more crimes per capita than in any other Ontario city.
- CThat few officers facing Police Services Act charges ended up being disciplined.
- DThat suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic had risen sharply.
4Ottawa Public Health said Tuesday it was trying to track down six people who'd been in close contact with a seventh who later tested positive for COVID-19. What were they all doing together?
- ASharing a van from Toronto to Ottawa.
- BMaking an overnight ski trek through Gatineau Park.
- CPlaying pickup hockey at Kanata rink.
- DAttending a hot yoga class.
5Which of the following statements about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan in Ottawa is NOT true?
- AAll Ottawans 80 and older will be eligible for the vaccine as of March 5.
- BHomeless Ottawans and workers in schools are included in the rollout's second phase.
- CMost people will be vaccinated at one of seven community clinics.
- DThe general public probably won't get a COVID-19 vaccine until August.
6Khadija El Hilali says she chose to end her contract with Rideau Hall last June after she was reprimanded for doing what in an email to other staff?
- AEncouraging them to report bullying by Julie Payette, the now-former governor general.
- BSharing her feelings about racism following the death of George Floyd.
- CCalling an armed man who stormed through Rideau Hall's gates a terrorist.
- DTrying to fundraise for a family who'd been evicted from their home.
7Kennedy Banton-Lindsay is one of the founders of a new advocacy council at the University of Ottawa that strives to address equity issues involving which group of students?
- ALaw students.
- BStudent-athletes.
- CTeaching assistants.
- DLGBTQ students.
8Chelsea, Que., Mayor Caryl Green says she's pleased by a ruling issued this week and now wants to "put all of this dispute behind us." What did the dispute involve?
- ACampaign donations made by a developer building 60 new homes.
- BA disagreement over how much the National Capital Commission owed in taxes.
- CWho would pay for the widening of Highway 5.
- DThe precise location of the boundary between Chelsea and Gatineau, Que.
9Ottawa's planning committee unanimously approved an ambitious 25-year-plan Thursday that will guide the development of which part of the city?
- ALittle Italy.
- BThe western stretch of Montreal Road.
- CCentral Barrhaven.
- DLebreton Flats.
10The Eastern Ontario Health Unit announced Friday it had confirmed four COVID-19 cases involving variants of concern, including three connected to which of the following?
- AA cheese factory in St. Albert.
- BA brewery in Vankleek Hill.
- CA community college in Cornwall.
- DAn organic farm near Winchester.
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