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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of June 30

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  1. 1According to Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project, a minor tornado touched down Sunday in which community northwest of Ottawa?Image for question 1
    1. ACobden.
    2. BDeep River.
    3. CGolden Lake.
    4. DWestmeath.
  2. 2Which 2023 Vezina Trophy winner, seen here, did the Ottawa Senators acquire Monday in an attempt to boost their goaltending ranks?Image for question 2
    1. ALinus Ullmark.
    2. BAndrei Vasilevskiy.
    3. CMarc-André Fleury.
    4. DConnor Hellebuyck.
  3. 3"The level of capital to support the ___________ plans we have in place is going to exceed anything we've ever seen before." Fill in the blank with the word or words that Bryce Conrad spoke at Ottawa city council on Tuesday.Image for question 3
    1. AElectrification.
    2. BTree planting.
    3. CAffordable housing.
    4. DWastewater.
  4. 4According to Rideau-Vanier Coun. Stéphanie Plante, what was the motivation for a man who allegedly sent her a series of threatening emails and was charged by Ottawa police?Image for question 4
    1. AThe fact she is francophone.
    2. BHer support for renaming a park in her ward.
    3. CA motion she introduced opposing "renovictions."
    4. DA social media post she made about the 2022 convoy protests.
  5. 5Paid parking is set to come to THIS Ottawa street after the plan survived an attempt Thursday to delay it until the LRT extension is completed. Which street are we looking at?Image for question 5
    1. AWellington Street W.
    2. BBeechwood Avenue.
    3. CPreston Street.
    4. DMerivale Road.
  6. 6What recent makeover did city hall watcher Kevin O'Donnell describe as a "complete failure of branding"?Image for question 6
    1. AThe new paint job on Ottawa Police Service cruisers.
    2. BOC Transpo's new maps for the Confederation and Trillium lines.
    3. CThe redesign of Ottawa's official flag.
    4. DThe bylaw department's "edgy" new mascot.
  7. 7Which Canadian artist has cancelled tour dates until the end of July — including an upcoming show at Ottawa's Bluesfest — as some members of their band recover from an unspecified illness?Image for question 7
    1. ANeil Young and Crazy Horse.
    2. BNickelback.
    3. CCarly Rae Jepsen.
    4. DThe Beaches.
  8. 8Karima Manji was given a three-year sentence in an Iqaluit courtroom Thursday morning after she pleaded guilty for doing what?Image for question 8
    1. ADefrauding Inuit groups to fund her daughters' eductation.
    2. BSelling stolen Dorset culture artifacts at her Ottawa gallery.
    3. CRunning a dental clinic in Nunavut without being licensed.
    4. DStealing from patients who were flying to Ottawa for medical treatment.
  9. 9The longtime president of CHEO, Alex Munter, announced on Thursday he was leaving his position with eastern Ontario's children's hospital to do WHAT?Image for question 9
    1. ATake a leadership role with a national physician advocacy group.
    2. BRun for the NDP in the next federal election.
    3. CBecome a policy adviser for the World Health Organization.
    4. DTeach health administration at Yale University.
  10. 10Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari was ousted from the Ontario PC caucus Friday, not long after she spurred outrage in some quarters by doing what?Image for question 10
    1. AMeeting online with a far-right British activist.
    2. BWearing a keffiyeh in the Ontario legislature.
    3. CGreasing up a pig at an eastern Ontario agricultural fair.
    4. DBilling taxpayers for flights to her Nova Scotia summer home.

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