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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Oct. 2
Preguntas del test (10)
1Ottawa Small Landlord Association founder Tony Miller says the province's Landlord and Tenant Board has "collapsed," with the wait time for a hearing having ballooned from 25 days to roughly how long?
- ASeventy-six days.
- BFive months.
- CEight months.
- DMore than a year.
2Quebecers went to the polls Monday, returning François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec to another four years in office. Which was the only western Quebec riding NOT won by the CAQ?
- APontiac.
- BChapleau.
- CHull.
- DGatineau.
3Grocery retailer Farm Boy was recently fined $90,000 after one of its workers was injured. What happened?
- AThey fell three metres in an accident at a warehouse.
- BThey were pinned against a wall by a forklift.
- CA crate of citrus fruits toppled onto them.
- DThey suffered burns when a pizza oven malfunctioned.
4Sébastien Vachon-Desjardins of Gatineau, Que., was given a 20-year prison sentence Tuesday, with the presiding judge describing him as "Jesse James meets the 21st century." What did Vachon-Desjardins do?
- AHe encrypted organizations' data and demanded ransom payments.
- BHe blackmailed users of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
- CHe stole credit card information from customers of food delivery apps.
- DHe masterminded a ring of thieves that stole catalytic converters from vehicles.
5The National Capital Commission announced Tuesday that Nepean Point would be rechristened as Kìwekì Point. What does Kìwekì mean in Algonquin?
- A"Returning to one's homeland."
- B"Watching the sun rise."
- C"The lookout."
- D"Where ships launch."
6"I get that it's out of a lot of people's hands, but it sucks." What was bike mechanic Lauryn LeBlanc referring to when she spoke those words Wednesday?
- AThe delayed opening of the Chief William Commanda Bridge.
- BAn upcoming closure of the Laurier Avenue bike lanes.
- COngoing rehabilitation work in downtown Smiths Falls.
- DA shortage of bike parts due to supply chain issues.
7West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry tabled a last-minute motion at a council meeting Wednesday that would require councillors to disclose which of the following pieces of information?
- APersonal relationships with staffers or other city employees.
- BTexts or messaging app chats that concern municipal issues.
- CMeetings with unions or community advocacy groups.
- DReports of energy-inefficient city facilities in their wards.
8Police charged six young people this week in connection with an incident that happened in September near Gloucester High School. What are they accused of doing?
- AAttacking an orphaned teenage refugee.
- BSpray-painting swastikas and other hateful imagery in the area.
- CStealing video games and musical instruments from the nearby library branch.
- DGetting into a vicious brawl during a ball hockey game.
9What reason did Peter Sloly give Thursday for resigning as chief of the Ottawa Police Service in the middle of this past winter's Freedom Convoy crisis?
- AHe feared trust in his leadership was eroding.
- BHe was frustrated that levels of government weren't working together.
- CHe was opposed to the federal Emergencies Act.
- DHe felt he was in over his head handling the scale of the protest.
10Protesters descended on Parliament Hill Saturday to call for an end to violence against which country's Hazara minority?
- AAfghanistan.
- BTurkmenistan.
- CMyanmar.
- DEritrea.
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