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1Why does Mickeala Guiguere want cameras installed as soon as possible at her Gladstone Avenue apartment tower?
- AThere have been two fires in the past two weekends.
- BSomeone has been breaking into the garage and vandalizing vehicles.
- CShe and other tenants want proof of a widespread rat infestation.
- DTenants believe thieves have been stealing their mail.
2Two minor hockey coaches in Gatineau, Que., have been suspended for life by Hockey Outaouais. What are they alleged to have done?
- AFailed to report players' allegations of abuse.
- BConspired to throw several minor hockey games.
- CFought with a third coach outside the Slush Puppie Centre.
- DTook part in the hazing of new players.
3Lee Galley, who runs a grocery store in Selwyn, Ont., told CBC Radio he would be selling what suddenly expensive vegetable at cost in the hopes prices would level out before Christmas?
- ALettuce.
- BCauliflower.
- CBrussels sprouts.
- DTomatoes.
4Monday night's police board meeting was an eventful one, with one public delegate refusing to leave his seat until the board answered his questions and another delegate disrupting the meeting by doing what?
- APlaying several songs from Hollywood blockbusters on a tin whistle.
- BStanding on a chair and delivering a soliloquy from Shakespeare's Richard III.
- CDonning a unicorn mask and powering up a bubble blowing machine.
- DSpritzing board members with water while decked out in a clown costume.
5Who stepped down on Monday, two days before a scathing report into Ottawa's LRT came out?
- AThe councillor who chaired the city's transit commission.
- BThe city manager.
- CThe head of OC Transpo.
- DOntario's transportation minister.
6Justice William Hourigan used caustic language in his 664-page report into the LRT network, including calling one particular element of the project "unconscionable." What was he referring to?
- AThe selection of an Alstom train that ran on unproven technology.
- BThe decision by city officials to change the pass-fail criteria during the testing stage.
- CThe fact builder RTG knowingly misled the city as to when LRT would be completed.
- DThe use of a public-private (P3) contract to build the line in the first place.
7Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among several Canadian leaders who criticized the University of Ottawa this week for doing what?
- ABanning cameras at an event with China's ambassador to Canada.
- BInviting a pro-Putin professor to teach in its engineering department.
- CFailing to implement recommendations in an anti-racism report.
- DCreating a new research chair position in Palestinian studies.
8Mikka Komaksiutiksak and Katia d'Argencourt are involved with Arsaniq, a new drop-in centre for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Inuit youth in the Ottawa area. What does Arsaniq mean in Inuktitut?
- AMidnight sun.
- BNorthern lights.
- CTundra.
- DGlacier.
9Premier Doug Ford said Thursday that Bonnie Lysyk, Ontario's auditor general, should "stay in her lane" after it emerged that her office had hired undercover operatives to do what?
- ATest money laundering protections at casinos.
- BPurchase legal cannabis without showing any ID.
- CInvestigate conditions at provincially operated long-term care homes.
- DViolate COVID-19 masking rules to see how businesses would react.
10École du Grand-Boisé in Chelsea, Que., has cancelled pizza lunches until after the holidays after what unexpected topping was discovered Thursday on a pair of pies?
- AMouse droppings.
- BShards of glass.
- CCannabis gummies.
- DDead spiders.
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