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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 3 years ago
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Question 1
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Ottawa nurse Santosh Baral said he was left "speechless" when he learned which of the following pieces of news this week?
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He'd been mistakenly given one dose from two different COVID-19 vaccines.
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He'd tested positive for COVID-19 after getting both his shots.
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He'd been fired for travelling outside Canada to visit his ailing father.
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He'd been outed as Canada's first case of a highly contagious COVID-19 variant.
Question 2
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Kherin Dimalanta arrived in Canada on a live-in caregiver visa more than three years ago and is now fighting to remain here. What's jeopardizing her hope of getting permanent residency status?
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She was diagnosed with a chronic disease.
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Officials uncovered a charge for cannabis possession in her home country.
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Her name is spelled differently on her application and her birth certificate.
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She was ticketed for allegedly violating COVID-19 rules.
Question 3
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According to an independent report, in which Ottawa workplace were employees subject to "yelling, screaming, aggressive conduct, demeaning comments and public humiliations?"
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A suburban city councillor's office.
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Rideau Hall.
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The Canadian Museum of History.
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The Ottawa Police Service.
Question 4
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On Tuesday, health officials in Kingston, Ont., reported the region's first case of one of the more contagious strains of COVID-19. How do they believe the person got infected?
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They'd been on a business trip to the Simcoe-Muskoka area.
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They'd travelled to the Ottawa Valley to visit family.
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Their home-care worker was commuting from just outside Peterborough.
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They'd taken an overseas trip to the south of France.
Question 5
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Union leader Clint Crabtree is calling for the workers he represents to be given priority when it comes to being immunized against COVID-19. Who would that be?
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OC Transpo employees.
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Paramedics.
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Custodial staff.
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Dental hygienists.
Question 6
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Which of the following did Ottawa city council vote Wednesday to extend until almost the end of April?
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A transit fare freeze.
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The deadline to appeal fines for breaking public health rules.
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A reservation system for city rinks and toboggan hills.
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The city's mandatory mask bylaw.
Question 7
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Which city councillor pleaded guilty to two charges under the Municipal Elections Act that were related to how she financed her 2018 election campaign?
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Laura Dudas.
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Jenna Sudds.
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Theresa Kavanagh.
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Carol Anne Meehan.
Question 8
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If Mayor Jim Watson gets his way, who will the decommissioned Prince of Wales Bridge be renamed after?
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A former Ottawa Centre MP who died in 2019.
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A respected Kitigan Zibi elder and longtime chief.
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Ottawa's first female city councillor.
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The first person to hold the title of Ottawa Riverkeeper.
Question 9
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Police charged a 33-year-old man Thursday after four people were stabbed the night before. Where did the stabbings occur?
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At a homeless shelter.
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At a hospital's emergency department.
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At a house party.
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Outside a bus stop.
Question 10
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What did Gatineau, Que., Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin announce Thursday?
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Maxime (binary/octet-stream)
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That he had tested positive for COVID-19.
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That the city would be breaking ground on a new main library.
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That he would be taking two months' leave for immersive English-language courses.
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That he would not be running for re-election in 2021.
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