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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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Why did the western Quebec cottage owned by Bell CEO Mirko Bibic make headlines this week?
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It has high-speed internet while the surrounding region struggles with low speeds.
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A new addition is blocking off a popular Outaouais snowmobile trail.
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It was mistakenly targeted by Quebec police in an illegal opioid raid.
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Neighbours say its septic tank is dumping pollution into Pemichangan Lake.
Question 2
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Who 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?
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OC Transpo head John Manconi.
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Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly.
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University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont.
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National Capital Commission CEO Tobi Nussbaum.
Question 3
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Godlove Ngwafusi told CBC this week he wasn't surprised by Ottawa Police Service statistics that showed which of the following?
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That the number of hate crimes being reported to police had gone up.
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That Black Ottawans were being charged with more crimes per capita than in any other Ontario city.
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That few officers facing Police Services Act charges ended up being disciplined.
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That suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic had risen sharply.
Question 4
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Ottawa 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?
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Etches (binary/octet-stream)
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Sharing a van from Toronto to Ottawa.
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Making an overnight ski trek through Gatineau Park.
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Playing pickup hockey at Kanata rink.
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Attending a hot yoga class.
Question 5
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Which of the following statements about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan in Ottawa is NOT true?
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All Ottawans 80 and older will be eligible for the vaccine as of March 5.
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Homeless Ottawans and workers in schools are included in the rollout's second phase.
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Most people will be vaccinated at one of seven community clinics.
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The general public probably won't get a COVID-19 vaccine until August.
Question 6
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Khadija 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?
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Encouraging them to report bullying by Julie Payette, the now-former governor general.
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Sharing her feelings about racism following the death of George Floyd.
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Calling an armed man who stormed through Rideau Hall's gates a terrorist.
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Trying to fundraise for a family who'd been evicted from their home.
Question 7
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Kennedy 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?
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Law students.
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Student-athletes.
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Teaching assistants.
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LGBTQ students.
Question 8
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Chelsea, 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?
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Campaign donations made by a developer building 60 new homes.
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A disagreement over how much the National Capital Commission owed in taxes.
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Who would pay for the widening of Highway 5.
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The precise location of the boundary between Chelsea and Gatineau, Que.
Question 9
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Ottawa's planning committee unanimously approved an ambitious 25-year-plan Thursday that will guide the development of which part of the city?
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Little Italy.
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The western stretch of Montreal Road.
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Central Barrhaven.
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Lebreton Flats.
Question 10
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The 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?
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A cheese factory in St. Albert.
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A brewery in Vankleek Hill.
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A community college in Cornwall.
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An organic farm near Winchester.
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