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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of March 21
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1Pharmacist Sarah Swanson says she's been overwhelmed by the demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in her small town, the closest one to Ottawa where pharmacies can give people the shot. Where does she work?
- ASharbot Lake.
- BWestport.
- CWilno.
- DMallorytown.
2Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly announced a temporary halt Monday to "no-knock" raids, a controversial police practice where officers barge into a person's home without warning. According to police, what's the motivation behind the majority of those raids?
- AArresting gang members.
- BPreventing people from harming themselves.
- CGetting drugs and weapons off the streets.
- DPreserving evidence.
3A 26-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing last weekend near Belleville, Ont. Who was stabbed?
- AAn OPP officer.
- BA local firefighter.
- CA relative of the city's mayor.
- DA public health nurse.
4Julia Borris told CBC News there's a "large feeling of loss" at the news she and about 70 of her fellow workers won't be returning to their positions post-pandemic. What was her job?
- AShe was a chef at a hotel.
- BShe tended bar at Lansdowne Park.
- CShe worked in marketing for the Ottawa Redblacks.
- DShe was an IT specialist for the federal government.
5Why did the City of Ottawa decide to run shuttle buses Tuesday to get people to their vaccine appointments?
- AOlder Ottawans had complained the vaccine locations were too hard to get to.
- BA distribution error meant one location ran out of doses.
- CProblems with the province's online booking system led to mass confusion.
- DAn incorrect mailout gave eligible people the wrong vaccine clinic address.
6Why did the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board choose to close Manor Park Public School this week?
- AThere was a major COVID-19 outbreak tied to a local hockey team.
- BThere weren't enough teachers for the school to operate.
- CA water main burst and flooded the building.
- DAsbestos was found in the school's walls.
7Ottawa police were still on the scene of this fire in an agricultural building south of Blackburn Hamlet Thursday, two days after it broke out. Why?
- AThey'd discovered a clandestine drug lab.
- BNearly two dozen cows perished in the fire.
- CIt was the latest in a string of arsons in the area.
- DSmouldering embers set off fireworks Thursday, reigniting the blaze.
8Debbie Robinson is lauding the province's decision to include $2.8 billion in this week's budget to do what between now and 2025?
- AExpand broadband internet in Ontario.
- BBuild thousands of affordable housing units.
- CBreak ground on a new Ottawa hospital facility.
- DCompensate municipalities for lost transit revnue.
9Brian Nadler was charged Friday with one count of first-degree murder as Ontario Provincial Police investigate several suspicious deaths that occurred where?
- AAt a hospital in Hawkesbury.
- BAt a long-term care facility in Pembroke.
- CAt a jail outside Kingston.
- DOn a rural highway near Bancroft.
10According to Phil Morneault, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven demand for which of the following summer items through the roof?
- ASwimming pools.
- BMotorboats and other pleasure craft.
- CPatio equipment.
- DGolf clubs, bags, and other accessories.
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- How closely did you follow the past week in local news?
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- Created on 23 Mar 2021 · updated on 27 Mar 2021
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