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1"When you ask him a question, he'll give you a straight answer." Who was Bryan Paterson, mayor of Kingston, Ont., referring to when he spoke those words this past week?
- AOntario's new chief medical officer of health.
- BThe city's new police chief.
- CA consultant hired to improve race relations in the city.
- DThe leader of the Green Party of Ontario.
2Why does Ann Marie Rochon of Rochon Garden say that her farm is likely going to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars this year?
- AAn unexpected frost decimated their strawberry crop.
- BThe power suddenly failed at their greenhouses.
- CAn invasive beetle destroyed many of their tomato plants.
- DThe federal government announced new rules around seasonal workers.
3Ottawa firefighters spent hours fighting this blaze in the rural community of Carp on Tuesday. What caught fire?
- AA recycling facility.
- BAn agricultural supply store.
- CA series of storage units.
- DA craft brewery.
4After an announcement Wednesday by the premier, Joy Liu said she's cautiously optimistic she'll be able to do what later this month?
- AHave an in-person high school graduation.
- BBegin training with her rowing team.
- CStart work as a lifeguard.
- DTake her band on tour throughout Ontario.
5City councillors Jeff Leiper, Catherine McKenney and Theresa Kavanagh issued a joint statement Wednesday calling for which of the following to be renamed?
- AThe parkway running through their wards.
- BOttawa's airport.
- CAn unused train bridge across the Ottawa River.
- DThe gardens at the Central Experimental Farm.
6Former Truth and Reconiciliation Commission commissioner Marie Wilson said Thursday she was amazed that a guest on CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning said they didn't know much about residential schools. Who was the guest?
- AThe director of one of the city's school boards.
- BThe local Catholic archbishop.
- CThe lead for the police force's race and diversity unit.
- DThe grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne.
7According to sources with knowledge of what happened, what motivated this recent shooting on Alta Vista Drive that left two brothers dead and a third with serious injuries?
- AA robbery involving money and drugs in the Dominican Republic.
- BA $16,000 gambling debt.
- CA dispute over profits from a Toronto nightclub.
- DRevenge for a killing two days earlier in the Gloucester area.
8Doug Manuel, a senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital, says he's "definitely concerned" about the emergence of a COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in India and has recently been renamed what?
- AThe alpha variant.
- BThe delta variant.
- CThe epsilon variant.
- DThe gamma variant.
9University of Ottawa professor Justin Piché says he's not surprised by a recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases involving which of the following populations?
- AResidents at a long-term care home.
- BStaff and inmates at the city jail.
- CDrivers and workers for OC Transpo.
- DTeens who play rec soccer.
10The operators of this O'Connor Street building won't be able to return until at least the end of the year as the building undergoes repairs and renovations. What's it normally used for?
- AA women's emergency shelter.
- BSubsidized housing for new immigrants.
- CDrop-in arts programs for at-risk youth.
- DA halfway house.
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