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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of July 18

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  1. 1Ontario's Ministry of Transportation vowed Monday it would replace a highway sign in eastern Ontario that misspelled the name of a local community. What erroneous name appeared on the sign?Image for question 1
    1. ABorckville.
    2. BCastleman.
    3. CCronwall.
    4. DGananuqoe.
  2. 2Which Ottawa city councillor is willing to personally drive their ward's residents to their COVID-19 vaccine appointments?Image for question 2
    1. ACarol Anne Meehan.
    2. BJeff Leiper.
    3. CRiley Brockington.
    4. DJenna Sudds.
  3. 3Councillors Glen Gower and Scott Moffatt were named co-chairs Wednesday to which of the following municipal groups?Image for question 3
    1. APlanning committee.
    2. BTransit commission.
    3. CThe Ottawa Police Services Board.
    4. DAgriculture and rural affairs committee.
  4. 4Why is Deer Lake First Nation resident Linus Meekis currently in Cornwall, Ont.?Image for question 4
    1. AHis son is getting life-saving medical treatment not available in their home community.
    2. BHe's one of hundreds who've been evacuated from Deer Lake due to forest fires.
    3. CHe's investigating reports of unmarked graves at a Catholic church in the city.
    4. DHe's organizing one of the first powwows to be held since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. 5Why did a Quebec superior court judge rule that this mansion on chemin Fraser in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau, Que., must be demolished?Image for question 5
    1. AIt was built too close to the street.
    2. BIt had been used as a grow-op and was structurally unsound.
    3. CIt was blocking neighbours from accessing their yards and driveways.
    4. DThe materials used in its construction were leaching toxic chemicals into the ground.
  6. 6Jennifer Nadon is among the residents of the Hendrick Farm subdivision in Chelsea, Que., who are angry that the developer has removed which feature from the development?Image for question 6
    1. AAn organic farm.
    2. BA small canal.
    3. CA bluff of old-growth trees.
    4. DA roundabout.
  7. 7Dominion City Brewing co-founder Josh McJannett spoke to CBC Ottawa about how the COVID-19 pandemic spurred an overhaul of Ontario's liquor laws. Of all the things he's now allowed to do, which was McJannett most enthusiastic about?Image for question 7
    1. ADelivering beer to customers' homes.
    2. BOpening a bottle shop.
    3. CSelling beer at farmers' markets.
    4. DGetting his brews into establishments in Quebec.
  8. 8Ottawa police are investigating the city's 11th homicide of 2021 after a man was found stabbed to death Thursday in a bungalow on which Nepean street?Image for question 8
    1. ASherry Lane.
    2. BPenny Way.
    3. CCarrie Crescent.
    4. DLaura Court.
  9. 9Brad Stewart, co-founder of an eastern Ontario cannabis business, says one particular Health Canada regulation is stifling his industry's growth. What does the regulation prohibit?Image for question 9
    1. ACannabis products that also contain caffeine.
    2. BBeverages sold as six-packs.
    3. CFlavoured or sweetened cannabis extracts.
    4. DCertain kinds of "flashy" advertising.
  10. 10Mairi Brascoupé, a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, plans to weave together beadwork and 20th-century maps to explore the idea of place as which institution's new artist-in-residence?Image for question 10
    1. AThe Diefenbunker Museum.
    2. BThe Canadian War Museum.
    3. CThe City of Ottawa Archives.
    4. DThe Ottawa Art Gallery.

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