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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Jan. 8

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  1. 1Gatineau's Tisir Otahbachi told CBC about how he's struggled to get help from Quebec's health-care system after developing what rare complication from his COVID-19 vaccination?Image for question 1
    1. ABlistering and peeling skin.
    2. BChronic migraines.
    3. CHeart palpitations.
    4. DUlcers and cold sores.
  2. 2This Sparks Street sculpture was damaged Monday when someone completely severed one of the four bronze figures. What emotion gives the sculpture its name?Image for question 2
    1. AJoy.
    2. BHope.
    3. CPride.
    4. DAnger.
  3. 3Which Ottawa suburb recently learned three of its doctors would soon be ending their practices, potentially leaving thousands of patients without family physicians?Image for question 3
    1. AOrléans.
    2. BStittsville.
    3. CBarrhaven.
    4. DKanata.
  4. 4"I'm just really, really ashamed at how _______ managed this situation." What situation was Chantalle Clarkin referring to when she spoke those words to CBC?Image for question 4
    1. AThe way Via Rail communicated with passengers after their train got stuck.
    2. BThe damage inflicted on her cello by Air Canada baggage handlers.
    3. COC Transpo's lack of communication during a five-day LRT disruption.
    4. DThe fact Ontario's fire marshal still doesn't know what caused the fatal Eastway Tank explosion.
  5. 5Which Ottawa city councillor, seen here, wants answers as to what's behind the peeling paint and other damage at the Rideau and Parliament LRT stations?Image for question 5
    1. AMarty Carr.
    2. BAriel Troster.
    3. CLaine Johnson.
    4. DJessica Bradley.
  6. 6Lennox & Addington County is considering boosting the salary for WHICH of the following positions by $50,000 after it put out a job posting and no one applied?Image for question 6
    1. ANurse practitioner at a long-term care home.
    2. BTourism director.
    3. CGarbage truck driver.
    4. DDaycare operator.
  7. 7According to several municipal law experts, Ron Gervais, the new mayor of Pembroke, Ont., may have exceeded his authority when he did WHAT after being elected this past November?Image for question 7
    1. AHe reduced the size of council from six seats to five.
    2. BHe disbanded several city committees.
    3. CHe scrapped the city's official bilingualism policy.
    4. DHe imposed a new city flag and motto.
  8. 8Whose customers are being urged to monitor their financial accounts for suspicious transactions after "malicious code" was recently embedded on their website?Image for question 8
    1. AService Ontario.
    2. BThe LCBO.
    3. CThe Ontario Cannabis Store.
    4. DOntario Parks.
  9. 9Tanya Lupinski and Warren Salzman are among the federal public servants concerned with what issue connected to their impending return to in-person work?Image for question 9
    1. AFinding child care for their children.
    2. BPaying for parking or transit fares.
    3. CWasting time attending in-person meetings.
    4. DNot having a desk to sit at.
  10. 10What milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic has Ottawa hit, according to a Friday update from the local public health unit?Image for question 10
    1. ATwo million vaccine doses.
    2. BOne million confirmed COVID-19 cases.
    3. C1,000 deaths overall.
    4. D100 deaths involving children.

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