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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Sept. 17
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1Carol Sissons is among those fighting to keep Plouffe Park from being used as the site of a future French public school. Where in Ottawa is the park — which abuts the recreation centre that Sissons is sitting next to — located?
- ALittle Italy.
- BRockcliffe Park.
- CNew Edinburgh.
- DHampton Iona.
2Fahim Rana says he no longer visits the Cornwall, Ont., waterfront after he and his sister were, on separate occasions, attacked by young people. What does he allege those young people did?
- AShot them with BB guns.
- BKnocked them off their bicycles.
- CDumped beverages on them.
- DKicked soccer balls at them.
3According to the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority, why did three of their school bus drivers recently quit their jobs?
- AThey were offered better salaries in western Quebec.
- BThey felt their buses weren't being inspected properly.
- CThey were getting verbally abused by parents.
- DThey learned their routes would be replaced with driverless buses.
4Quebec's workplace standards body CNESST was called in to investigate the death of a 63-year-old worker in Chelsea on Monday morning. What happened to the man?
- AHe was pinned between two heavy vehicles.
- BHe was electrocuted by a fallen power line.
- CHe was struck by the arm of his own backhoe.
- DHe was hit by a falling tree branch.
5The Collins Bay Institution will soon be home to a facility that only exists in two other Canadian prisons — although it presents "almost a moral dilemma," says the Ontario correctional officers' union. What is it?
- AAn overdose prevention site.
- BA community garden.
- CAn Indigenous healing lodge.
- DA sexual health clinic.
6Jackie Gravel was left with a shattered jaw and had to eat pureéd food with a syringe for weeks after she crashed her e-scooter trying to avoid WHAT?
- AA massive pothole.
- BA flock of Canada geese.
- CA cyclist delivering someone's food.
- DConstruction equipment that wasn't properly secured.
7According to a report published Wednesday from Nathalie Gougeon, Ottawa's auditor general, some 49 per cent of city employees who responded to a survey from her office said they felt WHAT?
- AThat they weren't comfortable reporting workplace violence or harassment.
- BThat they were uneasy responding to requests in French.
- CThat they'd witnessed an incident of on-the-job racism last year.
- DThat they knew colleagues who'd filed more overtime than they were entitled to.
8The Ontario government is planning to allow pharmacists to — among other things — prescribe vaccines for RSV ahead of a fall respiratory virus surge. What does the "S" in RSV stand for?
- ASerological.
- BStreptococcal.
- CSyncytial.
- DSputum.
9What happened after a 64-year-old man allegedly stole a privately owned plane from the Rockcliffe airport Thursday night?
- AHe landed in a farmer's field in western Quebec.
- BHe crashed shortly after takeoff and damaged other planes on the ground.
- CHe was escorted back to the airport by Canadian military jets.
- DIt's unclear as police are still looking for him.
10Documents obtained by CBC News this past week show there's interest in establishing WHICH of the following in Ottawa, although the specific location has been redacted?
- AAn air force base.
- BA national park.
- CAnother interprovincial bridge.
- DThe country's largest pickleball facility.
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