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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Dec. 8
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1Nathalie Gougeon, the City of Ottawa's auditor general, revealed this week she'd uncovered a scheme in which a city case worker got "kickback payments" in exchange for what?
- AEnsuring some landlords got paid inflated rents.
- BFast-tracking permits for developments on agricultural land.
- CSecuring an exclusive contract for one company to service city vehicles.
- DIgnoring public health violations involving a restaurant chain.
2According to a CBC analysis of media reports and news releases, 2024 has been the worst year for WHICH of the following in Ontario?
- AHospital ER closures.
- BPolice-involved shootings.
- CCrashes on 400-series highways.
- DViolations of the province's Municipal Act.
3Dr. Vera Etches, Ottawa's medical officer of health and one of the city's most prominent figures during the COVID-19 pandemic, is leaving Ottawa Public Health to take a new position. What's her new job?
- APresident and CEO of CHEO.
- BChief medical officer of health for Ontario.
- CDirector of public policy at Health Canada.
- DExecutive director of the Canadian Medical Association.
4The Ottawa Charge got their first win of the 2024-25 PWHL season on home ice Tuesday when they rallied for a 3-2 win over which team?
- AToronto Sceptres.
- BMontreal Victoire.
- CNew York Sirens.
- DMinnesota Frost.
5Stephanie McDougall's family says the 43-year-old Ottawa woman is facing a lengthy hospital stay after she heroically did what on Tuesday?
- ASaved her youngest son after their house caught fire.
- BJumped into the frigid Ottawa River to rescue a kayaker.
- CProtected her niece from being attacked by a large dog.
- DHiked for nine hours through Algonquin Park with a broken leg.
6Police were called to a chaotic public information session Wednesday night over the city's new temporary shelters for asylum seekers, where they escorted a man off the premises. What had he done before police intervened?
- AHe'd stormed the stage.
- BHe'd torn down informative posters on the project.
- CHe'd thrown a heavy rock at a window.
- DHe kept interrupting other people trying to speak.
7"Do we have faith in the new ____? I don't think so." What goes in the blank in this quote spoken by Carone Beaucage, who unexpectedly found herself stuck in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday night?
- ABoat.
- BBridge.
- CTrain.
- DSnowplows.
8Premier Doug Ford said this week that he would soon be introducing new legislation designed to do WHAT, adding that he would use the notwithstanding clause if the courts intervened?
- AGive municipalities more tools to clear homeless encampments.
- BBring police officers back into the province's schools.
- CRestrict where people can pray in public.
- DRequire Ontario-trained doctors to spend several years practising in the province.
9Steve's Music manager Dan Sauvé says a wide range of issues — including rising crime and drug use — has compelled them to pack up and say goodbye to their current location. Where has Steve's Music called home for the past 42 years?
- ARideau Street.
- BBank Street.
- CElgin Street.
- DMontreal Road.
10On Friday, transit officials announced the long-delayed Trillium Line would soon be launching, beginning with five-day-a-week service. When is the earliest the line could be in operation seven days a week?
- AThe first week of January.
- BSometime in February.
- CMarch 6.
- DLate April.
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