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CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of June 29

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  1. 1This photo shows rescuers using chainsaws to clear a path to a 13-year-old boy who was seriously injured during a violent storm last Sunday at WHICH provincial park?Image for question 1
    1. AAlgonquin Park.
    2. BSamuel de Champlain Park.
    3. CBon Echo Park.
    4. DKawartha Highlands Park.
  2. 2Rama Al-Zu'bi told CBC that she felt her freedom of expression was being stifled when she was almost prevented from carrying the Palestinian flag — the flag of her homeland — where?Image for question 2
    1. AOn stage for her graduation.
    2. BInto council chambers at Ottawa City Hall.
    3. COn a Via Rail train bound for Montreal.
    4. DDown Bank Street during a protest march.
  3. 3Which city councillor says they're seriously exploring a potential run against Mayor Mark Sutcliffe in next year's municipal election?Image for question 3
    1. AJeff Leiper.
    2. BAriel Troster.
    3. CLaura Dudas.
    4. DRawlson King.
  4. 4Ottawa police said they arrested five people for doing WHAT on Tuesday, something the police force says has already happened a dozen times in the city in 2025 alone?Image for question 4
    1. ASmashing jewelry store displays and fleeing with the contents.
    2. BStealing SUVs from suburban driveways.
    3. CDefrauding residents through Facebook Marketplace scams.
    4. DRipping out copper wire from public infrastructure.
  5. 5Dennis Murphy says he's frustrated that a clinic at The Ottawa Hospital for which he'd been on the waitlist for nearly two years closed before he could take part. What did that clinic do?Image for question 5
    1. ASupport patients with long COVID symptoms.
    2. BProvide ketamine therapy to people with severe depression.
    3. COffer alternative treatments to patients with chronic cancers.
    4. DConnect people needing a kidney with potential donors.
  6. 6What did Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney pitch at a city committee Thursday as an alternative to building a sixth bridge over the Ottawa River?Image for question 6
    1. AAdding more lanes to Highway 417.
    2. BBuilding a ring road in the city's south.
    3. CRehabilitating the aging Alexandra Bridge.
    4. DExpanding ferry service on the Ottawa River.
  7. 7Which Ottawa-born hockey player who won three Olympic gold medals for Canada was elected Tuesday to the Hockey Hall of Fame?Image for question 7
    1. AJoe Thornton.
    2. BAlexander Mogilny.
    3. CBrianna Decker.
    4. DJennifer Botterill.
  8. 8A team led by Jonathan O'Neil, a researcher at the University of Ottawa, published a paper in the journal Science on Thursday suggesting that they had found the oldest WHAT on the planet?Image for question 8
    1. ARocks.
    2. BHuman bones.
    3. CFossils.
    4. DTrees.
  9. 9Tommy Chan was able to connect with a Good Samaritan on the CBC Ottawa airwaves after posting a callout on social media. What question did Chan ask?Image for question 9
    1. A"Did you save my life?"
    2. B"Did you find my dog?"
    3. C"Did you catch that bike thief?"
    4. D"Did you call the fire department?"
  10. 10What decision this past week by the Ontario government was decried by Chandra Pasma, the NDP MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, as an "unmitigated power grab?"Image for question 10
    1. AThe uploading of Ottawa's LRT to the province.
    2. BThe appointment of supervisors to four Ontario school boards.
    3. CThe passing of the controversial Bill 5.
    4. DThe restructuring of several Ontario health units.

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