CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Sept. 17

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Quiz am CBC Ottawa news quiz for the week of Sept. 17, erstellt von Trevor Pritchard am 13/09/2023.
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Frage 1

Frage
Carol 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?
Antworten
  • Little Italy.
  • Rockcliffe Park.
  • New Edinburgh.
  • Hampton Iona.

Frage 2

Frage
Fahim 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?
Antworten
  • Shot them with BB guns.
  • Knocked them off their bicycles.
  • Dumped beverages on them.
  • Kicked soccer balls at them.

Frage 3

Frage
According to the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority, why did three of their school bus drivers recently quit their jobs?
Antworten
  • They were offered better salaries in western Quebec.
  • They felt their buses weren't being inspected properly.
  • They were getting verbally abused by parents.
  • They learned their routes would be replaced with driverless buses.

Frage 4

Frage
Quebec'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?
Antworten
  • He was pinned between two heavy vehicles.
  • He was electrocuted by a fallen power line.
  • He was struck by the arm of his own backhoe.
  • He was hit by a falling tree branch.

Frage 5

Frage
The 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?
Antworten
  • An overdose prevention site.
  • A community garden.
  • An Indigenous healing lodge.
  • A sexual health clinic.

Frage 6

Frage
Jackie 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?
Antworten
  • A massive pothole.
  • A flock of Canada geese.
  • A cyclist delivering someone's food.
  • Construction equipment that wasn't properly secured.

Frage 7

Frage
According 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?
Antworten
  • That they weren't comfortable reporting workplace violence or harassment.
  • That they were uneasy responding to requests in French.
  • That they'd witnessed an incident of on-the-job racism last year.
  • That they knew colleagues who'd filed more overtime than they were entitled to.

Frage 8

Frage
The 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?
Antworten
  • Serological.
  • Streptococcal.
  • Syncytial.
  • Sputum.

Frage 9

Frage
What happened after a 64-year-old man allegedly stole a privately owned plane from the Rockcliffe airport Thursday night?
Antworten
  • He landed in a farmer's field in western Quebec.
  • He crashed shortly after takeoff and damaged other planes on the ground.
  • He was escorted back to the airport by Canadian military jets.
  • It's unclear as police are still looking for him.

Frage 10

Frage
Documents 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?
Antworten
  • An air force base.
  • A national park.
  • Another interprovincial bridge.
  • The country's largest pickleball facility.
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