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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated 14 days ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
16 days ago
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Question 1
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Nathalie 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?
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Ensuring some landlords got paid inflated rents.
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Fast-tracking permits for developments on agricultural land.
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Securing an exclusive contract for one company to service city vehicles.
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Ignoring public health violations involving a restaurant chain.
Question 2
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According to a CBC analysis of media reports and news releases, 2024 has been the worst year for WHICH of the following in Ontario?
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Hospital ER closures.
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Police-involved shootings.
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Crashes on 400-series highways.
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Violations of the province's Municipal Act.
Question 3
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Dr. 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?
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Etches (binary/octet-stream)
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President and CEO of CHEO.
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Chief medical officer of health for Ontario.
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Director of public policy at Health Canada.
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Executive director of the Canadian Medical Association.
Question 4
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The 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?
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Toronto Sceptres.
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Montreal Victoire.
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New York Sirens.
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Minnesota Frost.
Question 5
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Stephanie McDougall's family says the 43-year-old Ottawa woman is facing a lengthy hospital stay after she heroically did what on Tuesday?
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Saved her youngest son after their house caught fire.
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Jumped into the frigid Ottawa River to rescue a kayaker.
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Protected her niece from being attacked by a large dog.
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Hiked for nine hours through Algonquin Park with a broken leg.
Question 6
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Police 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?
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He'd stormed the stage.
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He'd torn down informative posters on the project.
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He'd thrown a heavy rock at a window.
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He kept interrupting other people trying to speak.
Question 7
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"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?
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Boat.
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Bridge.
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Train.
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Snowplows.
Question 8
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Premier 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?
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Give municipalities more tools to clear homeless encampments.
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Bring police officers back into the province's schools.
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Restrict where people can pray in public.
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Require Ontario-trained doctors to spend several years practising in the province.
Question 9
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Steve'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?
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Rideau Street.
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Bank Street.
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Elgin Street.
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Montreal Road.
Question 10
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On 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?
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The first week of January.
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Sometime in February.
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March 6.
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Late April.
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