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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
over 3 years ago
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Question 1
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On Monday, conservation officers with the National Capital Commission tranquilized and relocated a bear that had spent much of the day holed up where?
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In a tree in a Barrhaven backyard.
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Inside one of Gatineau Park's yurts.
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In some bushes near a Kanata school.
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On a sandbar in the Rideau River.
Question 2
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After nearly one year of public consultation and debate, what did the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board vote to do Monday evening?
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Remove police officers from its schools.
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Rename any schools that commemorate Canada's "colonial heritage."
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Eliminate the "quadmester" system.
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Stop issuing report cards.
Question 3
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Queen's University says it's standing behind faculty members who were anonymously accused in an online dossier of doing what?
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Fabricating their Indigenous ancestry.
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Having inappropriate relationships with students.
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Using racist terminology in their lectures.
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Interfering in student government elections.
Question 4
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Farhat Rehman shared her concerns with CBC Ottawa about how the province had taken away a "safety net" by eliminating oversight boards for which institutions?
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Jails.
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Long-term care homes.
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The Children's Aid Society.
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Humane shelters.
Question 5
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Carleton University PhD student Cihan Erdal was released from prison overseas after telling court he'd only joined a pro-Kurdish political party to make his country a better place. Where had he been imprisoned?
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Hungary.
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Turkey.
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Egypt.
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Iraq.
Question 6
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On Wednesday, Ottawa police charged 67-year-old John Rietveld with sex crimes involving children, some of which dated to the late 1970s. What organization was Rietveld long involved with?
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The Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
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Scouts Canada.
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The Ontario Hockey League.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa.
Question 7
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In a recent vote, the board of directors for the Canadian Museum of History only narrowly approved the institution's next CEO. Why was the candidate so divisive?
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They weren't fully fluent in French.
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They refused to relocate to the Ottawa-Gatineau area.
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They had no experience working with or overseeing museums.
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They were investigated for workplace harassment in their previous position.
Question 8
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Sylvia Bakker is one of a number of residents unhappy with plans to convert part of the Hunt Club Forest into what?
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A car dealership parking lot.
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A package delivery warehouse.
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A landing strip for the airport.
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An off-road trail for ATVs and dirt bikes.
Question 9
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In COVID-19 news, the Ontario government made a major announcement Thursday that will take effect June 28. What's going to happen on that date?
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All adults will be able to book a second vaccine dose.
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The second stage of the province's reopening will begin.
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Masks will no longer be mandatory in certain public settings.
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Ontarians will once again be allowed to travel into Quebec.
Question 10
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Dr. Alykhan Abdulla, a family doctor in Manotick, says it's been "a bit of a struggle" dealing with which of the following pandemic-related problems?
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Handling vaccine appointment "no-shows."
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Finding time to file vaccination-related paperwork.
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Getting a constant supply of mRNA vaccine doses.
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Convincing people not to wait for their preferred dose.
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