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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 3 years ago
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Question 1
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France Bélisle was elected this past week as the first female mayor in the history of Gatineau, Que. What was her previous job?
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City councillor.
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President of the region's tourism agency.
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CEO of a housing non-profit.
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Head of a local nurses' union.
Question 2
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What happened Monday morning at an Ottawa LRT maintenance yard?
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Two trains collided.
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A worker suffered an electric shock.
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Crews found cracks in the wheels of a train.
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A piece of equipment burst into flames.
Question 3
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The Ottawa Redblacks decided not to renew the contract of their running backs coach, Charlie Eger, for comments he'd made toward which of the following groups?
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Francophones.
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Transgender individuals.
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Climate change activists.
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People who'd been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Question 4
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The filming of the Ottawa River for Google Street View.
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A new project to document local eel populations.
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Sampling of hazardous blue-green algae in the river.
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Preparation for a boat race with the Rideau Riverkeeper.
Question 5
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Mike Estabrooks told CBC News that while the province has lifted many crowd size restrictions, he won't be returning to pre-COVID-19 rules just yet. What sort of business does he run?
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A pub and music venue in the Glebe.
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A Westboro yoga studio.
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An escape room in Nepean.
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An independent theatre in Old Ottawa South.
Question 6
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A stretch of Highway 417 was closed Wednesday after the box of a dump truck became wedged beneath an overpass. Which overpass was it?
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Terry Fox Drive.
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Woodroffe Avenue.
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Vanier Parkway.
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Cyrville Road.
Question 7
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Who did city council choose Wednesday to fill the vacant Kanata North council seat, left empty when Jenna Sudds was elected as an MP earlier this year?
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Cathy Curry.
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Bina Shah.
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Marianne Wilkinson.
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No one.
Question 8
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Ontario Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney said Wednesday the province was "increasingly concerned" with Ottawa's ability to carry out future work on the LRT and might consider doing what?
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Withholding $1 billion in funding for Stage 2.
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Calling a judicial inquiry.
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Reducing the number of seats on city council.
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Creating a provincial body to directly oversee future work.
Question 9
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Why did officials crack down Friday on the Wild Wing restaurant in Belleville, Ont..?
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It let patrons go maskless and didn't check vaccine passports.
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It served chicken wings made with meat that had been recalled.
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Their manager assaulted a public health officer.
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A kitchen worker was caught on camera spitting in the hot sauce.
Question 10
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Ottawa's Jonathan David was the hero Friday night as Canada's men's soccer team beat which country 1-0 to stay unbeaten in their World Cup qualifying campaign?
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Costa Rica.
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Panama.
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El Salvador.
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Honduras.
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