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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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Why has Lyn O'Callaghan decided to spend thousands of dollars to fly her son Connor to Costa Rica for several months?
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So he can be treated for his opioid addiction.
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So he can see a specialist for a rare autoimmune disorder.
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So he can train with the Costa Rican soccer team.
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So he can study a rare salamander for a high school science project.
Question 2
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Abigail Burke told CBC News the COVID-19 pandemic has been "the hardest time in my life," as she deals with frequent crying spells and paralyzing anxiety. What specifically has made it so difficult?
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She's struggled to adjust after giving birth to her first child.
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Her restaurant has had to lay off roughly two-thirds of its staff.
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She's been separated from her boyfriend as he lives in upstate New York.
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The defence of her Ph.D. thesis has been pushed back four times.
Question 3
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Which eastern Ontario MPP announced Tuesday he would not seek a fourth term at Queen's Park?
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Jim McDonell.
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Ian Arthur.
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John Yakabuski.
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Steve Clark.
Question 4
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Ottawa's police board unanimously approved the 2022 budget for the city's force on Tuesday. Which of the following best describes what they approved?
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Ops+Hq (binary/octet-stream)
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A 2.86 per cent tax increase, in line with what the force had requested.
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A two per cent increase that could bring "historic" changes to community safety.
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A 1.5 per cent increase that puts the jobs of 60 to 80 officers at risk.
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A budgetary freeze, as protesters outside the meeting had called for.
Question 5
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What caused an LRT train to grind to a halt Tuesday night, the third stoppage on the Confederation Line since service resumed earlier this month?
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An electrical problem.
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An issue with the train's brakes.
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A jammed door.
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A cracked wheel.
Question 6
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The Ottawa Hospital's Dr. Jane Seely recently co-authored a paper calling into question decades-old guidelines around regular screenings for which type of cancer?
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Breast cancer.
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Prostate cancer.
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Ovarian cancer.
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Colon cancer.
Question 7
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Grade 11 student Emma Gabriel told CBC News that the COVID-19 pandemic caused many of her friends to stop playing the sport she loves. What sport is it?
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Basketball.
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Soccer.
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Cricket.
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Track and field.
Question 8
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What does Dr. Peter Juni, a member of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, believe it's worth rethinking when it comes to halting the spread of the virus?
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The way institutions and businesses are using plexiglass.
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The need to wear masks in school settings.
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Decisions by universities to move classes online.
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Gathering size rules as the holidays approach.
Question 9
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Which health unit announced Friday it would be capping private indoor gatherings to 10 people in an attempt to reverse worrying COVID-19 numbers ahead of the holidays?
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Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health.
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The Renfrew County and District Health Unit.
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The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.
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The Eastern Ontario Health Unit.
Question 10
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Mayor Jim Watson tweeted Friday that he'd ask Steve Clark, Ontario's municipal affairs minister, to step in to save which city amenity from being turned into a housing development?
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A golf course in Kanata.
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An ecologically sensitive bog near Navan.
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A heritage farm outside Stittsville.
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A nesting ground for migratory birds near Osgoode.
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