Police say an unusually high number of accidental calls to 911 came in during the first three months of 2023. On what are they blaming the trend?
Answer
A more sensitive touchscreen on the iPhone 14
A software update on Android devices
Increased use of 811 Health Connect Ontario
An error in how cell phone providers route calls
Question 2
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A man was sentenced to life in prison this week after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his wife, who told him she wanted a divorce. Where did the murder take place?
Answer
Casselman, Ont.
Chelsea, Que.
Smiths Falls, Ont.
Kingston, Ont.
Question 3
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When is the Chaudière Bridge expected to reopen?
Answer
Next week
August
September
Next year
Question 4
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What did OC Transpo say prompted it to shut down the Confederation Line this week?
Answer
Finding a loose bearing after noticing more grease than usual on an axle.
The discovery of a loose bolt due to insufficient torquing during maintenance.
Water infiltration in the tunnel near Lyon Station.
A colony of endangered turtles discovered on the tracks near Pimisi station.
Question 5
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What did a motorcycle driver crash into in the area of Baseline Road and Farlane Boulevard on Friday?
Answer
A deer.
A pedestrian.
A gas station.
A house.
Question 6
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Where is Mayor Mark Sutcliffe this week?
Answer
Ottawa
New York
Nepal
Vancouver
Question 7
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Carleton University's president, Benoit-Antoine Bacon, is leaving to take the top job at another university. Which one?
Answer
The University of Toronto.
Queen's University.
Stanford University.
The University of British Columbia.
Question 8
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What Ottawa project did Premier Doug Ford say he was wary of funding this week?
Answer
The city's plan to end homelessness.
Stage 3 of the LRT.
The reconstruction of the north stadium stands of Lansdowne Park.
Bus rapid transit corridors in Kanata and Orléans.
Question 9
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Gatineau police arrested two 19-year-old men Friday in connection with the city's first homicide of 2023. Where were they arrested?
Answer
A public washroom in the Canadian Museum of History.
The Alexandra Bridge following a car chase.
A parking lot by the Agora complex in the city's Le Plateau neighborhood.
An abandoned residential property in Aylmer.
Question 10
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Omkar Atwal, the owner of Leitrim Home Hardware, has helped residents through a nationwide shortage of which product by finding a U.S. supplier?